{"id":8246,"date":"2022-12-01T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/medici-aqueduct\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:46:58","slug":"medici-aqueduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/medici-aqueduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Medici aqueduct"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"pitigliano-aqueduct\"Doctors aqueduct<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The arches of the aqueduct that stand out on the edge of the cliff, close to the Rocca degli Orsini, are one of the most characterizing and fascinating elements of the splendid panorama of Pitigliano.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It is in fact the most important work carried out by the Medici in the town, which the grand dukes bought in 1604, with the rest of the county, from the heirs of the last count Orsini of Pitigliano, burdened with debts.
Niccol\u00f2 dell’Antella, sent by the Grand Duke Cosimo de’ Medici to take possession of this territory, in his report on the situation of the county, reports that at that time the inhabitants drew water for drinking directly from the Meleta ditch, avoiding that of the Lente river, which it was polluted.
And already in 1612 an architect and a master builder were sent with the task of designing a fountain to bring water into the town. In the same year Cosimo II himself visited Pitigliano, also receiving the homage of the Jewish community, which asked him to be accepted and to be able to continue living in the town. The Grand Duke granted it to her, on condition that she took on the responsibility
expenditure of 4,000 Florentine scudi (corresponding to 600 Roman scudi) for the construction of the source currently being planned. It seems that in just three years the Jewish community was able to pay the requested sum, but the work took a long time; in 1621 the people of Pitigliano offered further sums to carry out the work and the Jews asked to be able to use the interest earned from the deposit they had made, given that the sum had not yet been spent, a possibility which was granted to them only in 1634. The same year the start of the works was finally decided, but since there were no workers in Pitigliano capable of tackling such a demanding project, a sort of “tender” was organised, to which several “foreign” architects and master builders responded. \u201d; among the proposals put forward, that of Mastro Alessandro Vassalli of Viterbo was chosen, which was much more economically advantageous. However, it was necessary to impose a new tax to raise further sums. The Florentine architect Gherardo was called to supervise and supervise the works
Silvani, also author of the Inghirami Chapel in the Cathedral of Volterra. The works finally began in 1637, starting from the sources of the Meleta river, where there were 5 sources close to each other and harnessing two of them: those called Falsetto and di Mezzo. In 1638 the aqueduct was completed up to the fortress moat, with terracotta ducts. We then proceeded with the construction of the arches to overcome the two ditches, until reaching the square in front of the “Porta di Sopra” (now disappeared), where a fountain was placed. It seems that the remains of the funerary monument of Nicol\u00f2 III Orsini, once located in the cathedral of San Pietro and destroyed by a popular revolt in 1547, were used to create the paving around it. In addition to the fountain, a wash house and a drinking trough were also built. In 1639 the source was completed and the Community Council decided to expand the works, to also lead the water to the heart of the town: to the squares of San Pietro and Santa Maria and to the end of Capisotto (Fornaccio).
In the 18th century the fountain was embellished, also adding the Medici insignia and the entire aqueduct was restored between 1830 and 1831. In 1845, on the occasion of the construction of the current road that runs between the fortress and the aqueduct, today’s thirteen arches are open, from which you can enjoy the splendid panorama of the valley below. In 1913, with the construction of the new aqueduct and the two twin travertine fountains, the trough was demolished, whose ornamental sculptural pieces were placed in the Civic Museum. The fountain basin was then rebuilt during the fascist era.<\/p>\n

In the same area you can also visit<\/h3>\n

Civic Archaeological Museum of Etruscan Civilization<\/a>; Palazzo Orsini Museum<\/a>; Synagogue<\/a>, Ghetto and Jewish Museum.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you liked the Medici Aqueduct of Pitigliano you can also visit<\/h3>\n

Roman aqueduct of Archi di Pontecchio (Montalto di Castro) (km 45).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doctors aqueduct The arches of the aqueduct that stand out on the edge of the cliff, close to the Rocca degli Orsini, are one of the most characterizing and fascinating elements of the splendid panorama of Pitigliano. It is in fact the most important work carried out by the Medici in the town, which the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8329,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":99,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8246\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}