Bientina

Updated on Oct 01, 2024

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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

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.

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.