Poppi
Poppi is a comune in Italy with 6200 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) and belongs to the province of Arezzo. It is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
Geography
The municipality covers about 97 km ². It is nearly 35 km north of Arezzo and 50 km east of Florence on the Arno River and in the valley of the Casentino.
Among the districts of Poppi include Avena, Badia Prataglia, Becarino, Camaldoli, Larniano, Lierna, Memmenano, Moggiona, Ponte a Poppi, Porrena, Quorle, Quota di Poppi, Riosecco, Sala, San Martino a Monte and San Martino in Tremoleto.
The neighboring municipalities are Bagno di Romagna ( FC ), Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Chiusi della Verna, Ortignano Raggiolo and Prato Vecchio Stia.
History
While Poppi is now off the major roads and little is known, it played in the 13th and 14th centuries as the headquarters of a noble family, the Guidi, an important role in the events of the Tuscan countryside between Arezzo and Florence, and thus. Between Guelphs and Ghibellines Poppi is crowned by the castle of the Counts Guidi ( Castello dei Conti Guidi), which dominates the city and the Casentino. 1441 and therefore comparatively late, Poppi came under the rule of the Republic of Florence, which the expulsion of the Guidi was at the extreme end point of the old feudal in Tuscany at the same time.
The name " Poppi " can be etymologically the term " poplo ," meaning " hill " or "hill", traced from the Tyrrhenian voice era. Therefore, it stands to reason that even before the 8th century a settlement of that name was founded. Poppi is mentioned in sources but only in the 12th century.
Attractions
- Chiesa della Madonna del Morbo, Church on the Piazza Amerighi from 1657
- Chiesa di San Fedele church from the year 1185 has been. Restored 1928-1934 by Giuseppe Castellucci.
- Chiesa di San Marco, church from the 16th century
- Camaldoli Monastery, mother monastery and hermitage of Kamaldulenserordens, eremitical living branch of the Benedictines. The baroque church is designed with works by Giorgio Vasari.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Tommaso Crudeli (1703-1745), poet, free thinker and Freemasons.
- Cardinal Antonio Innocenti (1915-2008), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Mino da Fiesole ( * ~ 1430/31-1484 ), architect and sculptor.