Piombino

Piombino is a town in the Italian province of Livorno with 34,320 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012). The city center with its historical elements from the Middle Ages to modern times as an ensemble almost completely preserved. Multiple fortification elements such as a city gate with barbican are partly well preserved. From a distance, however, Piombino makes a modern impression, as much industry has settled there. In particular, the routes with its own port on the seafront opposite Lucchini ironworks with coke plant, two blast furnaces (but only one is active), oxygen steelworks and various rolling mills dominated the view.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 129 km ². Piombino is located at the Gulf towards the Tyrrhenian Sea, the island of Elba. It belongs to the Maremma ( Maremma Livornese ). To the north of Piombino lie on olivenbepflanzter, steep sloping hill towards the sea, the ruins of the ancient Etruscan maritime trading Populonia with harbor (Porto Baratti ), to the east, the Maremma expands. In the municipality of Cornia, who spends 6 of its 49 km in the municipality opens, with two side arms ( Cornia canalizzata and Cornia Vecchio) east of the village into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Among the districts of Baratti, Colmata include (2 m, about 130 inhabitants), Fiorentina (12 m, about 90 inhabitants), Populonia, Stazione di Populonia (10 m, about 250 inhabitants) and Riotorto (52 m, about 1400 inhabitants ).

The neighboring municipalities are Campiglia Marittima, Follonica (GR ), San Vincenzo and Suvereto.

History

The port of Porto Felesia dates back to Roman times. After the destruction of Populonia by the Lombards the place gained as importance and was equipped by Pisa in the 12th and 13th century city walls. The place wwurde 1399 together with Elba by Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan awarded to you for the betrayal of Pisa to Gherardo Appiano and fixed more of this. Piombino was since 1594 the capital of the Principality of Piombino, which also included a large part of the island of Elba and 360 km ² counted 25,000 residents. The independent city-state was one of only regional importance of many small Duodezfürstentümer next to Volterra, San Gimignano and many others. After the death of the last prince of Appiano (1634 ) the place came to the family Boncompagni Ludovisi -. Napoleon gave the principality in 1805 as a French fiefs of his sister Elise Bacciocchi. The Congress of Vienna gave it to the House Act Boncompagni Ludovisi - 1815 back again; until 1860 it was under the sovereignty of Tuscany, since 1860 it belongs to the Kingdom of Italy.

In 1881, Piombino had 2763 inhabitants. After that, the population increased by industrialization steadily and reached its peak in the 1970s when the town was one of almost 40,000 inhabitants. After the wedding the steel industry, the population declined slightly, and now stands at approximately 34,000.

Attractions

• Cathedral of Piombino (Duomo di Piombino, also Concattedrale di Sant 'Antimo called ), Co-Cathedral in the center. Originated in 1377 by Piero Gamba Corti at will. The mosaic on the facade dates from the year 1937., The right adjacent cloister ( Cloister ) is from 1470 and was designed by Andrea di Francesco Guardi. By Andrea Guardi also come the baptismal font with the arms of APPIANI ( 1470 ) and the tombs of Emanuele and Fiammetta APPIANI. In addition, the resulting 1997 and the church building adjacent Museo d' arte sacra diocesano Andrea Guardi is named after him. Here are canvas paintings of the church of Santa Maria della Croce in Populonia Alta ( Trasporto di San Cerbone from the 18th century and Vergine con Bambino from the 14th century). Other works of art in the cathedral are of Francesco Vanni ( Trinity and Saints ) and Italo Orlando Griselli (sculptor, 1880-1958 ), in 1939 the sculptures Scene delle armi dell'esercito italiano and the Crucifix in the Cappella dei Caduti dell'altare left here.
• Chiesa di Sant 'Antimo sopra i canali, former church in the center of the 13th century, which is involved in the former Ospedale. After the desecration in 1806 she gave her name to the cathedral on.
• Chiesa della Misericordia church in the town center from the early 13th century. The adjoining convent of the Franciscan dates from the 15th century.
• Church of the Immaculate, church in the Gothic Revival style from the year 1902 has been. Built from 1899 on, after the Franciscans were able to return from Piombino by Elisa Bonaparte due to a land donation for their exclusion in 1806.
• Cappella della Madonna del Desco, also called Cappella della Madonna della Neve, chapel in the village, which was first documented in 1499.
• Castello di Piombino, castle. Originated in 1225 as cassero Pisano as well as the east gate of the medieval city wall ring. After the takeover of APPIANI the castle was expanded in the 1440s. Since 1556 is spoken by the Castello Nuovo ( New Castle), which was rebuilt and expanded since 1548 by Giovanni Battista Camerini for Cosimo I de ' Medici and then got the name Fortezza Medicean. From the mid-19th century until 1960, the fort was used as a prison.
• Cittadella di Piombino, citadel in the southwestern town center, was built 1465-1470 for Jacopo Appiano III by Andrea di Francesco Guardi. Simultaneously, the marble fountain, the Cappella della Cittadella was created by him in the Citadel (also known as Cappella di Sant'Anna, contains the Andrea della Robbia Works attributed ) and the Palazzo degli Principesco APPIANI, which was demolished in 1959 to make way for a modern building space.
• Palazzo Comunale, palace of the 13th century. The present clock tower clocktower was built in the year, 1598.
• Palazzo Appiani, historical residence of APPIANI, since 1985 houses the Museum and Aquarium Museo del Mare e città di Piombino Acquario.

Traffic

• The place is connected via the connection points Venturina and Vignale - Riotorto to the state road Strada Statale 1 Via Aurelia.
• At the rail of the site from the railway station and close to downtown glegenen Piombino and outside the railway station Stazione di Populonia is connected to the railway line Piombino Livorno.
• The port of Piombino (Porto Vecchio) offers ferry service to Pianosa and three lines to the island of Elba ( Portoferraio, Rio Marina and Cavo, a northern suburb of Rio Marina).

Community partnership

With the Belgian city Flémalle in Wallonia Piombino has a community partnership.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Andrea Luci ( born 1985 ), football player
• Fabio Mussi (* 1948), politician
• Lido Vieri ( born 1939 ), football player