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Valdinievole
Valdinievole or Val di Nievole (; "Valley of the Nievole (River)") is an area in the south-western part of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. Geography The area is made up of 11 comuni: Buggiano, Chiesina Uzzanese, Larciano, Lamporecchio, Massa e Cozzile, Monsummano Terme, Montecatini Terme, Pescia, Pieve a Nievole, Ponte Buggianese, and Uzzano, and has a population of almost 120,000. Parts of the comuni of Altopascio, Montecarlo, Marliana, and Serravalle Pistoiese are as well geographically part of the valley. The main settlements are Montecatini and Monsummano, greatly developed in the last part of the 20th century, besides Pescia, the historical capital, which has the only hospital and is the Catholic Bishop's seat. The name of the valley refers to the Nievole ''(Nièvole'' , from Latin ''nebula'', that means fog), a river that flows in the eastern part of the valley, whose main river is however the Pescia Maggiore or Pescia di Pescia which, as the Pescia Minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian municipality (''comune'') of c. 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is the most important center in Valdinievole. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca and has a strong tourism industry, as well as industrial and commercial industries related to the spa, which in turn has increased the interest for hotel accommodation in the region. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational "Great Spa Towns of Europe" UNESCO World Heritage Site, because of its famous mineral springs and its architecture exemplifying the popularity of spa resorts in Europe during the 18th through 20th centuries. History The presence of humans in the area of Montecatini is very old. Probably from Paleolithic times the region was frequented by itinerant hunters, but only from the Mesolithic period is there evidence of numerous settlements, especially in the hills of the Valdievole. Records of the thermal springs i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larciano
Larciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town hall is located in San Rocco. Larciano is about 50 kilometers west of Florence and about 15 kilometers south of Pistoia. Larciano borders the following municipalities: Cerreto Guidi (FI), Fucecchio (FI), Lamporecchio (PT), Monsummano Terme (PT), Ponte Buggianese (PT), Serravalle Pistoiese (PT). Geography Territory Larciano is located in the Valdinievole area, on the Montalbano slopes and it borders the Fucecchio Marsh. History The name of Larciano results from the latinization of the Etruscan name ''Larthial'', which was the possessive genitive of the male name ''Larth''. Larth is the proper name of an Etruscan fighter whose tomb, dating back to the year 340 before Christ, was discovered in 1870 in Tarquinia (a municipality in the Lazio region, Italy). In 941 the toponym was presented as ''Arsianus''; as time passed, it was converted into its current name. Another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsummano Terme
Monsummano Terme is an ''comune'' located in the Province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in the Valdinievole, and is a popular spa resort. It is composed of two separate nuclei: Monsummano Alto, of Etruscan origins and with a castle (probably of Lombard origins) and a line of walls, overlook the lower Monsummano, built starting from 1602 around a sanctuary commissioned by Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was the birthplace of French actor Yves Montand and Italian poet Giuseppe Giusti. Geography The district is located in the central-eastern Valdinievole, and is bordered to the north by the hills of Montalbano, to the south by the wetland Padule di Fucecchio, to the west by the Piana di Lucca, and to the east by the semi-hilly areas the town of Larciano. Given the proximity to the Padule, the area displays a wealth of flora and fauna and is a meeting place for birdwatchers. The rivers are very short, of which the Candalla stream is the most prominent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allucio Of Campigliano
Allucio of Campugliano (or Allucio da Pescia) (1070–1134) was a Tuscan holy man who distinguished himself by his work on behalf of pilgrims and the poor, and for peace. In the Roman Catholic Church his feast day is celebrated on 23 October. Born in Valdinievole near Pescia to a well-to-do rural landowner, he spent his youth shepherding the family's flock before devoting his life to acts of charity. He built two churches, a bridge over the Arno, three hospices for pilgrims and other travellers, including one on his own property at Campigliano near Uzzano. He was a generous almsgiver. Later in his life he mediated between the Tuscan city-states, seeking to prevent conflicts that in later centuries would grow into open and continual war. He died at Valdinievole. When Allucio's relics were being translated in 1344, a ''vita'' (biography) was discovered stored in the reliquary A reliquary (also referred to as a ''shrine'', by the French term ''châsse'', and historically incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalbano Mountains
Montalbano may refer to: People with the surname * Bartolomeo Montalbano, Italian Baroque musician * Giuseppe Montalbano (other) ** Giuseppe Montalbano (1895–1989), Italian politician ** Giuseppe Montalbano (1925–2021), Italian politician * James Montalbano, American typeface designer * Rose Montalbano, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Places * Montalbano Elicona, a ''comune'' (municipality) in Sicily, Italy * Montalbano Jonico, a ''comune'' (municipality) in Basilicata, Italy * Montalbano Mountains, a mountain chain in Valdinievole, Tuscany * A frazione of Firenzuola, Tuscany, Italy * A sub-region of the Chianti wine area in Tuscany, Italy Works of fiction * Salvo Montalbano, fictional Sicilian detective ** ''Inspector Montalbano'' (TV series), Italian show starring the fictional detective *** ''The Young Montalbano ''The Young Montalbano'' () is an Italian television spin-off produced and broadcast by ''Radiotelevisione Italiana'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massa E Cozzile
