Serravalle di Chienti

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Serravalle_di_Chienti-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Serravalle di Chienti
name = Serravalle di Chienti
region = Marche
province = Macerata (MC)
elevation_m = 667
area_total_km2 = 96.1
population_as_of = Dec. 2004 All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 1162
population_density_km2 = 12
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|4|N|12|57|E|type:city(1,162)_region:IT
frazioni = Acquapagana, Bavareto, Castello, Cesi, Civitella, Collecurti, Copogna, Corgneto, Costa, Dignano, Forcella, Gelagna (alta), Gelagna bassa, San Martino, Taverne
telephone = 0737
postalcode = 62038
gentilic = Serravallesi
saint = St. Lucy
day = december 13
mayor = Rinaldo Rocchi
website = [http://www.serravalle.sinp.net/ www.serravalle.sinp.net]
mapy = 12.9500
mapx = 43.0667

Serravalle di Chienti is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 km southwest of Ancona and about 50 km southwest of Macerata. Serravalle di Chienti borders the following municipalities: Camerino, Fiuminata, Foligno, Monte Cavallo, Muccia, Nocera Umbra, Pieve Torina, Sefro, Visso.

History

Settled since pre-historic times, in antique times the Serravalle plateau featured a lake known as "Plestinam Paludem". The area was subsequently ruled by the Etruscans and the Romans.

In the Middle Ages it was a fortress of the Da Varano family of Camerino.

Main sights

*Parish church, with 16th century frescoes by Simone and Giovanni de Magistris.
*Church of "Santa Maria di Pistia" or "di Plestia", in proto-Romanesque style. It was built over an ancient pagan temple of the Umbrian goddess Cupra. Once the cathedral of the town of Plestia, it was destroyed, together with the latter, by Emperor Otto III. It was rebuilt around the year 1000, to which date the current crypt and apse. The nave and the portico are later.
*Convent of Brogliano
*"Botte dei Varano", an artificial channel built by Giulio Cesare da Varano in the 15th century to dry the Karst plateau of Colfiorito. Recent restorations have shown the presence of a pre-existing Roman travertine structure.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.serravalle.sinp.net/ Official website]