Sticciano

Sticciano is a hamlet of Rocca Strada in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The town is located 10 km south of the capital Rocca Strada and 19 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto in the Metalliferous Hills of the Maremma. The village lies at 303 meters above sea level in the mountain chain Monte Leoni close to Poggio Pinzi ( 358 meters altitude) and has about 50 residents. The corresponding district Sticciano Scalo ( Scalo train station) is located at 42 meters above sea level and has about 630 inhabitants. To place next Sticciano Scalo includes the Località ( subsite ) La Pescaia

History

Tombs of the Etruscans from the 10th to 8th centuries BC located near Sticciano Scalo. The main town itself was first mentioned in writing to 966 as owned by the Aldobrandeschi. The second written documentation comes from Pope Clement III. April 12, 1188 when he strikes the Pieve della Santissima Conception in the field of the Bishop of Grosseto. Otto IV, it is one in a letter dated 31 October 1209 the possessions of the Abbey of San Galgano. 1251 subjects, the Count Aldobrandeschi associated Ranieri Cappuciani and place the Sienese, remove the 1273 the fortress ( cassero ) and the city fortifications. At the end of the 13th century, the city rebelled against the rulers of Siena, but already in 1314 resubmitted. Finally reaches Siena Sticciano 1328, when the Sienese troops under the leadership of Guidoriccio Fogliano because much of the area of Maremma, including Sticciano and Montemassi are taking. 1438 downgraded the government in Siena the place due to lack of population as a fief back. The feud passed in 1461 by Count Count Bindo Sticciani over to the family of Enea Silvio Piccolomini ( Pope Pius II ). After the defeat of the Sienese Republic against the Florentine in 1555, the town was part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

Attractions

  • Chiesa della Santissima Conception Church in the town center, from the Pieve di Santa Mustiola (7th century) was built. Does the image of the Madonna del Rosario con Santa Caterina da Siena and San Domenico ( with Sticciano in the background) from the local painter Giovan Giuseppe Mattei ( in 1700 originated )
  • Chiesa della Confraternita del Sacro Cuore di Gesù, ex- church of the 16th century in the town center.
  • Palazzo Piccolomini, Palazzo in the center
  • Parrocchia di Sant'Antonio Abate agli Olmini di Sticciano, parish church ( parish church ), which emerged in the 1950s.
  • Villa Tolomei. Villa in the district of La Pescaia

Traffic

The place is connected with the Sticciano Scalo station on the railway line between Siena and Grosseto.

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