Volterra
Volterra | |
|---|---|
| Città di Volterra | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Volterra Location within Italy  Volterra Location within Tuscany | |
| Coordinates: 43°24′N 10°52′E / 43.400°N 10.867°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Pisa (PI) |
| Frazioni | Mazzolla, Montemiccioli, Saline di Volterra, Villamagna |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giacomo Santi (PD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 252 km2 (97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 531 m (1,742 ft) |
| Population (2025)[2] | |
• Total | 9,366 |
| • Density | 37.2/km2 (96.3/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Volterrani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 56048 |
| Dialing code | 0588 |
| Patron saint | St. Justus and Clement |
| Saint day | 5 June |
| Website | Official website |
Volterra (Italian pronunciation: [volˈtɛrra]; Latin: Volaterrae) is a walled mountaintop town in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its history dates from before the 8th century BC and it has substantial structures from the Etruscan, Roman, and Medieval periods.[3]
History
[edit]Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri or Vlathri[4] and to the Romans as Volaterrae,[5] is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy. The site is believed to have been continuously inhabited as a city since at least the end of the 8th century BC.[6][7][8]
The town was a Bronze Age settlement of the Proto-Villanovan culture.[9][10] It became an important Etruscan centre as one of the "twelve cities" of the Etruscan League.[11][12]
It was allied to Rome at the end of the 3rd century BC and became a municipium.[13][14] The wealthy Caecina family lived here and Gaius Caecina Largus and the eminent Aulus Caecina Severus (consul 2–1 BC) built the theatre and probably other monuments.[15] Other important families here were the Persii and the Laelii.[16] Aulus Caecina was appointed propraetor of Moesia by 4 AD and later in charge of several legions on the lower Rhine after 14 AD where he led them ably, routing the army of Arminius who had destroyed three Roman legions. He was eulogised by the chroniclers for his exploits and on his return to Rome he was awarded triumph honours.
The city was a bishop's residence in the 5th century,[17] and its episcopal power was affirmed during the 12th century. With the decline of the episcopate and the discovery of local alum deposits, Volterra became a place of interest of the Republic of Florence, whose forces conquered Volterra.[18] Florentine rule was not always popular, and opposition occasionally broke into rebellion. On 18 June 1472, during the so-called Allumiere War between Volterra and Florence in which Federico da Montefeltro allowed his soldiers to pillage Volterra and to commit rape and murder of its citizens, despite the town's surrender on 16 June after a 25-day siege.[19] The incident caused the emigration of many wealthy families and the appropriation of their goods.[20][21]
When the Republic of Florence fell in 1530, Volterra came under the control of the Medici family and later followed the history of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Volterra (1965–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.7 (2.55) |
68.6 (2.70) |
72.0 (2.83) |
70.5 (2.78) |
61.9 (2.44) |
56.6 (2.23) |
46.2 (1.82) |
59.8 (2.35) |
79.3 (3.12) |
88.2 (3.47) |
95.8 (3.77) |
68.7 (2.70) |
832.3 (32.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 87.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 76 |
| Source: NOAA[22] | |||||||||||||
Culture
[edit]The main events that take place during the year in Volterra are:
Transport
[edit]Volterra has a station on the Cecina-Volterra Railway, called "Volterra Saline – Pomarance" due to its position, in the frazione of Saline di Volterra.[25][26]
Municipal government
[edit]
Volterra is headed by a mayor (sindaco) assisted by a legislative body, the consiglio comunale, and an executive body, the giunta comunale. Since 1995 the mayor and members of the consiglio comunale are directly elected together by resident citizens, while from 1945 to 1995 the mayor was chosen by the legislative body. The giunta comunale is chaired by the mayor, who appoints others members, called assessori. The offices of the comune are housed in a building usually called the municipio or palazzo comunale.
