Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina

Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina is a municipality with 2284 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Pisa in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The municipality covers 27 km ². It is located about 90 km south-west of the regional capital Florence and 90 km southeast of the provincial capital of Pisa. It is part of the Comunità montana Alta Val di Cecina and is not far from the valley of the devil in the climatic classification of Italian communities in the zone E, 2144 GR / G.

The municipality is divided into two geographically independent areas that are separated from the communities and Pomarance Radicondoli (SI). Here, the district of Monte Pisano is separated from the main town in the northeast. The border with Volterra is located just 45 meters away, lying on the floor of the municipality of Casole d' Elsa (SI).

Through the municipal area the rivers Cecina flow (3 km from a total of 78 km) and Cornia (8 km from 49 km) and the Torrenti Pavone (9 km from 32 km) and Possera (4 km of 18 km).

Among the districts ( Frazioni ) include Lagoni del Sasso ( 449 m, ​​about 120 inhabitants), Leccia (370 m, about 20 inhabitants), Monte Pisano ( 494 m, about 110 inhabitants) and Sasso Pisano (210 m, ca. 500 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Casole d' Elsa, Monterotondo Marittimo (GR), Montieri (GR), and Pomarance Radicondoli (SI).

History

First mentioned in documents is the place in 1176, here is from the cassero (castle ) and the Church spoken. 1213 became Volterra dominion over the place. Today's municipal boundaries emerged in 1870, when the districts Leccia and Sasso Pisano separated from the municipality Pomarance and Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina were added in part. From the 20th century the geothermal energy and geothermal power plants have been an important industry.

Attractions

  • Cappella di Sant'Ottaviano, resulting in the 18th century chapel.
  • Church of the Most Holy Salvatore, Parochial Church in the historic center.
  • Fonte del Latte, Hot Spring, which was already in 1571, mentioned by Andrea Bacci, physician to Pope Sixtus V.
  • Oratorio della Madonna del Piano, arisen before 1666 church building between the main town and Monte Castelli.
  • Oratorio di San Rocco, the work contains Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio by Cosimo Daddi from the year 1597th
  • Pieve di San Bartolomeo a Leccia, resulting in 1275 in the village of Pieve Leccia.
  • Pieve dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo, 1186 resulting Pieve.
  • Sanctuary of Madonna del Libro, Santuarium from the 17th century.

Awards

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