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Poppi
Poppi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Chiusi della Verna, Ortignano Raggiolo, Pratovecchio Stia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Main sights * Poppi Castle, or the ''Castello dei Conti Guidi'', the main building in the Casentino, known from 1191, was owned by the Counts Guidi. It has additions by Arnolfo di Cambio. It has a courtyard, an external staircase, its chapel with frescos and its library containing rare manuscripts and incunabula.''Occhi sul Casentino'', Chiusi della Verna e Poppi, Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Tourismo di Bibbiena, 1980 . *Holy Hermitage of Camaldoli, the ancestral seat of the Camaldolese monastic order. * Madonna del Morbo Sanctuary in the centre of the town, containing a painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppi Castle
Poppi Castle (, or the ''Castello dei Conti Guidi'') is a medieval castle in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy, formerly the property of the noble Guidi (family), Guidi family. History Medieval The Guidi family owns most of the castles in DeCourcey Country. The first written mention of the castle at Poppi is in 1169, when it belonged to the Abbey of San Fidele de Strumi, but documentation from the 1190's shows that by this time, it had passed to the Conti Guidi. For the next 350 years the Guidi family would have, largely unchallenged, control of the Casentino. Other castles on the Casentino hills including Pratovecchio, Romena and Porciano, also ruled by the Guidi counts. Although the early documentation of the castle relates to the end of the twelfth century, the construction of the foundations would suggest a fortification had been on the site even earlier. In the second half of the thirteenth century the first parts of the castle, as seen today, were built, with the tower and the keep to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppi Flickr01
Poppi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Chiusi della Verna, Ortignano Raggiolo, Pratovecchio Stia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Main sights *Poppi Castle, or the ''Castello dei Conti Guidi'', the main building in the Casentino, known from 1191, was owned by the Counts Guidi. It has additions by Arnolfo di Cambio. It has a courtyard, an external staircase, its chapel with frescos and its library containing rare manuscripts and incunabula.''Occhi sul Casentino'', Chiusi della Verna e Poppi, Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Tourismo di Bibbiena, 1980 . *Holy Hermitage of Camaldoli, the ancestral seat of the Camaldolese monastic order. * Madonna del Morbo Sanctuary in the centre of the town, containing a painting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Crudeli
Tommaso Baldasarre Crudeli (December 21, 1702 – March 27, 1745) was a Florentine Freethought, free thinker who was imprisoned by the Roman Inquisition. He was a poet, lawyer, champion of free thought and is remembered as the first martyr of Universal Freemasonry. Biography Tommaso was born into a wealthy family from the Casentino (upper Arno), whose history dated back to the 12th century, albeit with several changes of name. The eponym is related to the story of the expulsion of Count Guidi from the castle of Poppi in 1440. Eventually, turning to Jacopo Crusca, leader of the revolt, he said "Vos quoque crudeles" and got the answer "in crudelitates fides". From this episode the family was appointed as "Crudeli" (meaning "cruels"). The Palazzo Crudeli (15th century) was the most important building after the castle and churches within the walls of Poppi, thanks to the economic strength of the family. The prosperity of the lineage is also understandable as all generations have gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna Del Morbo, Poppi
Madonna del Morbo (Madonna of the Illness) is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in piazza Amerighi of the town of Poppi, in the province of Arezzo, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro. History The church was built to a rare hexagonal layout with a rounded dome and facade portico by design of Francesco Folli. The facade has a clock. The Church was dedicated to the Virgin in gratitude for the cessation of the plague. Construction took place from 1657 to 1659. It was deconsecrated in 1705. The main altar has a ''Madonna and Child with Young St John the Baptist'', also called the ''Madonna del Canto'', painted by a follower of Filippino Lippi Filippino Lippi (probably 1457 – 18 April 1504) was an Italian Renaissance painter mostly working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance. He also worked in Rome for a .... Two other ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camaldoli
Camaldoli () is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Poppi, in Tuscany, Italy. It is mostly known as the ancestral seat of the Camaldolese monastic order, originated in the eponymous hermitage, which can still be visited. The name was derived from Tedald (bishop of Arezzo), Tedald's diploma of 1027 in which he writes that the church is located "in loco qui dicitur Campo Malduli" - 'in a place which is named Maldolo's field'. Overview The Holy Hermitage and Monastery of Camaldoli is situated in an ancient forest in the Tuscan Apennines. It was founded about 1012 by Romuald of Camaldoli, Saint Romuald, a Benedictine monk, with the permission of Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo. In the monastery of Camaldoli there is a welcoming room, a great hall, and an old style pharmacy. The pharmacy was originally a laboratory where monks studied and worked with medicinal herbs. These medicines would be used in the old hospital which can still be visited today. The precious walnut décor dates back to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratovecchio Stia