Massa e Cozzile is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about west of Pistoia, in the central part of the Valdinievole. It was the birthplace of composer Bernardo Pasquini. Massa e Cozzile borders the following municipalities: Buggiano, Marliana, Montecatini-Terme, Pescia Pescia () is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the river of the same name. History Archaeological excavations have suggest .... Twin towns * Judenburg, Austria References External links Official website Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Pistoia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzzano
Uzzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about southwest of Pistoia. Uzzano borders the following municipalities: Buggiano, Chiesina Uzzanese, Pescia, Ponte Buggianese. History The origin of Uzzano's hilltop settlement dates to the Lombard period, though the first mention of it dates about 1000 AD, when its castle was in the possession of a noble family of Lucca, of Lombard lineage, who were ''signori'' of Uzzano and of Montichiari and Vivinaia.Today Montichiari and Vivinaia are communes in the province of Lucca. In 1202 the comune gained local autonomy, remaining nevertheless a dependency of Lucca. In the 14th century Uzzano, like other comuni of the Valdinievole, passed under the dominion of Florence, with which it was joined until the unification of Italy, when it was returned to the jurisdiction of Lucca, and the separated by the creation of the province of Pistoia (1928). In 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Florence
The province of Florence ( it, provincia di Firenze) was a province in the northeast of Tuscany region of Italy. The city or ''comune'' of Florence was both the capital of the Province of Florence, and of the Region of Tuscany. It had an area of and a population of 1,012,180 as of 31 December 2014. The territory of the province was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. In 2015 the province was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Florence. Geography The Province of Florence was bordered by the Province of Bologna in the north, the Province of Ravenna and Forlì-Cesena in the north-east, the provinces of Prato, Pistoia, Pisa and Lucca in the west; the Province of Siena in the south and the Province of Arezzo in the east and southeast. Much of the province lied in the plain of the Arno river. Government List of presidents of the province of Florence References External links Photo gallery: Province of Florence— ''licensed photos''. . Florence Florence ( ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa. With a length of , it is the largest river in the region. It has many tributaries: Sieve at long, Bisenzio at , Ombrone Pistoiese at , and the Era, Elsa, Pesa, and Pescia. The drainage basin amounts to more than and drains the waters of the following subbasins: *The Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until its confluence with the Maestro della Chiana channel. *The Val di Chiana, a plain drained in the 18th century, which until then had been a marshy area tributary of the Tiber. *The upper Valdarno, a long valley bordered on the east by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padule Di Fucecchio
Padule is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Cascia in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 601 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ... census of 2001 it had 45 inhabitants. References Frazioni of the Province of Perugia {{Umbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pescia Di Collodi
Pescia () is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the river of the same name. History Archaeological excavations have suggested that the Lombards built the first settlement here on the river banks. The name of the city comes in fact from the Lombardic word ' (cognate to ' in German), meaning "river". Lucca occupied and destroyed Pescia during the 13th century, but the town was quickly rebuilt. During the entire Middle Ages Florence and Lucca contended for the city, as the latter was located on the border between the two republics. In 1339, after almost ten years of war, Florence occupied it. The economy of the town was founded on mulberry cultivation and silkworm breeding. Heavily struck by the Black Death, Pescia overcame the demographic and economic depression which had ensued only at the end of the 15th century. At the end of the 17th century, the grand-du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montecarlo, Tuscany
Montecarlo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Lucca. History Fort and village Montecarlo was founded in 1333 by future Bohemian king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (Montecarlo in Italian means "Charles' Mountain"), who freed the nearby city of Lucca from the Pisan rule. A true settlement, however, appeared only after the Florentines destroyed the nearby castle of Vivinaia, and the authorities of the Republic of Lucca moved the population to the same hill of Charles' castle. Montecarlo was a possession of the Republic of Florence from 1437. Main sights *Sant'Andrea- Collegiate church first built in the 14th century, but much of the structure, including the interior, was refurbished in 1783. It is the tallest building in the village. The crypt retains the Romanesque architecture. * San Piero in Campo- Pieve or ''rural parish church'' at the foot of Montecarlo's castle. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