Since 1995 the mayor of Volterra is directly elected by citizens, originally every four, then every five years. The current mayor is Giacomo Santi (PD), elected on 26 May 2019 with 44.4% of votes and re-elected on 9 June 2024 with 50.2% of votes.
| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Giustarini | 11 May 1945 | 27 July 1980 | PCI | |
| Giovanni Brunale | 27 July 1980 | 24 April 1995 | PCI | |
| Ivo Gabellieri | 24 April 1995 | 14 June 2004 | PDS | |
| Cesare Bartaloni | 14 June 2004 | 8 June 2009 | PD | |
| Marco Buselli | 8 June 2009 | 27 May 2019 | Ind | |
| Giacomo Santi | 27 May 2019 | Incumbent | PD | |
Main sights
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- Roman Theatre of Volterra, 1st century BC, excavated in the 1950s[27][28]
- Roman Amphitheater, discovered in 2015 and has been excavated over the succeeding years[29][30][31]
- Piazza dei Priori, the main square, a fine example of medieval Tuscan town squares[32][33][34]
- Palazzo dei Priori, the town hall on main piazza, begun in 1208 and finished in 1257[35][36][37]
- Pinacoteca e museo civico di Volterra: Art Museum housed in Palazzo Minucci-Solaini.[38][39] Founded in 1905,[40][41] the gallery consists mostly of works by Tuscan artists from 14th to 17th centuries.[42] Includes a Deposition by Rosso Fiorentino.[43][44]
- Etruscan Acropolis and Roman Cistern. The acropolis on the citadel dates to the 8th century B.C., while the cistern is from the 1st century B.C.[45]
- Volterra Cathedral. It was enlarged in the 13th century after an earthquake. It houses a ciborium and some angels by Mino da Fiesole, a notable wood Deposition (1228), a masterwork of Romanesque sculpture and the Sacrament Chapel, with paintings by Santi di Tito, Giovanni Balducci and Agostino Veracini. In the center of the vault are fragments of an Eternal Father by Niccolò Circignani. Also noteworthy is the Addolorata Chapel, with a terracotta group attributed to Andrea della Robbia and a fresco of Riding Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli. In the nearby chapel, dedicated to the Most Holy Name of Jesus, is a table with Christ's monogram, allegedly painted by Bernardino of Siena. The rectangular bell tower is from 1493.
- Volterra Baptistery or Baptistery of San Giovanni, built in the second half of the 13th century.
- Fortezza Medicea (Medicean Fortress),[46] built in the 1470s,[47] now a prison[48] housing the noted restaurant, Fortezza Medicea restaurant.[49][50][51]
- Guarnacci Etruscan Museum,[52][53] with thousands of funeral urns dating back to the Hellenistic and Archaic periods.[54][55] Main attractions are the bronze statuette "Ombra della sera" (lit. '"Shadow of the Evening"'),[56] and the sculpted effigy, "Urna degli Sposi" (lit. '"Urn of the Spouses"') of an Etruscan couple in terra cotta.[57][58][59][60]
- The Etruscan Walls of Volterra, including the well-preserved Porta all'Arco (3rd-2nd centuries BC),[61][62] and Porta Diana gates.[63][64]
- The Medici Villa di Spedaletto, outside the city, in direction of Lajatico[65]
- There are excavations of Etruscan tombs in the Valle Bona area.
- Sant'Alessandro, Romanesque Roman Catholic church.
- Volterra Psychiatric Hospital, founded in 1888. Closed in 1978, it was reopened for public and will be once more used for psychiatric purposes.[66]
- Palazzo Inghirami
- Persio Flacco Theater
Notable people
[edit]- Persius (34–62), the Roman satirist of Etruscan stock
- Pope Linus, who, according to the Liber Pontificalis, was born in Volterra, and was the successor to Peter[67]
- Lucius Petronius Taurus Volusianus, consul with the Emperor Gallienus in AD 261 and urban prefect in AD 267–268
- Meshullam da Volterra (d. 1508), an Italian-Jewish businessman who traveled to the Land of Israel and surrounding Jewish communities. His works provide concise and important details about the nature and conditions of Ottoman Jewry.
- Daniele da Volterra (1509–1566), Mannerist painter
- The poet Jacopo da Leona, a judge at Volterra in the 13th century
- The Maffei family of Volterra produced the apostolic Secretary Gherardo Maffei and his three sons: the eldest Antonio Maffei, who was one of the assassins in the Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici in 1478; second the humanist Raffaello Maffei called "Volterrano" who also served in the Curia; and youngest Mario Maffei, who was also a scholar and followed his father in the curia.
