Ravi
View of Ravi
View of Ravi
Ravi is located in Italy
Ravi
Ravi
Location of Ravi in Italy
Coordinates: 42°54′41″N 10°55′7″E / 42.91139°N 10.91861°E / 42.91139; 10.91861
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneGavorrano
Elevation
209 m (686 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total245
DemonymRavigiani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ravi is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Gavorrano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 263.[1]

Ravi is about 32 km from Grosseto and 2 km from Gavorrano, and it is situated on one of the peaks of Monte Calvo, along the road which links Gavorrano to Caldana.

History

The village was born as a property of the bishops of Roselle in the 8th century. It was formerly known as Ravi di Maremma.[2]

Main sights

  • Church of San Leonardo (15th century), main parish church of the village, it was restructured in 1810.[2]
  • Church of Santa Caterina da Siena (16th century), it was built in 1571 and then transformed into warehouses and garage in 1930.[2]
  • Chapel of Nuovo Inguardio, modern chapel in the hamlet of Bivio di Ravi.
  • Castle of Ravi, mentioned for the first time in a document of 784, it has been incorporated in the architectures of the old centre.[2]

References

  1. (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 73.

Bibliography

  • (in Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Ravi», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833–1846.
  • Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995.
  • Giuseppe Guerrini, Torri e castelli della provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1999.


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