Santa Fiora

Santa Fiora is a municipality with 2649 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Grosseto in Italy.

Geography

It is located about 40 km east of the provincial capital Grosseto and about 110 south of Florence and has an area of 62.9 km ². It lies on the River Fiora and close to Monte Calvo (930 m, located in the southern municipality ), Mount Labbro to the west and Mount Amiata in the north in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, ​​2269 GG.

The main town is divided into three city -thirds, called Terzieri. The highest and oldest third ( Terziere ) is Castello, there is the Rocca and the present Palazzo Sforza Cesarini. The Terziere Castello is joined by the Via Carolina and the city gate Porticciola with the third Borgo. Through the Porta San Michele ( Porta di Borgo ) you will reach Montecatino, the youngest city thirds. Here the Peschiera is created.

The districts include Bagnolo ( 800 m), Bagnore (780 m), Marroneto ( 690 m) and Selva ( 788 m).

The neighboring municipalities are Abbadia San Salvatore ( SI), Arcidosso, Castel del Piano, Castell'Azzara, Piancastagnaio (SI), Roccalbegna and Semproniano.

History

The first mention of the village was 890 in a document which dealt with border issues with Abbadia San Salvatore. Finds from the Neolithic period and the time of the Etruscans and Romans suggest an earlier colonization. Fixing work of Aldobrandeschi are detected from the year 1082. Since 1141 evidence writings from Castello Santa Flore. 1274 shared the family of Aldobrandeschi into two branches. One was headquartered in Santa Fiora, the other resided in Sovana and Pitigliano. At the county of Ildebrandino di Bonifacio belonged to this period Arcidosso, Castiglione d' Orcia, Rocca Strada, Selvena and Semproniano. In the mid-14th century, the city came for a time under the control of the Republic of Siena, as Guidoriccio because Fogliano took several places in the area. The peace treaty between Santa Fiora and Siena in Siena was signed on November 18, 1331. From 1380 to 1384 the city of Siena was busy. Through the marriage of Cecilia Aldobrandeschi with Bosio Sforza in 1439 the place passed into the realm of the Sforza, after 1673 in the Cesarini Sforza. In the 19th and 20th centuries was mining in which mercury was mainly gained an important economic factor.

Demographics

Attractions

• Pieve delle Sante Flora e Lucilla, already mentioned in 1142 in Pieve Terziere Castello. Under the rose window of travertine the crest of the Aldobrandeschi is seen. Contains the works of Il Gesù di battesimo, Ultima cena and a triptych ( Incoronazione della Vergine, Stimmate di San Francesco and San Girolamo penitente, the predella to do this is from the works of Annunciation, the Nativity e Adoration of the Magi ) by Andrea della Robbia.
• Chiesa della Madonna della Neve (also called della Piscina ), church in Terziere Montecatino next to the Peschiera, originated before 1640, contains a fresco by Francesco Nasini Guglielmo, Monica, Agostino e Nicola da Tolentino (1640 arose ).
• Chiesa del Suffrage, church in Terziere Castello to Piazza Carducci. Arose from 1716 to 1726.
• Chiesa di San Giuseppe church from the year 1872.
• Chiesa di Santa Chiara Church in Borgo Terziere in Via delle Monache, 1705 originated. The corresponding Convento delle Clarisse was abandoned in 1992.
• Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, church in Terziere Borgo, 1146 as Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo emerged with campanile from the 14th century. War since 1309 and was assigned to the Augustinian order until 1681, when the current facade was created, modified and restored several times. Contains works from the school of Jacopo della Quercia (Madonna con il Bambino, wooden figure ). The other wooden figures Sant'Antonio Abate and San Nicola da Tolentino are of unknown origin. In the sacristy are the canvas painting Annunziata and Angelo annunziante and the altarpiece Madonna in trono con il bambino e Santi ( 16th century ) and the wood panel painting Madonna e il Bambino tra Angeli from the 15th century. More works in the sacristy are two goldbronzene Reliquenbüsten of Monika von Tagaste from the years 1765 and 1773, and two canvases of Monika, probably from the 17th century.
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio in Terziere Borgo to Piazza Sant'Antonio, a former church from the 16th century. Was destroyed during the occupation of the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte. Today, the facade is only still preserved.
• Museo delle miniere di mercurio del Monte Amiata, mining museum in the Palazzo Sforza Cesarini.
• Palazzo Sforza Cesarini were of the two towers ( Torre degli Aldobrandeschi and clocktower ) integrated into the building in Terziere Castello, built in 1575 on the ruins of the Rocca aldobrandesca. Since 2002, it houses the mercury Museum (Museo delle Miniere di Mercurio del Monte Amiata ).
• Praetorian Palace, the Palazzo Sforza Cesarini right side fitting. Was restored in the 19th century.
• Peschiera, fish farm in Terziere Montecatino, 1450 and 1851 arose extended by Lorenzo Sforza - Cesarini.
• Convento della Santissima Trinità alla Selva ( Selva district ), the Convention, the work Assunzione della Vergine coi Santi Girolamo, e Tommaso Francesco contains ( altarpiece ) by Girolamo di Benvenuto
• Chiesa della Madonna Addolorata Church in the district of Bagnolo from 1828.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Valerio Valeri (* 1883), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Laura Morante ( born 1956 ), actress

Community partnerships

The town maintains community partnerships with Pedace ( province of Cosenza ) and Pozzuolo del Friuli (UD ).

Santa Fiora in the literature

The place is mentioned by Dante in the Divine Comedy in the second part of the Purgatorio ( Purgatory / Purgatory, 6th Song, line 109-111. ):

• Original:

• German:

( Streckfuß translation )

Pictures

Via delle Scalette in Santa Fiora in the local third Borgo

Local third Montecatino with Peschiera, and the church of Madonna della Neve

View from the local third Borgo to Castello