Valle Benedetta
Valle Benedetta is a fraction of Livorno, Tuscany in Italy. It is situated in the Livorno Hills, near Poggio Lecceta at an altitude of approximately 320 metres (1,050 ft).
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History
In antiquity the area, inhospitable, wild, inhabited by wolves and frequented by bandits, was known, as certified by some documents of the first half of the
After he became Bishop of Pistoia and Prato, Bassi consecrated the Church on 5 June 1717. In 1742, Filippo Huygens, son of Giovanni Antonio, edificated some windmills not far from the Church, used for the grinding of grain produced in the region.[5] In the same periodCatholicism
, build a house in the area established there with his family.
Geography
The fraction is situated on the "Strada Provinciale 5 della Valle Benedetta" (Provincial Street 5, of Valle Benedetta), which connects the city of Livorno to Colognole, crossing the range of the Livorno Hills. It is served by public bus routes, managed by Autolinee Toscane.[6]
Places of interest
- Church of Saint John Gualbert
- Eremo di Santa Maria alla Sambuca
- Colognole aqueduct
See also
References
- ^ La Frazione di Valle Benedetta, Retrieved 11 March 2024
- ^ AA.VV (1996). Livorno e il Mediterraneo: da un viaggio di Edmund Dummer. Pisa: Pacini Editore.
- ^ Suggi, Francesca (17 December 2023). "Livorno, viaggio a Villa Huygens tra cunicoli esoterismo e misteri templari". Il Tirreno (in Italian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Flora Boyer Benini (1983). La Valle Benedetta. Livorno: Editori Nuova Fortezza.
- ^ Roberto Branchetti, Mario Taddei. Antichi mulini del territorio livornese.
- ^ "Linee e Orari - Livorno - 12" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 March 2024.