Castelnuovo Berardenga

Castelnuovo Berardenga is a place in the province of Siena, Tuscany region in Italy with 8836 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).

Geography

The site extends over 177 km ². It lies about 20 km east of Siena and on a hill between the rivers Marena, Arbia and Ombrone. The territory is also crossed by the rivers Ambra, Bozzone and Staggia.

At its districts ( frazioni ) include Bossi, Casetta, Castell'in Villa Colonna del Grillo, Corsignano, Geggiano, Grillo, Guistrigona, Monaciano, Monastero d' Ombrone, Montaperti (also Monteaperti ) Pacina, Pianella, Pievasciata, Poggiarello, Ripa, Ponte a Bozzone Pontignanello, Pontignano, Quercegrossa, Rosennano, San Felice, San Giovanni a Cerreto, San Gusmè, San Piero, Santa Chiara, Santa Margherita, La Suvera, Stellino, Vagliagli Villa a Sesta and Vitignano.

The neighboring municipalities are Asciano, Bucine (AR), Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Monteriggioni, Radda in Chianti, Rapolano Terme and Siena.

Castelnuovo Berardenga is since 1932 part of the Chianti region. The grown there Chianti wine is divided into two vineyard zones of Colli Senesi and the Classico.

History

In the present territory of Castelnuovo Berardenga, in the district Montaperti, the Battle of Montaperti took place on 4 September 1260 at the Guelphs and Ghibellines faced each other in the form of Florence and Siena. Just before the gates of Siena suffered a crushing defeat Florence at the time. Castelnuovo itself was first founded by a decree of July 26, 1366 by the Republic of Siena and served as Monteriggioni castle as monitoring the Sienese limits, in this case the border to Arezzo and Florence. Under the Sienese Mino Dei the town walls and castle were built 1373-1374. After several attempts by the Florentine ( 1478 and 1479 ) to take the castle, Siena was forced to equip the city in the late 15th century with a new circle of walls, from which to this day still exists a single tower. As a result of renewed clashes between Florence and Siena Castelnuovo was occupied in 1554 by Florence and suffered the same fate as Siena. It was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Cosimo I de ' Medici.

Culture and sights

  • Propositura dei Santi Giusto e Clemente, Church, contains the works Sacra famiglia con Santa Caterina da Siena by Arcangelo Salimbeni and Crucifixion of Ventura Salimbeni.
  • Parco sculture del Chianti Sculpture Park with contemporary art works in the district Pievasciata.

Awards

  • Castelnuovo Berardenga is the carrier of Orange Flag of the TCI.
  • Castelnuovo Berardenga is a member of the Cittaslow movement

Twinning

Castel Nuovo has partnerships to Pusch village in Bavaria and Le Taillan -Médoc in France.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jacopo della Quercia (c. 1374 or the 1367 to 1438 ), sculptor of the early Renaissance, born in Quercegrossa district, as well as his brother Priamo
  • Priamo della Quercia (c. 1400 - after 1467 ), painter of the early Renaissance, Jacopo della Quercia brother of
  • Domenico Beccafumi (* around 1486, † 1551 ), painter and sculptor of Mannerism, probably born in the fraction Montaperti
  • Pietro Sorri (* 1556 in the district of San Gusmè, † 1622 in Siena ), painter
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