Gavorrano
Encyclopedia
Gavorrano is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Grosseto
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 100 km southwest of Florence
and about 25 km northwest of Grosseto
.
Gavorrano borders the following municipalities: Castiglione della Pescaia
, Grosseto
, Massa Marittima
, Roccastrada
, Scarlino
.
Gavorrano is a town of 8,993 inhabitants of the province of Grosseto, is about 38 km from the capital. The village is located on the northern slope of Poggio Ballone east of Scarlino, in an area extremely rich in terms of mining, especially for large deposits of pyrite intensively exploited until the early eighties with several mines.
It's risen to fame because he found the death Pia dei Tolomei ("Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma" Divina Commedia, Purgatory, Dante) and for being the birthplace of the writer Giuseppe Bandi, italian's patriot.
was founded in 1930 and it currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The football club hosts its games at the Stadio Romeo Malservisi.
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 Grosseto
Province of Grosseto
The Province of Grosseto is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto.-Geography:It has an area of 4,504 km², and a total population of 227.498...
in the Italian
Italy
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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 100 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 25 km northwest of Grosseto
Grosseto
Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....
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Gavorrano borders the following municipalities: Castiglione della Pescaia
Castiglione della Pescaia
Castiglione della Pescaia is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto , Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval fortress and a large fishery, from which it got its designation...
, Grosseto
Grosseto
Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....
, Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima is a town and comune of the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, Italy, 49 km NNW of Grosseto.There are mineral springs, mines of iron, mercury, lignite and copper, with foundries, ironworks and olive-oil mills...
, Roccastrada
Roccastrada
Roccastrada is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km south of Florence and about 25 km north of Grosseto, between the Maremma plain and the Colline Metallifere.-External links:*...
, Scarlino
Scarlino
Scarlino is a comune in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about northwest of Grosseto....
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Gavorrano is a town of 8,993 inhabitants of the province of Grosseto, is about 38 km from the capital. The village is located on the northern slope of Poggio Ballone east of Scarlino, in an area extremely rich in terms of mining, especially for large deposits of pyrite intensively exploited until the early eighties with several mines.
It's risen to fame because he found the death Pia dei Tolomei ("Siena mi fé, disfecemi Maremma" Divina Commedia, Purgatory, Dante) and for being the birthplace of the writer Giuseppe Bandi, italian's patriot.
History
In Etruscan territory of Gavorrano fell under the direct control of Vetulonia that, through the paths along the river valleys of Sovata and Bruna, was rich deposits of minerals to flow around the Lake Accesa. Of particular interest in this regard are the excavations conducted by the University of Florence in the Santa Teresa estate between 2004 and 2007. Thanks to them have been brought to light five graves gravestones used between the mid-seventh century BC and the second half of the sixth century BC, with many farms around the surrounding land. The results of these operations, performed in an exhibition opened in the Documentation Centre of Gavorrano July 12, 2008, show a high percentage of households owning the graves. In addition to agricultural resources, they took advantage of the benefits of the best strategic position allowed to control the flow of minerals to the manufacturing center of Vetulonia. The town of Gavorrano, built after the year one thousand as a possession of the bishops of Roselle, then transferred into the hands of the Alberti family. In the thirteenth century the center came under the control of Pannocchieschi who first subdued and then in Volterra, Massa Marittima. With the fall of Massa Marittima, the town passed under the dominion of Siena. In the second half of the sixteenth century, the center was incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany after the final fall of the Sienese Republic. In recent history occupies an important role in the pyrite mine, which has changed the history of the village. In 1898 is brought to light a loaf of pyrite, thanks to the work of the citizen Francesco Alberti, from this starting point is developed pyrite mine Europe's most important. This led Gavorrano to assume primary importance of the whole area (as successor to the city of Massa Marittima, has always been dominant in the area) after the war until the early seventies (when it began to develop Follonica). After the war the village of Scarlino became independent, breaking away from the territory of Gavorrano.Nello dei Pannocchieschi and Pia dei Tolomei
A chapter in the history of the village of Gavorrano deserves the life of Pia de 'Tolomei, a lady from Siena, who met his death in Castel di Pietra, located in the east of the town. She was married to Nello Pannocchieschi, which is known to have been lord of this castle, mayor of Volterra and Lucca, captain of the Guelph cuts in 1284 and lived until at least 1322. In the woman he shut up in his castle, where the murder was done in 1297, making her throw out a window, after having locked up for a while 'in his castle, perhaps to the discovery of her infidelity, perhaps desiring to get rid of her remarriage. The story was made famous by Dante in the fifth canto of Purgatorio. The story is commemorated on the feast of "The jump of the Countess," which is held every second Sunday of the month of August, in Gavorrano.Main sights
- Church of San Biagio, in Caldana
- Oratorio di Sant'Antonio da Padova, in Caldana
- Remains of Castel di Pietra ("Stone Castle"), built by the Aldobrandeschi, in Gavorrano
Sport
U.S.D. GavorranoU.S.D. Gavorrano
Unione Sportiva Gavorrano is an Italian association football club located in Bagno di Gavorrano, a frazione of Gavorrano, Tuscany.It currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Mario Matteini:...
was founded in 1930 and it currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The football club hosts its games at the Stadio Romeo Malservisi.