Vicchio

Vicchio

Vicchio

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

Vicchio is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Florence. As of 2016, it had a population of 8,105 and an area of 139.0 square kilometres (53.7 sq mi).[3]

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Geography

Vicchio borders the municipalities of Borgo San Lorenzo, Dicomano, Marradi and Pontassieve.[4] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Ampinana, Arsella, Barbiana, Boccagnello, Bovino, Bricciana, Campestri, Casole, Cistio, Cuccino, Farneto, Gattaia, Gracchia, Mirandola, Molezzano, Mulinuccio, Padule, Paterno, Piazzano, Pilarciano, Pimaggiore, Ponte a Vicchio, Rossoio, Rostolena, Rupecanina, Scopeto, Uliveta, Vespignano, Vezzano, Villore and Zufolana.[1]

Demographics

  • Piazza Giotto in the town centre
  • Church of San Lorenzio in Villore
  • Ponte a Vicchio
  • Cimabue bridge in Vespignano

Personalities

  • Many famous Italian painters were born near Vicchio: Giotto (in the frazione of Colle di Vespignano), Fra Angelico (at Rupecanina), Giovanni Malesci, Rutilio Muti, Armeno Mattioli and Foresto Marianini. There is a 3.2 meter statue of Giotto in Vicchio's central square, the Piazza di Giotto.[5] It was also the birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lully (Baptized Giovanni Battista Lulli), who would become the founder of the French opera tradition.
  • Two victims of the Monster of Florence (killed nearby the town in 1984), Pia Rontini and Claudio Stefanacci, were citizens of Vicchio.

Twin cities

References

  1. [1]
    (in Italian) Municipal statute of Vicchio
  2. [2]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    (in Italian) Source: Istat 2016
  4. [4]
    42720 (x a j h) Vicchio on OpenStreetMap
  5. [5]
    "Statua di Giotto". Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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