Pratovecchio Stia is a ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. It was formed by the merger of the two former ''comuni'' of Pratovecchio and Stia in 2014. History Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist Paolo Uccello, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to Florence and became a citizen there in 1373. Main sights *Monastery and church of ''San Giovanni Evangelista'' (1134). Renovated in the 17th century, it has a Baroque portal and a single nave. Artworks include a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' by Giovanni Bizzelli (1600) and an ''Assumption'' by the Master of Pratovecchio (mid-15th century). *Church of ''San Biagio'', in Ama. Built in the 11th century in Romanesque style, it has a Gothic portal *Church of ''Santi Vito e Modesto'', in Lonnano (12th century). *''Santa Maria a Poppiena'', at Poppiena, documented from 1099, in Romanesque style (notable the façade rose window). The apse is introduced by an arch and has three mullioned windows decorated in al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo E Arboreto Carlo Siemoni
:''See also the Arboreto Siemoni, a small arboretum within the Arboreti di Vallombrosa.'' The Museo e Arboreto Carlo Siemoni is a museum and historic arboretum located in Badia Prataglia, Poppi, Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. The arboretum was established in 1846 by Karl Simon (Carlo Siemoni) for Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the museum now occupies the duke's former villa. Today the arboretum contains a good collection of native and non-native trees including the following species: * Gymnospermae ** Cupressaceae - ''Calocedrus decurrens'', ''Chamaecyparis lawsoniana'', ''Cupressus arizonica'', ''Juniperus virginiana'', ''Thuja plicata'', ''Thuja occidentalis'', '' Thuja orientalis'' ** Ginkgoaceae - ''Ginkgo biloba'' ** Pinaceae - ''Abies alba'', ''Abies cephalonica'', '' Abies nebrodensis'', ''Abies pinsapo'', ''Cedrus atlantica'', ''Cedrus deodara'', ''Cedrus libani'', '' Picea excelsa'', '' Picea smithiana'', '' Pinus laricio'', ''Pinus leucodermis'', ''Pinus nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and of the foundations of the Italian language. The prestige established by the Tuscan dialect's use in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini led to its subsequent elaboration as the language of culture throughout Italy. It has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Palazzo Pitti. Tuscany is also known for its wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and white Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Having a strong linguistic and cultural identity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palafolls
Palafolls () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, eastern Spain. Twin towns * Poppi, Italy, since 1990 * Ax-les-Thermes, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ... References External linksOfficial website Government data pages {{Authority control Municipalities in Maresme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Borghi Più Belli D'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the aim of preserving and maintaining villages of quality heritage. Its motto is ("The charm of hidden Italy"). Participants in the group are small population centres which risk neglect and abandonment because they lie outside the main tourist circuits. Initially they comprised about a hundred villages, but had increased to 361 in 2023. In 2012, the Italian association was one of the founding members of the international association The Most Beautiful Villages in the World, a private organization that brings together various territorial associations promoting small inhabited centres of particular historical and landscape interest. Description Admission criteria The criteria for admission to the association meet the following requirements: in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casentino
The Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river Arno flows to Subbiano, Italy. It is one of the four valleys (alongside Valdarno, Valdichiana, and Valtiberina) in which the Province of Arezzo is divided. Mount Falterona, from which the Arno starts, represents the northern boundary between the Casentino and Romagna. On the east of the valley are the Alpe di Serra and the Alpe di Catenaia, which separate the Casentino from the highest tract of the Valtiberina. On the west there is the Pratomagno, which separates the valley from the Valdarno Superiore. Part of the valley is included in the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park. It can be said that the valley has an oval form, with an extension across the river that varies from a maximum of to a minimum of . The topography of the Casentino is especially various, including both plains and mountains rich in large forests. These mountains have often attracted great saints: it was here that St. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
