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Buriano, Castiglione Della Pescaia
Buriano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 257. Buriano is about 17 km from Grosseto and 20 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated on a hill in the massif of Poggio Ballone. History The village dates back to the Early Middle Ages, when it was one of the towns held by the Aldobrandeschi family; then it was ruled by the Lambardi (until the 14th century) and by the Appiani of Piombino (until 1815). Main sights * Church of ''Santa Maria Assunta'' (9th century), main parish church of the village, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Grosseto
The province of Grosseto ( it, links=no, provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Grosseto completely occupies the southern end of Tuscany, and with a territorial area of , it is the most extensive in the region and one of the least dense in population in Italy. The province is bordered to the northwest by the Province of Livorno, to the north by the Province of Pisa, to the northeast by the Province of Siena, and to the southeast by the Province of Viterbo in Lazio. To the south is the Tyrrhenian Sea, which includes the southern islands of the Tuscan archipelago, including Isola del Giglio and the smaller Giannutri islands and Formiche di Grosseto and Formica di Burano. The Arcipelago Toscano National Park spans both the provinces of Grosseto and Livorno, and includes the seven main islands of the Tuscan Archipelago: Elba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuele Repetti
Emanuele Repetti (1776-1852) was an Italian historian and naturalist who wrote extensively on the history of Tuscany. He was born in Carrara.Italian Institute of Archaeology, University of Siena http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/paginerep/biorep.html Works He contributed to the ''Antologia of Vieusseux'' and the ''Atti'' of the Accademia dei Georgofili, of which he was secretary. From 1833 to 1846, he published the ''Dizionario geografico, fisico e storico della Toscana'', which offers an account of the natural and civic history of municipalities in Tuscany. His work was primarily cultural, historical, linguistic and archaeological in nature. References Further reading * 1833-1845 (6 volumes) Repetti Repettii Emanuele Repetti Emanuele Repetti (1776-1852) was an Italian historian and naturalist who wrote extensively on the history of Tuscany. He was born in Carrara.Italian Institute of Archaeology, University of Siena http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/paginerep/bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirli
Tirli is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 284. Tirli is about 28 km from Grosseto and 18 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated on a hill next to the top of Poggio Ballone. History The village dates back to the Early Middle Ages, as it was mentioned in a document of 814. Destroyed by the Turks in the 16th century, it was then part of the Principality of Piombino. Main sights * Church of ''Sant'Andrea Apostolo'' (17th century), main parish church of the village, CEI official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocchette
Rocchette is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. Geography Rocchette is about 25 km from Grosseto and 6 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated at the foot of Poggio Peroni, one of the peaks of the promontory of Punta Ala, in the pine forest of Roccamare along the Tyrrhenian coast. Rocchette is known for its beaches and it is populated especially in summer, by tourists, mainly from Northern Europe. The village is situated west to the Provincial Road which links Castiglione della Pescaia to Follonica. History Rocchette was formerly known as ''Campo Albo'', a small village born in the Middle Ages, with a castle and a notable ''pieve'', that no longer exists.Bruno Santi, ''Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto'', Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, pp. 78-79. Emanuele Repetti, Rocchette, ''Dizionario Geografico Fisico S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roccamare
Roccamare is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 107. Geography Roccamare is about 25 km from Grosseto and 5 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated in the pine forest along the Tyrrhenian coast. The pinewood of Roccamare (''Pineta di Roccamare'') marks the northern end of the ''Pineta del Tombolo'', an ancient pinewood (18th century) that stretches from Principina a Mare (south) to Rocchette (north). The village is situated along the Provincial Road which links Castiglione della Pescaia to Follonica. Main sights The seaside village of Roccamare was born as a gated community in the early 1960s on a project by Count Federigo Ginori Conti who conceived, financed and implemented the idea. The originary settlement consisted of two hundred villas designed by architects Ugo Miglietta and Antonio Canali. Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Ala
Punta Ala (formerly Punta Troia) is a ''frazione'' of the town of Castiglione della Pescaia, in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The small town with a population of 402 people lies at the bottom of the northern hillsides of the promontory of the same name. The coastal town is a popular summer seaside destination. History Previously known as Punta Troia, changed its name to Punta Ala (from aviation jargon, Ala means wing in Italian) after the Italian aviator Italo Balbo, who had purchased some fortifications and villas in the area which later became his residences. Punta Ala literally translates to "point wing", describing the whole area as a wing of a plane with Punta Ala situated in the very tip of it. The modern day tourist center developed during the course of the twentieth century, particularly in the 1970s. The town is famous for its sailing regattas which are held by the local Yacht Club Punta Ala and the well equipped tourist port, the home of Luna Rossa. While P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pian Di Rocca
Pian di Rocca is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 68. Pian di Rocca is about 25 km from Grosseto and 7 km from Castiglione della Pescaia, and it is situated in the plain of ''Val Berretta'', between the hills of Poggio Ballone and Poggio Peroni. The village is known for its typical product, the ''Carciofo di Pian di Rocca'' (artichoke of Pian di Rocca). Main sights * ''Santa Rita'' (18th century), main church of the village, it was built as the chapel of the farmhouse, and it was restructured in the early 20th century.Enrico Collura, Mario Innocenti, Stefano Innocenti, ''Comune di Castiglione della Pescaia: briciole di storia'', Grosseto, Editrice Innocenti, 2002, pp. 148. * Hermitage of ''Santa Petronilla'' (15th century), situated outside the village, it was built as a place of pilgrimage. The church was supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pian D'Alma
Pian d'Alma is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comuni of Castiglione della Pescaia and Scarlino, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 24. Pian d'Alma is about 38 km from , 17 km from |
William Of Maleval
William of Maleval (french: Guillaume de Malavalle), also known as William the Hermit or William the Great, was a French Christian and the founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites, an early branch of the Hermits of St. Augustine. He was beatified in 1202. Sources The account of his life, written by his disciple Albert, who lived with him during his last year at Maleval, has been lost. Written accounts of his life by Theodobald, or Thibault, given by the Bollandists, is unreliable because it has been interpolated with the lives of at least two other Williams.Webster, Douglas Raymund. "St. William of Maleval." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 30 May 2021 Life A Frenchman by birth, he spent some years ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Mother of God. Other Protestant views on Mary vary, with some holding her to have considerably lesser status. The New Testament of the Bible provides the earliest documented references to Mary by name, mainly in the canonical Gospels. She is described as a young virgin who was chosen by God to conceive Jesus through the Holy Spirit. After giving birth to Jesus in Bethlehem, she raised him in the city of Nazareth in Galilee, and was in Jerusal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
The Italian Episcopal Conference ( it, Conferenza Episcopale Italiana) or CEI is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church, the official assembly of the bishops in Italy. The conference was founded in 1971 and carries out certain tasks and has the authority to set the liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti was appointed its president by Pope Francis in 2017. It is the only episcopal conference for which the pope appoints the president and secretary-general. In almost all other conferences the president is elected, while the secretary-general is elected in all others. At the beginning of his papacy in 2013, Pope Francis considered having the CEI membership elect its own president and secretary-general, a proposal that was once considered and abandoned by Pope John Paul II. In 2017, adopting a new procedure, the CEI members elected three cand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMG 0009 Rocca Di Buriano
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