Bibbona is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Livorno
The province of Livorno or, traditionally, province of Leghorn ( it, provincia di Livorno) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It includes several islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba and Capraia. Its capital is the cit ...
in the
Italian
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region
Tuscany
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, located about southwest of
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 ...
and about southeast of
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
in the
Val di Cecina
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a So ...
.
History
The town's hilly location allowed for natural defenses, and strong fortifications are known to have existed by the early middle ages. The area is known to have been settled earlier during the Etruscan period based on tombs and archeological finds, and settlement continued into the Roman period.
In the early middle ages, the town and fortifications were in the possession of the
Gherardesca
The House della Gherardesca was an old noble family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century of Longobard origin.
They were an important one of the most prominent initially in Pisa, then of Volterra and eventually and of F ...
family, and their holdings were confirmed by Pope Innocent III in the 12th century. Thereafter, ownership transferred to the free towns of Volterra, Pisa, and eventually Florence.
In Bibbona the sculptor (Riccardo)
Richard Aurili
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
born in 1864.
Main sights
*Romanesque ''
Pieve
In the Middle Ages, a pieve (, ; la, plebe, link=no; plural ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.
The Italian word ''pieve'' is descended from Latin ''plebs'' which, after t ...
di Sant'Ilario'' (founded in the 11th century).
*Palazzo del Comune Vecchio, also medieval.
*Fort of Bibbone, built by the Grand Dukes of Tuscany in the 18th century.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Tuscany
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