Figline Valdarno
Encyclopedia
Figline Valdarno is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Florence
in the Italian
region of Tuscany
, located about 25 km southeast of Florence
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 16,769 and an area of 71.7 km².
The municipality is the birthplace of Marsilio Ficino
.
Figline Valdarno borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco di Sopra
, Cavriglia
, Greve in Chianti
, Incisa in Val d'Arno
, Pian di Scò
, Reggello
, San Giovanni Valdarno
.
The town is well served by the station with frequent trains to Florence
and Arezzo
. Near the station there is a bus terminal that connects Figline with the towns nearby.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Florence
Province of Florence
The Province of Florence is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It has an area of 3,514 sq. km and a population of 933,860 in 44 comuni....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region of Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, located about 25 km southeast of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 16,769 and an area of 71.7 km².
The municipality is the birthplace of Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism who was in touch with every major academic thinker and writer of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin...
.
Figline Valdarno borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco di Sopra
Castelfranco di Sopra
Castelfranco di Sopra is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km southeast of Florence and about 30 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Cavriglia
Cavriglia
Cavriglia is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 km southeast of Florence and about 35 km west of Arezzo...
, Greve in Chianti
Greve in Chianti
Greve in Chianti is a town and comune in the province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It is located c...
, Incisa in Val d'Arno
Incisa in Val d'Arno
Incisa in Val d'Arno is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 20 km southeast of Florence....
, Pian di Scò
Pian di Scò
Pian di Scò is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km southeast of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo, in the Valdarno....
, Reggello
Reggello
Reggello is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 25 km southeast of Florence....
, San Giovanni Valdarno
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. It was originally called Castel S. Giovanni....
.
Main sights
- Church of San Pietro al Terreno, known from 1148, restored in the 18th century
- Chapel of Villa di San Cerbone, with an Annunciation by Il Cigoli
- Collegiate Church of Santa Maria, with a panel by the Master of Figline (after 1317)
- Convent and Church of St. Francis
- Monastery of Santa Croce
- PievePieveIn the Middle Ages, a pieve 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 the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people...
of San Romolo at Gaville, a Romanesque church with a rich sculptural decoration - Abbey of San Cassiano
Transportation
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
and Arezzo
Arezzo
Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....
. Near the station there is a bus terminal that connects Figline with the towns nearby.