Pomarance
Encyclopedia
Pomarance is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Pisa
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 60 km southwest of Florence
and about 60 km southeast of Pisa
.
Pomarance borders the following municipalities: Casole d'Elsa
, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina
, Montecatini Val di Cecina
, Monterotondo Marittimo
, Monteverdi Marittimo
, Radicondoli
, Volterra
.
Pomarance was the hometown of three painters called Pomarancio
after it.
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 Pisa
Province of Pisa
The Province of Pisa is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa.It has an area of 2,448 km², and a total population of 394,101 . There are 39 comuni in the province ....
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 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 60 km southwest 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....
and about 60 km southeast of Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
.
Pomarance borders the following municipalities: Casole d'Elsa
Casole d'Elsa
Casole d'Elsa is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km southwest of Florence and about 25 km west of Siena.-Main sights:...
, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km southwest of Florence and about 70 km southeast of Pisa...
, Montecatini Val di Cecina
Montecatini Val di Cecina
Montecatini Val di Cecina is a small hilltown and comune in the province of Pisa in Tuscany . Located approximatively 60 km south of Pisa, the medieval town sits on the Poggio la Croce hill overlooking the Cecina Valley and the larger hilltown of Volterra, which lies just 15 km...
, Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 45 km northwest of Grosseto, near the Colline Metallifere.-External links:*...
, Monteverdi Marittimo
Monteverdi Marittimo
Monteverdi Marittimo is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Pisa.-External links:*...
, Radicondoli
Radicondoli
Radicondoli is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 60 km southwest of Florence and about 25 km southwest of Siena....
, Volterra
Volterra
Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.-History:...
.
Pomarance was the hometown of three painters called Pomarancio
Pomarancio
There are three Italian artists who went by the name of Pomarancio or Il Pomarancio :*Antonio Circignani *Niccolò Circignani *Cristoforo Roncalli...
after it.