MonteMagno Cultural Group

MonteMagno Cultural Group

History

The village of MonteMagno is situated in the province of Pisa, Italy and the history of the village is very old and, it is surrounded by olive groves. There were only three churches in Montemagno in the past. The Montemagno Cultural Group was formed in early 2008 with the aim of promoting cultural activities related to Montemagno and its territory (MARTINI ME, 1976). The group has been involved in collecting and making available information and pictorial material relating to the current situation and the history of the country, with particular attention to the aspects of social life.The first mention of Montemagno, dating back to 780s, appears in the act of foundation of the Abbey of S. Savino then near Caprona, which was assigned as a dowry by the founders, among other assets, a church of S. Gregory at Montemagno church no longer mentioned in the thirteenth century. Considering that the church represented the main point of aggregation, not only religious, but for all civil life that had definitely very different importance to the community and the other two churches of S. Martin and S. Mary of the Snow.

At the beginning of this century, in fact (March 10, 1025, according to some sources) the Montemagnesi undertook the construction of a fortress Bonifacia located at the top of the village, where the people could take refuge during wars and raids just in the scope the fortress was built and the church of S. Mary of the Snow. Perhaps the wall of the canonical view on road shows, with the slit survivor which revealed the unusual thickness, the veracity of these reports and the exact location of the fort. Although, the direct sources do not retain memory around the middle of the twelfth century occurred in Montemagno an event of importance, in fact, the one who later became Pope from 1145 to 1153, taking the name Eugene III. This natural tendency of Montemagno to the territory of Pisa is also reflected policy when, in 1238, the Montemagnesi decide to join the league Ghibelline along with other countries foothills, with their men giving a contribution to the quota of the Captaincy of Calci (documents listed in MARTINI 1976 , 56).

A feature of the country has been the presence of voluntary associations with secular or religious purpose, whose purpose is to help people in case of need, or to assist the pastor in his duties. For the first we remember the Company working mutual aid, sort in early 1900s with the aim of helping the villagers in case of accidents at work, the second for the company of the blessed sacrament, which made ??up of men, and the Society of Lady of Sorrows formed by women and still exists. The first was intended to assist the priest during the processions and especially to take care of the transportation to the cemetery of dead villagers. The second had aimed to help families in need of assistance to women who are seriously ...