Bibbona | |
Official Name: | Comune di Bibbona |
Coordinates: | 43.2667°N 46°W |
Region: | Tuscany |
Province: | Livorno (LI) |
Frazioni: | La California, Marina di Bibbona |
Mayor: | Massimo Fedeli |
Area Total Km2: | 65.6 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3,191 |
Population As Of: | February 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Bibbonesi |
Elevation M: | 80 |
Saint: | St. Bartholomew |
Day: | January 13 |
Postal Code: | 57020 |
Area Code: | 0586 |
Bibbona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80km (50miles) southwest of Florence and about 40km (30miles) southeast of Livorno in the Val di Cecina.
The town's hilly location allowed for natural defenses, and strong fortifications are known to have existed by the early middle ages. The area is known to have been settled earlier during the Etruscan period based on tombs and archeological finds, and settlement continued into the Roman period.
In the early middle ages, the town and fortifications were in the possession of the Gherardesca family, and their holdings were confirmed by Pope Innocent III in the 12th century. Thereafter, ownership transferred to the free towns of Volterra, Pisa, and eventually Florence.
In Bibbona the sculptor (Riccardo) Richard Aurili born in 1864.