- Giuseppe Bessi (1857–1922), sculptor
- Emilio Fiaschi (1858–1941), sculptor
In popular culture
[edit]- Volterra features in Horatius, a poem by Lord Macaulay.[68][69]
- Linda Proud's A Tabernacle for the Sun (2005), the first volume of The Botticelli Trilogy, begins with the sack of Volterra in 1472. Volterra is the ancestral home of the Maffei family and the events of 1472 lead directly to the Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478. The protagonist of the novel is Tommaso de' Maffei, half brother of one of the conspirators.
- Volterra is an important location in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. In the books, Volterra is home to the Volturi, a clan of rich, regal, powerful ancient vampires, who essentially act as the rulers of the world's vampire population. (However, the relevant scenes from the movie were shot in Montepulciano.)
- Volterra is the site of Stendhal's famously disastrous encounter in 1819 with his beloved Countess Mathilde Dembowska: she recognised him there, despite his disguise of new clothes and green glasses, and was furious. This is the central incident in his book On Love.[70][71]
- Volterra is mentioned repeatedly in British author Dudley Pope's Captain Nicholas Ramage historical nautical series. Gianna, the Marchesa of Volterra and the fictional ruler of the area, features in the first twelve books of the eighteen-book series. The books chart the progress and career of Ramage during the Napoleonic wars of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, providing readers with well-scripted articulate details of life aboard sailing vessels and conditions at sea of that time.[72][73]
- Volterra is the site where the novel Chimaira by the Italian author Valerio Massimo Manfredi takes place.[74]
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Ancient Curse is also set in Volterra, where a statue called 'The Shade of Twilight' is stolen from the Volterra museum.
- Volterra is featured in Jhumpa Lahiri's 2008 collection of short stories Unaccustomed Earth. It is where Hema and Kaushik, the protagonists of the final short story "Going Ashore," travel before they part.[75]
- Volterra is featured in Luchino Visconti's 1965 film Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, released as Sandra (Of a Thousand Delights) in the United States and as Of These Thousand Pleasures in the UK.[76]
- Volterra's scenery is used for Central City in the 2017 film Fullmetal Alchemist (film) directed by Fumihiko Sori.
- The 2016 video game The Town of Light is set in a fictionalized version of the notorious Volterra Psychiatric Hospital.[77]
- "Volaterrae" is the name given by Dan and Una to their secret place in Far Wood in Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill. They named it from the verse in Lord Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome:
From lordly Volaterrae,
Where scowls the far-famed hold
Piled by the hands of giants
For Godlike Kings of old.
- Volterra and its relationship with Medici Florence features in the 2018 second season of Medici: Masters of Florence.
Twin cities
[edit]Volterra is twinned with:
Gallery
[edit]
View of Volterra
Piazza dei Priori
Street in the city centre
Roman theatre and the Etruscan Walls
The Cathedral
The Baptistry
Palazzo Pretorio
Palazzo Incontri
Public Library "Guarnacci"
![Street in the city centre](https://livesoccerstv.pages.dev/bl-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:"Alabasterstadt"_wird_Volterra_auch_genannt._09.jpg)
References
[edit]Notes
- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ Data from Istat
- ↑ Lorenzo Aulo Cecina; Flaminio Dal Borgo (1758). Notizie istoriche della città di Volterra, alle quali si aggiunge la serie de' podestà, e capitani del popolo di essa (in Italian). Per G. P. Giovannelli. pp. 65–.
Luglio furono lette alla presenza degli Anziani, e del Consiglio Generale di Volterra le lettere del Conte Guido da Monfort Vicario del Rè, nelle quali veniva comandato, che il Comune di Volterra pagasse ciò, che doveva alla Regia Camera per ...
- ↑ D. H. Lawrence (16 April 2013). Etruscan Places. Read Books Limited. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-1-4474-8782-1.
- ↑ D. H. Lawrence; Simonetta de Filippis (11 July 2002). Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays. Cambridge University Press. pp. 315–. ISBN 978-0-521-00701-6.
- ↑ David Bershad; Carolina Mangone; Irving Hexham (2001). The Christian Travelers Guide to Italy. Harper Collins. pp. 220–. ISBN 978-0-310-22573-7.
