Loro Ciuffenna

Loro Ciuffenna is a municipality with 5897 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The municipality extends over some 87 km ². It is located about 25 km north- west of Arezzo and 40 km southeast of Florence on the river Ciuffenna.

The districts include Anciolina, Chiassaia, Faeto - Prato Valle Casa Mona, Gropina, Il Borro, La Villa Malva, Modine Gorgiti, Poggio di Loro, Querceto, Rocca Ricciarda, San Clemente in Valle, San Giustino Valdarno, Trappola and Trevane.

The neighboring municipalities are Focognano Castel, Castel San Niccolò, Castelfranco Piandiscò, Castiglion Fibocchi, Ortignano Raggiolo, Talla and Terra Bracciolini.

History

The place name is composed of the two components Loro ( for Latin Laurus, dt laurel ) and Ciuffenna ( name of the river on which the city is located ) together. The first mention of the place in 1050, the river, however, was already in 1037 (under the name Ioffinne ). The river's name was appended to the city name in 1863.

The first settlement of the area took place, according to Livy Ab urbe condita libri CXLII by the Etruscans. Its location on an ancient trade route from Arezzo to Fiesole the place grew quite quickly. After the fall of the western Roman Empire, the city fell under the control of the Byzantines and the Lombards. The Castello di Loro was built around the year 900, the first official mention was the place in a document from 1059, which the Count Conti family of Ubertini the place set available. 1293 took over the Republic of Florence in control of the place, in 1462, he developed his first statutes.

Attractions

  • Badia di Sant'Andrea
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta, including Lorenzo di Bicci the painting Madonna con Bambino e angeli tra Santi, Incoronazione di Maria Vergine, Evangelisti
  • Pieve di San Giustino, Pieve
  • Pieve di San Pietro a Gropina, Monumento Nazionale
  • Santuario della Madonna dell'Umiltà

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Simone Bianco, * 1490 in Loro Ciuffena, sculptor
  • Venturino Venturi, born 1918 in Loro Ciuffenna, painter and sculptor.

Community partnerships

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