Pratovecchio Stia is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' in the

province of Arezzo The province of Arezzo ( it, provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. The province is bordered by the regions of Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and the provinces ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

. It was formed by the merger of the two former ''comuni'' of Pratovecchio and Stia in 2014.

History

Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist

Paolo Uccello Paolo Uccello ( , ; 1397 – 10 December 1475), born Paolo di Dono, was an Italians, Italian (Florentine) Florentine painting, painter and mathematician who was notable for his pioneering work on visual Perspective (graphical), perspective in art. ...

, was a

barber-surgeon The barber surgeon, one of the most common European medical practitioners of the Middle Ages, was generally charged with caring for soldiers during and after battle. In this era, surgery was seldom conducted by physicians, but instead by barber ...

from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

and became a citizen there in 1373.

Main sights

*Monastery and church of ''San Giovanni Evangelista'' (1134). Renovated in the 17th century, it has a Baroque portal and a single nave. Artworks include an ''Coronation of the Virgin'' by

Giovanni Bizzelli Giovanni Bizzelli (1556 – around 1 August 1607 or 1612) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist period. He was a pupil of Alessandro Allori. He afterwards went to Rome. On his return to Florence he helped Antonio Tempesta in the decoration ...

(1600) and an ''Assumption'' by the Master of Pratovecchio (mid-15th century). *Church of ''San Biagio'', in Ama. Built in the 11th century in Romanesque style, it has a Gothic portal *Church of ''Santi Vito e Modesto'', in Lonnano (12th century). *''Santa Maria a Poppiena'', at Poppiena, documented from 1099, in Romanesque style (notable the façade rose window). The apse is introduced by an arch and has three mullioned windows decorated in alabaster stones. It houses a 15th-century ''Annunciation'' by Giovanni dal Ponte and fragment of a 14th-century fresco of ''Madonna Enthroned with Child''. *Monastery of ''Santa Maria della Neve'', founded in 1567. *''Pieve di San Pietro a Romena'', in Romena. The church was built in the mid-12th century over a pre-existing edifice, perhaps dating to the 8th century. Notable are the capitals decoration of the interiors (1152). The edifice is flanked by the late-Romanesque baptistery. At Romena is also a castle where

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

lived for a short time during his exile from Florence. The castle was destroyed in 1440 by

Niccolò Piccinino Niccolò Piccinino (1386 – 15 October 1444) was an Italian condottiero. Biography He was born in Perugia, the son of a butcher. Piccinino was introduced in the guild of Perugia's butchers. He was later scornfully called "son of a butcher" by ...

Milanese Milanese (endonym in traditional orthography , ') is the central variety of the Western dialect of the Lombard language spoken in Milan, the rest of its metropolitan city, and the northernmost part of the province of Pavia. Milanese, due to t ...

troops and later restored under the Grand Duchy of Florence. It was bombed and damaged by the Allies during World War II. *Church of ''San Romolo'', at Valiana, founded in 1126. It is in Romanesque style. It houses a noteworthy ''Pietà'' by an unknown master, dating from the late 14th-early 15th centuries.

People

Roberto Ghelli Roberto Ghelli (born 28 February 1942 in Pratovecchio) is a retired Italian professional football player. See also *Football in Italy *List of football clubs in Italy This is a list of football clubs located in Italy, sorted by division, ...

(born 1942), retired professional football player

References

External links

Official website
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