The famed local industry, working alabaster, has also proved an enduring industry in Volterra. Begun in the 8th century B.C., alabaster carving continues today as the traditional Volterran trade. The prehistoric Villanovan settlement (9th century ...
- ↑ DK (1 May 2014). Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Italy. Dorling Kindersley Limited. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-1-4093-5398-0.
Truly ancient clifftop city Volterra is perhaps the most dramatic and unusual city in the region. Founded by the Etruscans in the 8th century BC, it is perched on a high plateau of volcanic rock and surrounded by medieval walls, some ...
- ↑ Insight Guides (2 November 2015). Insight Guides: Tuscany. APA. pp. 524–. ISBN 978-1-78005-543-5.
These include Etruscan (8th–2nd century BC) sites at Volterra, Fiesole, Arezzo, Chiusi, Vetulonia and on the island of Elba. There is an archaeological museum in Florence, and other museums in Volterra, Chiusi, Cortona, Asciano, Grosseto ...
- ↑ Jean MacIntosh Turfa (13 November 2014). The Etruscan World. Routledge. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-1-134-05523-4.
- ↑ Haynes, Sybille (2005). Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History. Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-89236-600-2.
- ↑ Alan Norman Bold (1976). Cambridge Book of English Verse, 1939-1975. CUP Archive. pp. 220–. ISBN 978-0-521-09840-3.
- ↑ Damgaard Andersen, Helle (1997). Urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th Centuries BC. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 344. ISBN 9788772894126.
- ↑ Vander Poppen, Robert E. (2008). Rural Change and Continuity in Etruria: A Study of Village Communities from the 7th Century B.C. to the 1st Century A.D. (Thesis). pp. 340–. doi:10.17615/sc1p-nv51.
Volterra: A Roman City with an Etruscan Hinterland Rome first reached a settlement with Volterra at the end of the 3rd century B.C. when the city was declared an allied municipium. Volterra only entered fully into the control of Rome with ...
- ↑ Anton Filippo Giachi (1786). Saggio di ricerche sopra lo stato antico e moderno di Volterra dalla sua prima origine fino ai nostri tempi per facilitare ai giovani lo studio della storia patria opera del sacerdote Anton-Filippo Giachi rettore del regio spedale di detta città . (in Italian). nella stamperia di Pietro Allegrini alla Croce Rossa. pp. 8–.
Ma il colpo fatale dei Romani, e di Volterra fu nell' anno di Roma 474 ... tam bonestum municipium.
- ↑ F. Sear 2006, p. 13.
- ↑ A. Furiesi, pp. 73–76.
- ↑ Christopher Kleinhenz (2 August 2004). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 1038–. ISBN 978-1-135-94880-1.
The lordship of a distant (and often preoccupied) bishop provided many opportunities for civic selfdetermination. On his hill, the bishop of Volterra built a castello as a residence when he was in the area. This, with its church of Santo Stefano, ...
- ↑ Peter Hinze (2000). Florence — Fiesole, Prato, Pistoia, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena: An Up-to-date Travel Guide; [with Fold-out Map]. Hunter Publishing, Inc. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-3-88618-773-7.
- ↑ Cecil H. Clough, The Duchy of Urbino in the Renaissance (Variorum Reprints, 1981) p.136
- ↑ "Eucharistic Miracle of Volterra" (PDF). Istituto San Clemente I Papa e Martire. Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association. 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ↑ "History in Volterra, Italy".
- ↑ "Volterra Climate Normals 1961–1990" (TXT). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ↑ Lonely Planet (24 July 2014). Italie 6 - Florence et la Toscane (in French). Place Des Editeurs. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-2-8161-4727-8.
Volterragusto GASTRONOMIE (www.volterragusto.com). Manifestations à la mi-mars, à la fin octobre et début novembre, présentant des produits locaux, notammentdufromage, destruffes blanches, de l'huile d'olive et du chocolat.
- ↑ Madelena Gonzalez; Patrice Brasseur (16 April 2010). Authenticity and Legitimacy in Minority Theatre: Constructing Identity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-1-4438-2184-1.
... depuis 1996, le théâtre San Pietro à Volterra, a obtenu, à partir de 1997, la direction artistique et technique du festival Volterrateatro, au sein duquel le projet « Iteatri dell'impossibile » a été proposé.5 Cette compagnie apporte régulièrement ...
