Montieri
Montieri is a municipality with 1235 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Grosseto in Italy.
Geography
Montieri is located about 42 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto and 74 km south-west of the regional capital Florence. The place is located in the mountainous region of the Metalliferous Hills at an altitude of 704 meters and covers an area of 108 km2. Within the area near the Poggio di Montieri stems from the Merse river, in the district Gerfalco of Cecina.
For site include the districts Boccheggiano, Gerfalco and Travale.
Neighboring municipalities are Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina ( PI), Chiusdino (SI), Massa Marittima, Monterotondo Marittimo, Radicondoli (SI) and Rocca Strada.
History
Its history goes back to the time of the Etruscans, the BC began in the 4th century, to create copper and silver mines in the area. The area belonged to the dominion of Populonia. The Latin names of the town was Mons aeris ( Kupferberg ).
The name Montieri is mentioned 973 AD first time in a business letter of the merchant Lamberto degli Aldobrandeschi. In the 12th century Montieri was an important mining area and was under the rule of the Bishop of Volterra. This was a shape there Grosso called coin. Later, the city of Siena tried to bring the mines under their control, as they needed for their own silver coinage. 1181 Siena initially bought a quarter of the territory, in 1326 the place was quite at Siena. 1219 was the Breve di Montieri, a collection of local laws. The instrument is therefore significant because it has been drafted in the first vernacular. 1242 was Papocchi Giacomo, a young miner, sentenced for theft of silver to the amputation of the right hand and left foot. To atone for his sins, he settled in a cell walled next to the church and died there 46 years later, on 28 December 1289th He was beatified later and has since been revered as the patron saint of the village. In the 14th century, most silver mines were exploited and Montieri experienced a decline.
Only in the second half of the 17th century, new ore deposits (copper and pyrite ) were discovered by the mineralogist Giovanno Arduino, which led to the establishment of additional mines. The last of them existed until 1994. Since then Montieri is in a transitional phase and trying to distinguish itself by its location in the middle of beech, oak and chestnut forests as a resort.
Attractions
- From the medieval townscape, the towers are only recognizable: the bell tower of church and Town Hall, the Casa Narducci and Casa Marzarocchi.
- Chiesa di San Francesco, the church in the center, contains the works of the Immaculate Conception, the Nativity, Crucifixion and Gloria di San Francesco d' Assisi coi santi terziari francescani Luigi di Francia IX ed Elisabetta d' Ungheria by Giuseppe Nicola Nasini.
- Chiesa di San Giacomo Apostolo church from the 13th century, which is the highest point of the village.
- La buca delle fate, old mine shaft, which can be visited.
- Pieve dei Santi Paolo e Michele, Pieve from the 14th century in the town center, including a wall plaque Madonna with Child (Madonna della Cintola ) by Taddeo Gaddi and a Marie proclamation of Ilario Casolani.