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comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Pistoia in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, located about northwest of
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
Florence ...
and about southwest of
Pistoia
Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...
.
Main sights
*Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix (18th century)
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Pieve di Sant'Andrea (11th century).
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Pieve
In Italy in the Middle Ages, a ''pieve'' (, ; ; : ''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/a ...
of San Lorenzo (13th century), remade in the two following centuries. It has a Romanesque bell tower with double
mullioned windows, including the basement of an 11th-century tower. The interior has several 16th-century canvasses and a 14th-century crucifix.
*''Madonna della Salute e di San Nicolao'': 11th century church houses a 12th-13th century marble baptismal font with
intarsia
Intarsia is a form of wood inlaying that is similar to marquetry. The practice dates from before the seventh century AD. The technique inserts sections of wood (at times with contrasting ivory or bone, or mother-of-pearl) within the solid wood ...
; a 1442 ''Annunciation'' by
Bicci di Lorenzo; a painting of the ''Archangels Michael and Raphael with Tobias'' attributed to
Giovanni Battista del Verrocchio; and a ''Baptism of Christ'' by
Francesco Bachiacca.
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Villa Bellavista: 1695 baroque villa
Twin cities
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Ascheberg
Ascheberg () is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The neighbouring cities, towns and municipalities of Ascheberg are (clockwise, starting in the North) the city Münster, the town Drenst ...
, Germany
People
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Benito Lorenzi (footballer)
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Vasco Ferretti (writer)
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Piqued Jacks (band)
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Tuscany
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