Reggello
Regello is a town with 16,272 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the Province of Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Geography
The municipality extends over about 121 km ². It is located about 25 km southeast of Florence. The place is part of the Comunità montana Montagna Fiorentina. The districts Ciliegi LECCIO and Prulli lie on the Arno.
The districts include Cancelli, Canova, Cascia, Caselli, Ciliegi, Donnini, LECCIO, Matassino, Montanino, Pietra Piana, Pontifogno, Prulli, Saltino, San Clemente, San Donato in Fronzano, Sant'Ellero, Tosi and Vaggio.
The neighboring municipalities are Castel San Niccolò (AR), Castelfranco Piandiscò (AR), Figline Valdarno e Incisa, Montemignaio (AR), Pelago and Rignano sull'Arno.
History
Early inhabitants of the area were probably the Etruscans, Romans and Lombards. First documents mentioning the 1066 Castel Nuovo della Pieve di Cascia, later called Castelvecchio di Cascia, owned by the Counts Guidi. Erlang importance of place due to the proximity to the Via Cassia Vetus, which led from Florence to Arezzo. Today's main town Reggello arose in 1250 as a market place at the intersection of Cassia Vetus and Via del Casentino. By decree of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II, from February 13, 1773 the City of Cascia was renamed to its present name Reggello. Cascia is today a district of Reggello.
Attractions
- Abbazia di Vallombrosa, 1058, inaugurated the abbey Vallombrosan, the work contains Trinità of Lorenzo Lippi and works by Alessandro Gherardini, Raffaellino del Garbo and Andrea Della Robbia.
- Pieve di San Pietro a Pitiana, already mentioned in 1028 Pieve works by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio and Domenico Ghirlandaio.
- Chiesa di San Clemente a Sociana, church with works by Antonio Rosselino, Mino da Fiesole and Santi di Tito.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Pasquale Ermini (1905-1958), born in LECCIO (part of Reggello), race car driver and entrepreneur
Community partnerships
Reggello maintains partnerships with the following cities and towns:
- Roßdorf, Germany
- Voesendorf, Austria
- Billy - Montigny, France