Scandicci
Scandicci is a town with 49 624 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Geography
The municipality covers about 60 square kilometers. It is located about 6 km southwest of Florence and the Arno at its tributary of the river Greve. In the southern municipality of Pesa touches the place.
The districts include Badia a Settimo, Capannuccia Casellina Granatieri, Le Bagnese, l' Olmo, Mosciano, Pieve a Settimo, Rinaldi, San Colombano, San Martino alla Palma, San Michele a Torri, San Vincenzo a Torri, Santa Maria a Marciola, Scandicci Alto, Vingone and Viottolone.
The neighboring municipalities are Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Impruneta, Lastra a Signa, Montespertoli, San Casciano in Val di Pesa and Signa.
History
The districts Badia a Settimo and Mosciano were already inhabited by the Romans. The name comes from the Latin word probably scandere ( rise, rise ). The actual history of Scandicci begins with the local government reform of Leopold II in 1774, when he (now Settimo ) and Torri ( Pian de ' Cerri, San Vincenzo and Romola ) brought together the communities Casellina under the name Casellina e Torri. 1869 / '97 the Palazzo Comunale was built, followed by Piazza Matteotti (1879 ) and Piazza Piave (1876 ). The river course of Greve in 1929 changed, the still existing Piazza Marconi was born.
DH Lawrence had in Scandicci since 1926 a villa in which he, inter alia, his last novel Lady Chatterley wrote.
Attractions
- Monastery of San Salvatore a Settimo
Sons and daughters of the town
- Katia Beni (* 1961 in Scandicci), Italian actress
- Alessandro Paci ( born 1964 in Scandicci), Italian actor
Traffic
Scandicci located off the A1 ( Autostrada del Sole ), offers an important Tuscan northern motorway junction, which the A1 and Florence with Pisa and Livorno by the Strada di grande comunicazione Firenze -Pisa- Livorno (called FI -PI -LI ) connects and is a toll-free alternative to the A11.