Poppi

Poppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpoppi, ˈpɔ-]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km (25 miles) east of Florence and about 30 km (19 miles) northwest of Arezzo.

Poppi
Comune
Comune di Poppi
Poppi Skyline viewed from the North
Coat of arms
Location of Poppi
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Coordinates: 43°43′N 11°46′E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	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 [1]
• Total	96.9 km2 (37.4 sq mi)
Elevation	437 m (1,434 ft)
Population  (31 December 2010[2])[3]
• Total	6,369
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym	Poppesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	52014
Dialing code	0575
Patron saint	San Torello
Saint day	March 16
Website	Official website

Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Niccolò, Chiusi della Verna, Ortignano Raggiolo, Pratovecchio Stia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[4]

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.^[5]
• Holy 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 in Badia Prataglia, where there is also the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta which dates back to the 10th Century.
• 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.

Sister cities

• Palafolls, Spain, since 1990
• Ax-les-Thermes, France, since 2008

References

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 (in Italian).
3. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
4. "Toscana" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
5. Occhi sul Casentino, Chiusi della Verna e Poppi, Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Tourismo di Bibbiena, 1980 (in Italian).

External links

Media related to Poppi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Italian and English)