- ↑ Emma Jones (1 April 2004). Tuscany and Umbria. Hunter Publishing, Inc. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-1-58843-399-2.
The. wide fertile valley of the Valdera (the Era Valley) spreads along the Era River ... Saline di Volterra is on the Pisa-Cecina-Volterra Saline train line (% 848-888088, www.trenitalia.it); a shuttle bus will take ...
- ↑ Gillian Price (27 July 2012). Walking in Tuscany: 50 Walks throughout Tuscany. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-1-84965-672-6.
By public transport from Volterra take the local bus for the short ride down to Saline. Otherwise from Cecina on the main LivornoRome rail line, several trains a day (or the odd substitute bus) still run as far as Saline. 7: Saline di Volterra, ...
- ↑ Frank Sear (20 July 2006). Roman Theatres: An Architectural Study. OUP Oxford. pp. 170–. ISBN 978-0-19-814469-4.
J. B. Ward Perkins, BSR 29 (1961), 64, 68. VOLATERRAE (Volterra, PI) (Plan 79, Pis. 35-6) Location: within Roman walls, built against steep slope immediately north of medieval walls. Cavea: D 63 m, facing north-west; ima cavea: 10 rows (o.) ..
- ↑ Rick Steves (28 August 2007). Rick Steves' Florence and Tuscany 2008. Avalon Travel. pp. 354–. ISBN 9781566918541.
Over time, the theater was forgotten — covered in the garbage of Volterra. Luckily, it was rediscovered in the 1950s. The stage wall was standard Roman design — with three levels from which actors would appear: one for humans, one for ...
- ↑ Volterra, the lost Roman Amphitheatre https://www.archaeoreporter.com/en/2020/11/18/volterra-roman-amphitheatre/
- ↑ Lost Treasures of Rome, International teams of archaeologists embark on a season of excavations to unravel the secrets of life in the Roman Empire, Episode 3 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/lost-treasures-of-rome/on-demand/73653-003
- ↑ Elena Sorge, Valeria d’Aquino, L’anfiteatro che non c’era. Storia di una scoperta, GIOCHI E SPETTACOLI NEL MONDO ANTICO problematiche e nuove scoperte, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, 24 Marzo 2018, Reggio Emilia (RE) a cura di Paolo Storchi e Gianluca Mete
- ↑ University of California, Berkeley. Associated Students; Fodor's (1 December 1995). Italy '96: on the loose, on the cheap, off the beaten path. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN 978-0-679-02985-4.
- ↑ Mauro Staccioli: Sites of Experience. Damiani. 2009. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-88-6208-117-7.
Piazza dei Priori ... Volterra's main piazza was the center around which Staccioli's 1972 exhibition was organized. A symbol of central power, the piazza is ...
- ↑ Baedekers Autoführer-Verlag (1962). Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. K. Baedeker. pp. 489–.
...The centre of Volterra is the *Piazza dei Priori, which is lined with medieval palazzi. On the W side, the stately Palazzo dei Priori, ...
- ↑ Mariagiulia Burresi; Alessandro Furiesi; Gabriella Belli (2007). Il Palazzo dei Priori di Volterra: storia e restauro (in Italian). Nuova Immagine. ISBN 978-88-7145-263-0.
- ↑ Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications (2003). Fodor's Florence, Tuscany, and Umbria. Fodor's. pp. 195–. ISBN 978-1-4000-1108-7.
As you make the dramatic climb up to Volterra through bleak, rugged terrain, you'll see that not all ... Piazza dei Priori, lined with an impressive collection of medieval buildings, including the imposing Palazzo dei Priori ...
- ↑ Encyclopedia Americana: Venice to Wilmot. Scholastic Library Pub. 2006. pp. 230–. ISBN 978-0-7172-0139-6.
... In Piazza dei Priori, one of Italy's finest medieval squares, stand the 13th century Palazzo dei Priori or town hall, housing ...
- ↑ Pinacoteca di Volterra (1989). La Pinacoteca di Volterra. Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.
- ↑ Mariagiulia Burresi; Antonino Caleca (2006). Volterra d'oro e di pietra (in Italian). Pacini. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-88-7781-775-4.
