Bagno a Ripoli

Bagno a Ripoli (pronounced [' Banno a' rri: poli ] ) is a municipality in the province of Florence ( Tuscany Region ) with 25,488 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012).

Geography

The site covers approximately 74 km ². It is located about 20 km northwest of Arezzo and 7 km southeast of the provincial and regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian communities in the zone D, 1854 GG. The village is located near Florence, in a plane along the Arno with palaces and villas. At the opposite shore from Fiesole. Bagno a Ripoli has Etruscan origins and developed in the 3rd century BC to a trading venue.

The districts include Antella, Candeli, Le Gualchiere, grass Sina, Lappeggi, Ponte a Ema, Osteria Nuova, Rimaggio, San Donato in Collina, Terzano, Vallina and Villa Magna.

The neighboring municipalities are Fiesole, Florence, Greve in Chianti, Impruneta, Pontassieve and Rignano sull'Arno.

Attractions

  • In the village there are remains of ancient baths, can be found in its vicinity some castles.
  • Villa Medici by Lappeggi
  • Oratorio di Santa Caterina all'Antella (also Oratorio di Santa Caterina delle Ruote called ), oratorio, near the hamlet of Antella. Contains three works of Spinello Aretino.

Sports

  • Circolo Golf Ugolino, the oldest golf course in Tuscany and the seat of Italy's oldest golf clubs.

Partner communities

The German twin town is Weiterstadt, Hesse.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gino Bartali, (1914-2000) born in the village of Ponte a Ema.
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