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Valdarno
The Valdarno is the valley of the river Arno, although this name does not apply to the entire river basin. Usage of the term generally excludes Casentino and the valleys formed by major tributaries. Some towns in the area: *Rignano sull'Arno *Figline e Incisa Valdarno *San Giovanni Valdarno *Montevarchi *Terranuova Bracciolini *Reggello Reggello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence, between the north-western side of Pratomagno and the Upper Valdarno. The municipality borders ... * Castelfranco Piandiscò Valleys of Tuscany {{Tuscany-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figline E Incisa Valdarno
Figline e Incisa Valdarno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence. It has been created on January 1, 2014 with the union of the municipalities of Figline Valdarno and Incisa in Val d'Arno Incisa in Val d'Arno is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Figline e Incisa Valdarno, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, central Italy, located about southeast of Florence. It was a separate comune until 1 January 2014 .... References Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Florence-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Giovanni Valdarno
San Giovanni Valdarno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the valley of the Arno River. History According to the Italian medieval historian Giovanni Villani, the town was founded in 1296, by the Republic of Florence. The design of the historic center is based on the organization of Roman cities with a large central piazza from which two main roads run perpendicular to each other. From these two main roads run other secondary streets. The town is the birthplace of the early Renaissance painter Masaccio. Main sights * ''Palazzo Pretorio'' or ''Palazzo d'Arnolfo'' (13th century) * Convent of ''San Francesco a Montecarlo''. It houses an ''Incoronation of the Virgin'' by Neri di Bicci (1472–1475) * Basilica of ''Santa Maria delle Grazie'' (built in 1484, but with a 19th-century Neoclassical façade). Its museum houses Beato Angelico Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; February 18, 1455) was an Italian painter of the Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdarno Superiore
The Valdarno is the valley of the river Arno, although this name does not apply to the entire river basin. Usage of the term generally excludes Casentino and the valleys formed by major tributaries. Some towns in the area: * Rignano sull'Arno * Figline e Incisa Valdarno *San Giovanni Valdarno *Montevarchi *Terranuova Bracciolini *Reggello Reggello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence, between the north-western side of Pratomagno and the Upper Valdarno. The municipality borders ... * Castelfranco Piandiscò Valleys of Tuscany {{Tuscany-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggello
Reggello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence, between the north-western side of Pratomagno and the Upper Valdarno. The municipality borders with Castel San Niccolò, Castelfranco Piandiscò, Figline e Incisa Valdarno, Montemignaio, Pelago, and Rignano sull'Arno. History The territory has been inhabited since ancient times and many place names indicate the presence of Etruscan, Roman and Longobards. Initially called "Castelvecchio di Cascia", Reggello born as a marketplace near the Resco torrent where three streets meet: two trails from Casentino Valley and the Cassia Vetus (now called Setteponti road). The official birth of Reggello community is 1773 thanks to a law of the Grand Duke Leopold and the current territorial structure dates back to 1840. In 1966, seven people were killed and a neighborhood of Reggello was destroyed by a landslide triggered by the same rains tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevarchi
Montevarchi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. History The town of Montevarchi sprang up around 1100, near to a fortified Benedictine monastery, founded by bishop Elempert (986–1010) of Arezzo. At first the castle belonged to the Marquis Bourbon del Monte di Santa Maria, then to the Count Guidi family. In 1273 ownership passed to the Signoria of Florence. One of the town's first ''podestà'' (mayor) was Brunetto Latini. During the rule of the Medici, the town expanded considerably due to its flourishing agricultural trade and its wool and silk industries, controlled by the Woolmaker's Guild. Montevarchi remained under Florentine control until the end of the first half of the 18th century; then the town became part of the territory of Arezzo. After the unification of Italy, it became an important centre for manufacture of felt hats and, during the post World War II period, of shoes, hats, ladies' and children's wear. Today it is still a clot ... [...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] |
Casentino
The Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river Arno flows to Subbiano, Italy. It is one of the four valleys (alongside Valdarno, Valdichiana, and Valtiberina) in which the Province of Arezzo is divided. Mount Falterona, from which the Arno starts, represents the northern boundary between the Casentino and Romagna. On the east of the valley are the Alpe di Serra and the Alpe di Catenaia, which separate the Casentino from the highest tract of the Valtiberina. On the west there is the Pratomagno, which separates the valley from the Valdarno Superiore. Part of the valley is included in the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park. It can be said that the valley has an oval form, with an extension across the river that varies from a maximum of to a minimum of . The topography of the Casentino is especially various, including both plains and mountains rich in large forests. These mountains have often attracted great saints: it was here that St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terranuova Bracciolini
Terranuova Bracciolini is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. Terranuova Bracciolini borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco Piandiscò, Castiglion Fibocchi, Laterina Pergine Valdarno, Loro Ciuffenna, Montevarchi, San Giovanni Valdarno. Known historically as just Terranuova, the municipality was the birthplace in 1380 of the famed early humanist Poggio Bracciolini Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He was responsible for rediscovering and recovering many classi ..., for which it was renamed in 1862. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Arezzo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rignano Sull'Arno
Rignano sull'Arno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence. Main sights *''Pieve'' of San Lorenzo a Miransù *''Pieve'' di San Leonino, with a terracotta hexagonal attributed to Santi Buglioni *Monastery of Santa Maria a Rosano, allegedly founded in 780 but known from the 11th century. The church has kept some structures from the 12th century. *Church of ''San Pietro a Perticaia''. It houses a wooden crucifix of the Florentine school (late 15th-early 16th century) *Church of ''San Michele'' a Volognano, included in a castle which is now a neo-Gothic villa. The church houses several artworks, included a late 14th century ''Madonna with Child'' by Lorenzo di Bicci, an altarpiece by Mariotto Albertinelli (1514) and the ''Madonna of the Cintola'' (c. 1520), attributed to the workshop of Andrea del Sarto, to Domenico Puligo or to Rosso Fiorentino Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (8 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelfranco Piandiscò
Castelfranco Piandiscò is a commune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy. It was created on 1 January 2014 from the merger of previous ''comuni'' of Castelfranco di Sopra and Pian di Scò. It is located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. .... References {{authority control Cities and towns in Tuscany Populated places established in 2014 2014 establishments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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