Pieve

In Italy in the Middle Ages, a pieve (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːve], Corsican: [ˈpjɛvɛ]; Latin: plebe; pl.: pievi) was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. Pieve is also an Italian and Corsican term signifying the medieval ecclesiastical/administrative territory of its the mother church. It has thus become a common component of both place names and of the names of churches.

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The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people. Many pievi began to appear in the 5th century, as Christianity expanded in the rural areas outside the main cities. In the 9th-10th centuries, they were often designed with bell towers.

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Places in Italy called Pieve include:

Città della Pieve, a commune in the Province of Perugia, Umbria
Pieve a Nievole, a commune in the Province of Pistoia, Tuscany
Pieve Albignola, a commune in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy
Pieve d'Alpago, a commune in the Province of Belluno, Veneto
Pieve del Cairo, a commune in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy
Pieve di Bono, a commune in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Pieve di Cadore, a commune in the Province of Belluno, Veneto
Pieve di Cento, a commune in the Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna
Pieve di Coriano, a commune in the Province of Mantua, Lombardy
Pieve di Ledro, a former commune in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Pieve di Livinallongo, seat of the commune of Livinallongo del Col di Lana in the Province of Belluno, Veneto
Pieve di Soligo, a commune in the Province of Treviso, Veneto
Pieve di Teco, a commune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria
Pieve d'Olmi, a commune in the Province of Cremona, Lombardy
Pieve Emanuele, a commune in the Province of Milan, Lombardy
Pieve Fissiraga, a commune in the Province of Lodi, Lombardy
Pieve Fosciana, a commune in the Province of Lucca, Tuscany
Pieve Ligure, a commune in the Province of Genoa, Liguria
Pieve Porto Morone, a commune in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy
Pieve San Giacomo, a commune in the Province of Cremona, Lombardy
Pieve Santo Stefano, a commune in the Province of Arezzo, Tuscany
Pieve Tesino, a commune in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Pieve Torina, a commune in the Province of Macerata, Marche
Pieve Vergonte, a commune in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont

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