Gavorrano
| Gavorrano | |
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| Comune di Gavorrano | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Grosseto (GR) |
| Frazioni | Bagno di Gavorrano, Caldana, Filare, Ravi, Giuncarico |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Massimo Borghi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 164.04 km2 (63.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
| Population (31 October 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,993 |
| • Density | 54.8/km2 (142/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Gavorranesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 58023 |
| Dialing code | 0566 |
| Patron saint | St. Iulianus |
| Saint day | August 28 |
| Website | Official website |
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.
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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.
Demographic evolution
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
Geography Anthropic
Sport
U.S.D. Gavorrano was founded in 1930 and it currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The football club hosts its games at the Stadio Romeo Malservisi.