Vicchio

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Vicchio
coat of arms
Vicchio (Italy)
Vicchio
Country Italy
region Tuscany
Metropolitan city Florence  (FI)
Coordinates 43 ° 56 '  N , 11 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 56 '0 "  N , 11 ° 28' 0"  E
height 203  m slm
surface 139 km²
Residents 8,150 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 59 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 50039
prefix 055
ISTAT number 048049
Popular name Vicchiesi
Patron saint San Giovanni Battista
(June 24th)
Website Vicchio
Vicchio, the Piazza Giotto
Vicchio, the Piazza Giotto

Vicchio is an Italian commune with 8150 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Tuscany region . The place belongs to the administrative community Comunità Montana Mugello .

geography

Vicchio is located in the Mugello , about 30 km northeast of Florence . Districts ( frazioni ) are Barbiana, Casole, Cistio, Gattaia, Molezzano, Piazzano, Ponte a Vicchio, Rupecanina, Vespignano and Villore.

The neighboring municipalities are Borgo San Lorenzo , Dicomano , Marradi and Pontassieve .

history

An earthquake on June 29, 1919 killed around 40 people in Vicchio, and every second building in the village collapsed. The quake had its epicenter in Vicchio and reached an intensity from VII to IX on the Mercalli scale .

Culture and sights

Churches

  • Pieve di San Giovanni Battista - Parish Church (1447)
  • Chiesa di San Bartolomeo - Church in the district of Molezzano (12th century)
  • Chiesa di San Cassiano in Padule - (20th century)
  • Chiesa di San Michele - Church in the Rupecanina district (14th century)
  • Chiesa di San Cristoforo - Church in the district of Casole - (12th century)
  • Badia di Santa Maria a Bovino - (11th century)
  • Oratorio di San Filippo Neri (or della Misericordia) - (17th century)
  • Chiesa di San Martino - Church in the Vespignano district (13th century)
  • Cappella della Bruna
  • Chiesa di San Martino - Church in the district of Viminiccio (11th century)
  • Chiesa di Sant'Andrea - Church in the Barbiana district

Museums

  • Museo Arte Sacra “Beato Angelico” - exhibition about the painter Fra Angelico
  • Museo Civico Casa di Giotto - birthplace of Giotto in Vespignano
  • Casa Benvenuto Cellini - The Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini lived in the house from 1559 to 1571.

theatre

  • Giotto Theater

Town twinning

Monument to Giotto in Vicchio

Persons connected with the community

  • The painter Giotto († 1337) was born in Vespignano.
  • The painter Fra Angelico († 1455) was born in Vicchio.
  • The priest and religion teacher Lorenzo Milani (1923-1967) was pastor in Barbiana.

Web links

Commons : Vicchio  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ La scheda: il terremoto nel Mugello. In: repubblica.it . December 9, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 (Italian).