Campi Bisenzio ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈkampi biˈzɛntsjo] ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence , in the Italian region of Tuscany , located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Florence .
4-498: The word Campi in the municipality's name stems from the fields which are widespread in the lands around the town. The current name of Campi Bisenzio was assumed only in 1862, with the addition of the name of the Bisenzio river that runs through the town. Campi Bisenzio is the place where the internal combustion engine was built for the first time by Felice Matteucci and father Eugenio Barsanti . A number of Renaissance artworks from
8-837: Is a 49-kilometer-long river in the municipality of Cantagallo . It flows into the Arno river in Signa (Florence). It flows through the city of Prato and the Santa Lucia weir and the hydroelectric dam in Madonna della Tosse. The river is a tributary of the Arno arising from the southern side of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Its source is generally located at the confluence of the Trogola and Bacuccio. The length of its path reaches 49 km. The upper basin
12-513: Is surrounded by many mountains and is surrounded by lower peaks on the east, bordering the Sieve and the upper area of Prato Marinella. It flows to the lowland continuing towards Florence, passing through San Piero a Ponti village until it flows into the river Arno by the Pass of Ponte a Signa, after travelling 29 km in the plains. The current route of the river seems to date back to the ninth century and
16-445: The church of Sant'Andrea a San Donnino are housed in its adjacent museum. The church of Santa Maria a Campi Bisenzio still maintains many of its original artworks. Campi Bisenzio is twinned with: This Metropolitan City of Florence location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bisenzio (river) The Bisenzio ( Italian pronunciation: [biˈzɛntsjo] ), archaically also Bisenzo ,
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