Poppi
| Poppi | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Poppi | ||
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Poppi Skyline viewed from the North | ||
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  Poppi Location of Poppi in Italy | ||
| Coordinates: 43°43′N 11°46′E / 43.717°N 11.767°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Tuscany | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Arezzo (AR) | |
| Frazioni | Avena, Badia Prataglia, Becarino, Camaldoli, Larniano, Lierna, Memmenano, Moggiona, Ponte a Poppi, Porrena, Quorle, Quota, Riosecco, Sala, San Martino a Monte, San Martino in Tremoleto. | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Carlo Toni | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 96.9 km2 (37.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 437 m (1,434 ft) | |
| Population (2005[1]) | ||
| • Total | 6,077 | |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Poppesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 52014 | |
| Dialing code | 0575 | |
| Patron saint | San Torello | |
| Saint day | March 16 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Poppi is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km (25 mi) east of Florence and about 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Arezzo.
Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Chiusi della Verna, Ortignano Raggiolo, Pratovecchio.
Main sights
The castle of Poppi.
- 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.[2]
- Hermitage of Camaldoli, the ancestral seat of the Camaldolese monastic order.
- Madonna del Morbo Sanctuary in the centre of the town, containing a painting of the Virgin attributed to Filippino Lippi.
- The annual festival commences in the upper town on 29 June, when a large procession bears the image of the Virgin from the Church of Madonna del Morbo to the Church of Saints Marco and Lorenzo, where it remains for the duration of the week.
- The Museo e Arboreto Carlo Siemoni is a historic ducal villa and arboretum.
- Palazzo Crudeli, birthplace of Tommaso Crudeli condemned by the Catholic Church as heretic. He belonged to the first Freemason Lodge of Italy established by the English colony in Florence, 1732. He died in the same Palazzo after torture and imprisonment.
- Museum Affaire Crudeli and Human Rights.
Twin towns
Palafolls, Spain, since 1990
Ax-les-Thermes, France, since 2008
References
- ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ Occhi sul Casentino, Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Tourismo di Bibbiena, Chiusi della Verna e Poppi, 1980
External links
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- Official website (Italian) (English)
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