Vivo (river)

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Vivo
The Vivo at Seggiano

The Vivo at Seggiano

Data
location Province of Siena and Province of Grosseto , Tuscany , Italy
River system Ombrone
Drain over Duck  → Orcia  → Ombrone  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district Appennino Settentrionale
source south of Vivo d'Orcia , part of the municipality of Castiglione d'Orcia
42 ° 55 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E
muzzle Northeast of Montegiovi (district of Castel del Piano ) in the Ente coordinates: 42 ° 54 ′ 56 ″  N , 11 ° 31 ′ 37 ″  E 42 ° 54 ′ 56 ″  N , 11 ° 31 ′ 37 ″  E

length 15 km
Left tributaries Vetra
Communities Castiglione d'Orcia (SI), Castel del Piano , Seggiano (GR)

The Vivo is a 15 km long river in the region of Tuscany , Italy , which runs through the provinces of Siena and Grosseto from east to west.

course

The Torrente Vivo rises at the Sorgenti dell'Ermicciolo (1007 meters above sea level) above the center of Vivo d'Orcia (municipality of Castiglione d'Orcia , 870 meters above sea level) on the northern foothills of the Monte Amiata mountain . Shortly afterwards it passes the distribution point where the water for the water supply to Siena is diverted. It flows west of the center of Vivo d'Orcia and the Eremo del Vivo (809 meters above sea level). After 5 km it leaves the municipality of Castiglione d'Orcia and the province of Siena flowing westward and penetrates to Seggiano in the province of Grosseto. Here it flows below the historic center and remains in the local area for a total of 10 km. Then it briefly touches the northern municipality of Castel del Piano , where it flows as a right tributary to the duck near the district of Montegiovi .

Acquedotto del Vivo (Acquedotto di Siena)

At the end of the 19th century, the water supply of Siena, the so-called Bottini di Siena , which brought water from the Chianti to Siena via a 15 km long canal system and was distributed underground there, was no longer considered to be sufficient in quality and quantity. In 1873 investigations into the water quality began, which led to negative results. From 1886, research was carried out to determine whether the Arbia or Elsa could not complement the Bottini; Staggia , Bozzone and Tressa were also examined, but the hardness of 30 French degrees was found to be too hard. The choice for the source of the auxiliary water supply fell on the Vivo in 1895, when the Senese mayor Enrico Falaschi concluded a preliminary contract with the owners of the land in Vivo d'Orcia, the Count Cervini , which was finally converted into a final one on January 4, 1899 has been. The city of Siena paid 51,428 Lire to the counts for the land, affordable until 1902. It used cheap financing and long-term loans as well as donations from the Monte dei Paschi di Siena . The mayor of Senes, Alessandro Lisini, chose the company Fonderia del Pignone from Florence as the construction company. From June 2, 1903, the construction manager was Luciano Conti (1868–1940), who was awarded a prize in 1911 for his work with the city of Siena ( Gran Premio der Esposizione Internazionale d'igiene sociale , Rome 1911–1912). The starting point of the aqueduct are the Sorgenti dell'Ermicciolo just outside of Vivo d'Orcia and near the Ermicciolo (Oratorio di San Benedetto). The water reservoir (Deposito) was built from 1928 and inaugurated on October 4, 1931. The aqueduct itself was inaugurated on May 15, 1914; the last work on it was completed in 1918. The course of the aqueduct leads over the then newly built bridges of the torrents Scodellino and Ansedonia and then over the place Monte Amiata (also called Monte Amiata Scalo or Monte Amiata Stazione ), a place on the border of Castiglione d'Orcia and Montalcino, where he crossed the Orcia river at the bridge built for the artificial waterway (destroyed by bombs in 1944 and rebuilt later). It then overflows the Ombrone and enters the municipality of Siena after Casciano (district of Murlo ). The water reached Siena near the city gate Porta San Marco (southern city area) after 64 km, in Siena itself it had another distribution network of 35 km. In 1926, the architect Mario Vanni built the Serbatoio di Vico Alto ( water reservoir in the Senese district of Vico Alto, northern part of the city), which was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in retreat in 1945 and later rebuilt and is still active today. The catchment area of ​​the water source was expanded after the Second World War , and the aqueduct of the Ente River, which was derived from the Presa di Burlana , was added.

photos

  • The Vivo near the source and near the village of Vivo d'Orcia

  • Bridge over the Vivo in Seggiano

  • The Vivo at Seggiano

  • The Acquedotto del Vivo (or di Siena ) passes the Orcia River at Monte Amiata Scalo

literature

  • Giuliano Catoni: L'acquedotto del Vivo. In: L'eremo del Vivo. Secolo XI Secolo XI fra dinamiche religious e territoriali. Atti del Convegno a cura di Alfio Cortonesi e Gabriella Piccinni , Edizioni Effigi, Arcidosso 2004, ISBN 978-88-89836-21-7
  • Roberto Guercio: L'acquedotto di Siena di Luciano Conti. In: Viva l'acqua del Vivo. Ad un secolo dall'inizio dei lavori per l'acquedotto di Siena , published by Comune di Siena, Vanzi Grafiche, Siena 2008
  • Rossana Nicolò: Vicende storiche ed architettoniche del monastero inferiore al Vivo d'Orcia: preesistenze di Villa Cervini. In: L'eremo del Vivo.
  • Emanuele Repetti: VIVO torrente NEL MONTAMIATA in Val d'Orcia. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian, p. 2.)
  • Laura Vigni: Dalle sorgenti dell'Amiata l'acqua pura per Siena. Idea, progetti, lavori per il primo acquedotto del Vivo (1890–1914). In: Viva l'acqua del Vivo.

Web links

Commons : Vivo River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SIRA
  2. ↑ a b Rossana Nicolò: Vicende storiche ed architettoniche del monastero inferiore al Vivo d'Orcia.
  3. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Siena, accessed on March 17, 2013 (Italian)
  4. ^ A b Giuliano Catoni: L'acquedotto del Vivo. In: L'eremo del Vivo.
  5. ↑ a b Laura Vigni: Dalle sorgenti dell'Amiata l'acqua pura per Siena.
  6. ^ Umberto D'Aquino in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 28 (1983) , accessed on March 19, 2013, ital.
  7. ^ A b Roberto Guercio: L'acquedotto di Siena di Luciano Conti.