Torniella

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

Geography

The place is located 7 km north of the main town Rocca Strada and 35 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto in the Metalliferous Hills of the Maremma. The village lies at 441 meters above sea level and has about 325 inhabitants. It is the northernmost district of Rocca Strada and is located in the immediate vicinity of the district Piloni, which is located on the opposite hill. In the north of the place of the Farma river forms the border with Monticiano.

History

Was first mentioned in 1076 as the place Torgnalla, followed in 1188 by Pope Clement III. , Who mentioned the Chiesa di San Giovanni Batista. From 1216 to 1274 the Aldobrandeschi ruled the place. The faithful Ranieri them because Torniella reigned since 1233 and gained the place in 1237, the population of Siena. Nevertheless, Siena had to intervene militarily in 1255, the fortifications severely damaged and the hitherto allied local lords, among them the son of Ranieri, Alberto, were interned in Siena. Five years later, the city finally succeeded under the dominion of Siena. Since the second half of the 15th century Sienese family of Bulgarini ruled the place until it against the Florentine in 1555 part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was after the defeat of the Sienese Republic.

Attractions

• Chiesa di San Giovanni Batista, Church in the city center in Via del Pianello. Originated in the 13th century and remodeled in the 15th century. If Parochial Church in the 17th century. If the work contains Madonna con il Bambino che offre il rosario a Santa Caterina da Siena ea San Domenico, a canvas, which the Francesco Vanni and today Vincenzo Rustici was formerly attributed.
• Chiesa della Compania di San Sebastiano church in the center of the 17th century near the Chiesa di San Giovanni and also in the Via del Pianello. If the work contains Madonna con il Bambino in gloria tra San Giovanni Evangelista, San Pietro Apostolo, San Fabiano San Sebastiano an unknown Senese artist of the 17th century.