Serravalle di Chienti

Serravalle di Chienti
Comune di Serravalle di Chienti
Coat of arms of Serravalle di Chienti
Location of Serravalle di Chienti
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Serravalle di Chienti is located in Italy
Serravalle di Chienti
Serravalle di Chienti
Location of Serravalle di Chienti in Italy
Serravalle di Chienti is located in Marche
Serravalle di Chienti
Serravalle di Chienti
Serravalle di Chienti (Marche)
Coordinates: 43°4′N 12°57′E / 43.067°N 12.950°E / 43.067; 12.950
CountryItaly
RegionMarche
ProvinceMacerata (MC)
FrazioniAcquapagana, Bavareto, Castello, Cesi, Civitella, Collecurti, Copogna, Corgneto, Costa, Dignano, Forcella, Gelagna (alta), Gelagna bassa, San Martino, Taverne
Government
 • MayorGabriele Accadia
Area
 • Total95.99 km2 (37.06 sq mi)
Elevation
667 m (2,188 ft)
Population
 (28 February 2017)[2]
 • Total1,044
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
DemonymSerravallesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
62038
Dialing code0737
Patron saintSt. Lucy
Saint dayDecember 13
WebsiteOfficial website

Serravalle di Chienti is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Ancona and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Macerata. It is crossed by the Chienti river. The communal territory is largely mountainous with numerous woods and pastures.

Serravalle di Chienti borders the following municipalities: Camerino, Fiuminata, Foligno, Monte Cavallo, Muccia, Nocera Umbra, Pieve Torina, Sefro, Visso.

History

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Settled since pre-historic times, in antique times the Serravalle plateau featured a lake known as Plestinam Paludem. The area was subsequently ruled by the Etruscans and the Romans.

In the Middle Ages it was a fortress of the Da Varano family of Camerino.

Main sights

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  • Parish church, with 16th-century frescoes by Simone and Giovanni de Magistris.
  • Church of Santa Maria di Pistia or di Plestia, in proto-Romanesque style. It was built over an ancient pagan temple of the Umbrian goddess Cupra. Once the cathedral of the town of Plestia, it was destroyed, together with the latter, by Emperor Otto III. It was rebuilt around the year 1000, to which date the current crypt and apse. The nave and the portico are later.
  • Convent of Brogliano.
  • Botte dei Varano, an artificial channel built by Giulio Cesare da Varano in the 15th century to dry the Karst plateau of Colfiorito. Recent restorations have shown the presence of a pre-existing Roman travertine structure.

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References

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  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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