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Bientina

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Country
  
Italy

Elevation
  
10 m (30 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:27 PM

Postal code
  
56031

Dialling code
  
0587

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Pisa (PI)

Demonym(s)
  
Bientinesi

Area
  
29.2 km²

Province
  
Province of Pisa

Region
  
Tuscany

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Frazioni
  
Caccialupi, Puntone, Quattro Strade, Santa Colomba

Weather
  
15°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 45% Humidity

Bientina (Italian: Bièntina) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany.

Contents

Map of Bientina, Province of Pisa, Italy

History

The toponym Bientina is attested the first time in 793 as Blentina and it probably comes from the Etruscan name Plitine.

Territory

Bientina is located between the Lucca's plain (Piana di Lucca) and the Valdarno.

It's about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Florence and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Pisa and it borders the following municipalities: Altopascio (Province of Lucca), Buti, Calcinaia, Capannori (Province of Lucca), Castelfranco di Sotto, Santa Maria a Monte, Vicopisano.

In the communal territory there was once the largest lake in Tuscany, the Lake of Bientina.

Climate

Bientina experiences a Mediterranean Climate like other cities in Central Italy.

Being more distant from the sea, winters are usually less mild than Pisa and summers are warmer.

The climatic classification is "Zone D, 1856 GR/G"

Religious architecture

  • Church of San Domenico (1621)
  • Church of Santa Maria Assunta (medieval - expanded and renovated in the mid-1600)
  • Church of Madonna del Bosco in Santa Colomba
  • Oratory of San Girolamo (1640), home to the museum of ancient history of Bientina
  • Oratory of San Pietro and Rocco (17th century)
  • Oratory of San Giusto, the first church of Bientina (12th century)

    • Civil architecture

  • Palazzo Pancani
  • La Mora tower (13th century)
  • Torre Civica (Torre del Frantoio) (13th century) - center of cultural activity.
  • Torre del Giglio (13th century)
  • Loggetta del Palazzo Comunale (17th century)

    • Roads

    Bientina is crossed by the Strada provinciale 439 Sarzanese Valdera and some secondary roads. Public transportation is performed by the company CTT Nord.

    Trains

    Until 1944 the town also had a train station along the former railway Lucca-Pontedera; the dilapidated building is still visible along the main road 25.

    Notable people associated with Bientina

  • Giuseppe Gerbi, serie A footballer in the 1930s.
  • Piero Pampaloni, serie A footballer in the 1930s.
  • Aldo Puccinelli
  • Gaetano Polidori
  • John Polidori
  • Enrico Rossi
  • Jacopo Del Polta, poet, born in Bientina, lived in Florence in the mid-1400.

    • International relations

    Bientina is twinned with Saint-Rémy-de-Provence since 1997

    References

    Bientina Wikipedia
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