San Giovanni Valdarno

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of San Giovanni Valdarno

43°33′52″N 11°31′58″E / 43.56444°N 11.53278°E / 43.56444; 11.53278CountryItalyRegionTuscanyProvinceArezzo (AR)FrazioniBadiola-Renacci, Borro al Quercio, Gruccia, Montecarlo, Ponte alle forche, Porcellino, Pruneto ^[1]Government

• MayorValentina Vadi (since 2019)^[2]Area

^[3]

• Total21.32 km² (8.23 sq mi)Elevation

134 m (440 ft)Population

(April 2024)^[4]

• Total16,485 • Density770/km² (2,000/sq mi)DemonymSangiovannesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

52027

Dialing code055Patron saintSt. John the BaptistSaint day24 JuneWebsiteOfficial website

San Giovanni Valdarno is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the valley of the Arno River.

History

According to the Italian medieval historian Giovanni Villani, the town was founded in 1296, by the Republic of Florence.^[5] The design of the historic center is based on the organization of Roman cities with a large central piazza from which two main roads run perpendicular to each other. From these two main roads run other secondary streets.

The town is the birthplace of the early Renaissance painter Masaccio.^[6]

Main sights

Palazzo Pretorio or Palazzo d'Arnolfo (13th century)
Convent of San Francesco a Montecarlo. It houses an Incoronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci (1472–1475)
Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie (built in 1484, but with a 19th-century Neoclassical façade). Its museum houses Beato Angelico's Annunciation.
Church of San Lorenzo (early 14th century)

Sister cities

Mahbes, Western Sahara
Corning, USA (since 2003)^[7]
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 2012)^[8]
Jericho, State of Palestine^[9]

References

^ "IL TERRITORIO". COMUNE DI SAN GIOVANNI VALDARNO (in Italian). 21 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Anagrafe degli Amministratori Locali e Regionali". amministratori.interno.gov.it. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Bilancio demografico mensile". demo.istat.it.
^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (5 July 2017). Routledge Revivals: Medieval Italy (2004): An Encyclopedia - Volume II. Taylor & Francis. p. 868. ISBN 978-1-351-66443-1. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ Cole, Bruce (1980). Masaccio and the art of early Renaissance Florence. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-253-12298-8. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Sister Cities Association of Corning, NY". Sister Cities of Corning NY.
^ "Srebrenica 1995 – 2015". COMUNE DI SAN GIOVANNI VALDARNO (in Italian). 23 June 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Twenty years after the twinning agreement between Jericho and San Giovanni Valdarno Municipalities". www.jericho-city.ps. Retrieved 2 May 2024.