| Comune di Bibbiena | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Arezzo (AR) |
| Mayor | Ferruccio Ferri (since June 2004) |
| Elevation | 425 m (1,394 ft) |
| Area | 86 km² (33 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 11,997 |
| - Density | 140/km² (363/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Bibbienesi |
| Dialing code | 0575 |
| Postal code | 52011 |
| Frazioni | Banzena, Bibbiena Stazione, Campi, Farneta, Marciano, Partina, Pian del ponte, Santa Maria del sasso, Serravalle, Soci, Terrossola |
| Patron | Sant'Ippolito |
| - Day | August 13 |
| Website: www.comune.bibbiena.ar.it | |
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- For Cardinal Bernardo Bibbiena, see Bernardo Dovizi
- For Cardinal Bernardo Bibbiena, see Bernardo Dovizi
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The town is on top of a hill at an altitude of 425 meters (1,394 ft).
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History
Bibbiena was originally an important Etruscan town that eventually evolved into a Medieval castle- portions of which, in the form of the "Torre dei Tarlati" and the "Porta dei Fabbri" still exist. Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages.
Main sights
- Palazzo Mazzoleni
- Palazzo Niccolini
- Palazzo Dovizi, built by Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi, who is usually known as "Bibbiena", He was born in Bibbiena and served as secretary to Cardinal Giovanni de’Medici (later Pope Leo X). A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. Bernardo Dovizi or Bibbiena ( August 4, 1470 &ndash November 9 1520) was an Italian cardinal and Comedy Pope Leo X, born Giovanni de' Medici (December 11 1475 – December 1 1521 was Pope from 1513 to his death
The religious buildings include:
- the church of San Lorenzo, famous for the glazed teracotta reliefs by the Della Robbia school
- the Pieve di Sant’Ippolito (former chapel of the Tarlati Castle)
- the Rococo Oratorio of San Francesco
- the Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Sasso, one of the most important Renaissance buildings in the Casentino area. For the opera by Olivier Messiaen see Saint-François d'Assise. The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 14th
Culture
The town holds its yearly "Rievocazione della Mea" festival on the last Sunday of Carnival and Shrove Tuesday as well as a similar celebration in the summer with parades in historical costume and a show in the main square. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community Carnival is a festival season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February and March Shrove Tuesday is the term used in Ireland the United Kingdom Australia and Canada to refer to the day after Shrove Monday (or the more old fashioned Collop Monday
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