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Terranuova Bracciolini

Oratory of the Madonna delle Grazie and Porta Campana, Montemarciano

Terranuova Bracciolini

Oratory of the Madonna delle Grazie and Porta Campana, Montemarciano

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Oratory of the Madonna delle Grazie and Porta Campana, Montemarciano

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Location: Terranuova Bracciolini, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

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1. From Reggello to Terra Nuova – loop from Figline Valdarno

49.6km

02:18

580m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Loro Ciuffenna and Montemarciano – loop from Pian di Scò

55.3km

02:34

650m

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3. Piantrevigne and Montemarciano – loop from Pian di Scò

28.4km

01:21

360m

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AlbertoSordi

January 6, 2021

Montemarciano is located on the Setteponti road, the ancient Etruscan-Roman Cassia Vetus road.
In the parish church dedicated to Santa Lucia and San Apollinare, the architrave of the thirteenth-century church is walled up in the entrance. Of particular interest 400 meters from the town of Montemarciano on the Setteponti road is the oratory of the Madonna delle Grazie built in 1522, surrounded by a portico with cross vaults. At the entrance door there is a frescoed lunette with a Madonna and child from the early seventeenth century; inside there are two seventeenth-century altars and a fresco of the fifteenth century believed to be a youthful work by Masaccio: The Madonna Enthroned between San Michele and San Giovanni Battista (from the site of the Municipality of Terranuova Bracciolini).
It was the site of two ancient hospitals for pilgrims, dedicated to Sant'Angelo and San Martino. Initially under the lordship of the Pazzi family, the castle was occupied by the Florentine troops in 1288 and from 1313 it came under the definitive control of Florence. The community of Montemarciano was also included in the so-called "third of Loro" within the Podesta office of Terranuova and had its own municipal council, complete with a rector to be appointed every six months. Regulated by the statutes of the municipality was also the feast of May 8 in honor of San Michelagnolo; the feast that is still celebrated today was then dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie. Of the ancient fortified wall remains Porta Campana, traces of the walls and the Etruscan arch through which a paved road led to the castle of the "Cave", the current road grafted onto the one that crosses the town along its length, was instead built in 1918 starting from the point where there was an ancient tabernacle with paintings, on the sides of Christ on the cross, of San Rocco and San Sebastiano.

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AlbertoSordi

January 6, 2021

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶: 𝗚𝗜𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗭𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗜
The low temperature advises to leave by bike later, for the moment I think about a good breakfast then I'll see. An hour passes, I change and leave in the direction of Montemarciano, this morning I want to see BALZE again.
A few kilometers, I have not yet 'warmed up' and while cycling through this hamlet I meet GIULIANO BAZZINI, an artist born in LORO CIUFFENNA (Ar) in 1944, who currently lives and works in Montemarciano, a village, which despite being composed of two hundred souls, boasts an important cycling company for seven decades, here in every family you will find a cyclist!
𝘋𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘴𝘪 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘦 𝘭’𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰, is 𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘓𝘋𝘖 𝘕𝘖𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘐 (it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo_Nocentini) ..
I stay with him for a while, he shows me his workshop and he talks to me about his works, works that speak of figures molded in bronze or coated with copper, works that start from shapeless pieces of iron and poor materials. You can clearly see subjects dear to him and to the sculptor and painter, his fellow countryman, Venturino Venturi (1).
The reason why I speak of Giuliano Bazzini, in addition to being a local character, is because in his latest work he turns to sport, enhancing its essence, the strength of healthy, educational and social values "Ola-Ovation to sport".
When I looked at it, the first thing that came to mind was the image of a cyclist who triumphs at the finish line by raising his hands and clenching his fists. I understood that that expression of enthusiasm universally represents the sporting gesture of triumph. A gesture that all of us sportsmen have expressed for a true or goliardic competitive victory with friends, or by challenging ourselves by reaching the top of a peak or the end of a long journey.
And after a glass of vinsanto, which is good at any time as it is used in these parts, we said goodbye, he went home for lunch, I on my bike to really start my tour.

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Oratory of the Madonna delle Grazie and Porta Campana, Montemarciano

1. From Reggello to Terra Nuova – loop from Figline Valdarno

2. Loro Ciuffenna and Montemarciano – loop from Pian di Scò

3. Piantrevigne and Montemarciano – loop from Pian di Scò

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