Qui, nel rispetto della sua vocazione a documentare la consistenza dell'arte a Volterra, è stato creato il Museo di palazzo Minucci-Solaini, accostando al primitivo nucleo della Pinacoteca civica di Corrado Ricci, dipinti, sculture e arredi anch ...
- ↑ Lorenzo Carletti; Cristiano Giometti (2001). Scultura lignea pisana: percorsi nel territorio tra Medioevo e Rinascimento. F. Motta. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-88-7179-302-3.
Dal 1982 la Pinacoteca di Volterra è ospitata nelle sale del rinascimentale Palazzo Minucci-Solaini, ma la ... annessa al Duomo; quindi, su proposta di Corrado Ricci, nel 1905 la collezione fu spostata nel Palazzo dei Priori e arricchita. ... From 1982 onwards, the Pinacoteca in Volterra has been located in the rooms of the Renaissance Palazzo Minucci- Solaini, but the history of the ...
- ↑ Toscana: (esclusa Firenze) (in Italian). Touring Editore. 1997. pp. 464–. ISBN 978-88-365-0948-5.
A destra, nel breve sdrucciolo di Piazza, è la torre Martinoli, fianco del palazzo Incontri (pag. 459). VIA DANIELE RICCIARELLI (il pittore del '500 più noto come Daniele da Volterra). ... il vicino volto si sbuca nella piazzetta caratterizzata dalla casa-torre Minucci (secolo xm), inglobata nel palazzo Solaini (v. sotto). ... Nucleo fondamentale del complesso museale è la raccolta della Galleria pittorica comunale (Pinacoteca), fondata nel 1905 nel palazzo dei Priori e comprendente un 1 3 IL ...
- ↑ Michelin Travel Publications (2000). Tuscany. Michelin Travel Publications. pp. 313–. ISBN 978-2-06-000010-7.
Volterra crags (baize) Pinacoteca 0 - Via dei Sarti 1; in the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini. The art gallery has some interesting works of religious art by Tuscan masters of the 14C-17C ...
- ↑ Anna Benvenuti Papi (1999). Volterra e la Val di Cecina (in Italian). Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-46773-1.
Dal 1982 la Galleria Pittorica, o Pinacoteca, è ospitata nelle sale del palazzo Minucci-Solaini ... Tra le opere più significative segnaliamo, oltre la celebre e grandiosa tavola della Deposizione del Rosso Fiorentino, polittici ...
- ↑ Harvard Student's; Let's Go, Inc. (1999). Let's Go: the Budget Guide to Italy. St. Martin's Press. pp. 299–. ISBN 9780312194888.
Volterra's Fortezza Medicea, an elegant remnant from the Florentine domination, is the town's most prominent structure. ... On the other side of P. dei Priori, on V. dei Sard, the Pinacoteca Comunale occupies the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini (tel. ... In his Deposition (1520), the most significant piece of the collection, Rosso Fiorentino appears to abandon High Renaissance ...
- ↑ "The etruscan Acropolis".
- ↑ Denbigh Sale; Marie Kidd; Julian Pitt (1 December 2014). Our Secret Tuscany: In the Foothills of Monte Pisano. Australian eBook Publisher. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-1-925271-65-2.
Although Volterra isn't strictly in the region of the Monte Pisano, we highly recommend a visit to this atmospheric hilltown which ... From its commanding hilltop position, the enormous Medici Fortress (Fortezza Medicea) looks out over Volterra.
- ↑ Dana Facaros; Michael Pauls (2004). Italy. New Holland Publishers. pp. 685–. ISBN 978-1-86011-113-6.
... in the 'archaeological park' near the Fortezza Medicea, a big castle built on what was the Etruscan acropolis in the 1470s. ... Volterra 's most conspicuous ancient relic, however, is the Etruscan arch in the south wall, over Via Porta all'Arco.
- ↑ Rachael Hamilton; Allison Macleod; Jenny Munro (18 July 2014). Spaces of (Dis)location. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 164–. ISBN 978-1-4438-6451-0.
Volterra's identity was not only characterized by its tradition of alabaster craft and by the psychiatric hospital, but also by the high security penitentiary located in the Fortezza Medicea. The Duke of Florence, Lorenzo il Magnifico, constructed the ...
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