It
is the ancient Sulpitia of the Romans; testimony
of the civilization of this center valtiberino
is the Church of Colledestro.
Its more recent history is marked by two sad events:
from the 1855 flood, provoked by the landslide
of the knoll of Belmonte, that, following the
abundant precipitations of that year, it obstructed
the course of the Tevere (in that occasion lost
documents and artistic testimonies went); from
the destruction gotten by the German troops in
retreat, that they mined and they shaved to the
ground the inhabited area.
Of
her ancient plant medioevale remains the arc of
the door of Tasano, that opened to south of the
surrounded one of boundaries understood among
two spurs: of one of them some trace stays in
still the structure of the childish kindergarten.
Some
good-looking buildings are found (still Town Building
and Building Pretorio) with coats of arms in stone
or of shop robbiana. Tables robbiane are also
presents in the Collegiate one with inside to
Latin cross. Notable the sixteenth-century sanctuary
of the Madonna of the Lights.
In
some rooms of the Town hall it has center the
National file of the Diary, whose activity
is
tied up an important cultural prize (the prize "Pieve - Banca Toscana")
that it proposes him to discover and to revalue
memories and unpublished
diaries.
Don't forget our roots was born the Center of
the Historical Documentation of the Country Civilization "Dina Dini"; near the Elementary Schools
"C. Salvetti" of Pieve Santo Stefano.
I
testi sono stati tratti da "Quattro itinerari in
Valtiberina" - COMUNITÀ MONTANA VALTIBERINA
TOSCANA e da " Valtiberina " - AZIENDA DI PROMOZIONE
TURISTICA DI AREZZO