Buonconvento

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Buonconvento
Comune
Comune di Buonconvento
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°8′N 11°29′E / 43.133°N 11.483°E / 43.133; 11.483
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Siena (SI)
Frazioni	Bibbiano, Ponte d'Arbia, Serravalle
Government
• Mayor	Riccardo Conti
Area [1]
• Total	64.84 km2 (25.03 sq mi)
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population  (30 April 2017)[3]
• Total	3,137
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Buonconventini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	53022
Dialing code	0577
Patron saint	Sts. Peter and Paul
Saint day	June 29
Website	Official website

Buonconvento is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Florence and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi.

History[]

Buonconvento (from the Latin bonus conventus, "happy place") is mentioned for the first time in 1100. In 1313 the German emperor Henry VII died here.

It was surrounded by a line of walls starting from 1371, carried on by the Republic of Siena to which it belonged until 1559, when it became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It was annexed to Italy in 1861.

Main sights[]

The local museum of art, the Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia, houses works by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pietro Lorenzetti, Andrea di Bartolo, Matteo di Giovanni and other Tuscan painters, taken from local churches. The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo has a Madonna Enthroned with Child (c. 1450) by Matteo di Giovanni and a fresco of the early-15th century Sienese school. The fortified pieve of Sant'Innocenza a Piana dates from the 13th-14th centuries. Most of Buonconvento's frazioni house medieval or Renaissance castles.

The church of St. Lawrence in Bibbiano has a cyborium by Ventura Salimbeni.

Frazioni[]

The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Buonconvento and the towns and villages (frazioni) of Bibbiano, Ponte d'Arbia and Serravalle. Other notable villages include Castelnuovo Tancredi, Chiatina, Percenna and Piana.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buonconvento.

• Official website (in Italian)
• Tuscany - Map It Out! a day well spent in Buonconvento