Montale

Montale is a town with 10,634 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Pistoia. There is twinned with the Croatian city of Varaždin.

Geography

Montale is in the valley of the Ombrone Pistoiese and extends up into the foothills of the Apennines. The neighboring municipalities are Agliana, Cantagallo (PO ), Montemurlo (PO ), and Pistoia. The site also includes the districts Tobbiana, Fognano and Stazione.

In the capital Motale is Montale Alto, here is a pistoiesische fortress was situated on a hill that dominates the surrounding landscape.

Demography

Montale is one of 3,671 households. Between 1991 and 2001 the population increased from 9,807 to 10,143 on. This represents a percentage increase of 3.4%.

Population development of Montale to 2001:

History

The first settlement center was built in the 13th century this fortress. During the clashes between the cities of Pistoia and Florence, she was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, occupied and razed in 1303 by Florentine Trupenn. After the reconquest by Pistoia she was not rebuilt, but now served as the seat of the Podestà ( Vogts ) a ausdedehnten land area.

Beginning of the 16th century, the community - as Pistioia - part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The municipality is in its expansion since the Middle Ages remained about the same until 1913, the former district Agliana was an independent village.

Attractions

• The Castello della Smilea was erricht as a medieval fortress and in 1466 drafted by the Florentines. Later it was converted into a residential building. The name derives miglia ( six miles ) from is, the distance to the town of Pistoia.
• La Badia, an ancient abbey church
• The church of San Giovanni in Montale was the first parish church in the area, it goes back to Roman times and was remodeled in the 18th and 19th centuries, so that it is designed in neoclassical style today.
• Casa al Bosco

Sons and daughters of the town

• Atto Vannucci (1808-1883), historian