Rignano sull'Arno

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Rignano sull'Arno
Comune
Comune di Rignano sull'Arno
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Rignano sull'Arno
Location of Rignano sull'Arno in Italy
Coordinates: 43°43′N11°27′E / 43.717°N 11.450°E / 43.717; 11.450
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Metropolitan city Florence (FI)
Frazioni Bombone, Cellai, Le Corti, Le Valli, Pian dell'Isola, Rosano, Salceto, San Donato in Collina, San Martino, San Piero, Santa Maria, Sarnese, Torri, Troghi, Volognano
Government
  Mayor Daniele Lorenzini (PD)
Area
  Total 54.2 km2 (20.9 sq mi)
Elevation 118 m (387 ft)
Population (30 September 2011) [1]
  Total 8,792
  Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Rignanesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code50067
Dialing code 055
Patron saint St. Leolinus
Saint day November 12
Website Official website

Rignano sull'Arno is a comune (municipality) in the province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Florence.

<i>Comune</i> third-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

The Province of Florence was a province in the northeast of Tuscany region of Italy. The city or comune of Florence was both the capital of the Province of Florence, and of the Region of Tuscany. The territory of the province was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.

Italy republic in Southern Europe

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe.

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Pieve (rural church) of San Leonino. Rignano Pieve-di-San-Leolino.JPG
Pieve (rural church) of San Leonino.

Main sights

Pieve

In the Middle Ages, a pieve was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.

Santi Buglioni Italian sculptor

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Lorenzo di Bicci Italian renaissance painter

Lorenzo di Bicci was an Italian painter of the Florentine School considered to be one of the most important painters in Florence during the second half of the 14th century. He is believed to have learned his trade from his father, about whom little is known. Lorenzo’s style, as well as that of his contemporaries Jacopo di Cione and Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, was influenced by the artist Andrea di Cione. Lorenzo's paintings made use of bright colors and his compositions avoided complexity. The figures he painted tended to have round faces and were often expressionless. Another one of Lorenzo's distinctive characteristics was his precision of execution. He was known for exceptional talent in drawing, an ability that he put to use at the initial stages of his painting. Unlike many celebrated Florentine artists of this period, Lorenzo mostly received commissions from the country clergy and from the lower-middle class Florentine guilds. His successors, Bicci di Lorenzo and Neri di Bicci, continued to serve these groups.

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References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.