Monte San Savino
Encyclopedia
Monte San Savino is a town and comune
in the province of Arezzo
, Tuscany
(Italy
). It is located on the Essa stream in the Valdichiana
. Several of its frazioni occupy higher hills, like Gargonza with its castle (560 m) and Palazzuolo (600 m).
, Italy
. It originated around 1100, but a further century had to pass before Monte San Savino could be considered a centre of a certain social, political and cultural importance of Tuscany in those times.
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:...
in the province of Arezzo
Province of Arezzo
The Province of Arezzo or Arretium is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo.It has an area of 3,232 km², and a total population of 323,288 in 39 comuni . At June 30, 2005, the main comuni by population are:- External links :...
, 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 ....
(Italy
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...
). It is located on the Essa stream in the Valdichiana
Valdichiana
The Val di Chiana, Valdichiana, or Chiana Valley is an alluvial valley of central Italy, lying on the territories of the provinces of Arezzo and Siena in Tuscany and the provinces of Perugia and Terni in Umbria.- Geography :...
. Several of its frazioni occupy higher hills, like Gargonza with its castle (560 m) and Palazzuolo (600 m).
History
Monte San Savino was one of the first urban settlement in TuscanyTuscany
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 ....
, Italy
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...
. It originated around 1100, but a further century had to pass before Monte San Savino could be considered a centre of a certain social, political and cultural importance of Tuscany in those times.
Main sights
- Palazzo di Monte
- LoggeLoggiaLoggia is the name given to an architectural feature, originally of Minoan design. They are often a gallery or corridor at ground level, sometimes higher, on the facade of a building and open to the air on one side, where it is supported by columns or pierced openings in the wall...
dei Mercanti - Palazzo Pretorio
- Cassero
- Church of Santi Tiburzio and Susanna (13th century), at Gargonza, housing Tuscan Renaissance paintings.
- Church of the misericordia (1175, rebuilt in 1749). Its organ is one of the most ancient in Italy.
- Convent of Sant'Agostino (early 14th century, enlarged in the 16th century). It has a cloister from 1532. Both the church and the cloister were renovated by Andrea SansovinoAndrea SansovinoAndrea dal Monte Sansovino or Andrea Contucci del Monte San Savino was an Italian sculptor active during the High Renaissance...
(who was born here) in the early 16th century. The interior houses paintings by Spinello AretinoSpinello AretinoSpinello Aretino was an Italian painter, the son of a Florentine named Luca, who had taken refuge in Arezzo in 1310 when exiled with the rest of the Ghibelline party.-Biography:...
's school, by Paolo Schiavo and one Assumption by Giorgio VasariGiorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
. - Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Vertighe, rebuilt in the 16th century. It houses a fresco of the Virgin Enthroned with Child by Margaritone d'ArezzoMargaritone d'ArezzoMargarito or Margaritone d'Arezzo was an Italian painter from Arezzo.-Life:Little is known of Margaritone's life. The only documentary record of his existence dates from 1262, when he lived in Arezzo. However, a fair number of his works are known to survive; unusually for the time, most are signed...
.
Notable people
- Angelo FantoniAngelo FantoniFather Angelo Fantoni was an Italian priest and exorcist who worked at Monte San Savino near Arezzo, Italy.He was born in Italy on May 2, 1903 to Pietro Annunziata Fantoni...
, Catholic priest and exorcist - Giulio SalvadoriGiulio SalvadoriGiulio Salvadori was an Italian poet, literary critic, and educator.-Life:Salvadori was educated at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he became a friend of Gabriele d'Annunzio...
, poet and educator