Miseglia is a village in

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 ...

, central

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, administratively a

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

of the

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Carrara Carrara ( ; ; , ) is a town and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey Carrara marble, marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some Boxing the compass, ...

, province of Massa-Carrara. At the time of the 2011 census its population amounted to 449. Miseglia is about 2 km from

and 10 km from Massa, and it is situated on a peak next to the

Carrara marble Carrara marble, or Luna marble (''marmor lunense'') to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara ...

quarries of Canale di Fantiscritti and Canalgrande.

Emanuele Repetti Emanuele Repetti (1776–1852) was an Italian historian and naturalist who wrote extensively on the history of Tuscany. He was born in Carrara.Italian Institute of Archaeology, University of Siena http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/paginerep/bi ...

,
Miseglia
�, ''Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana'', 1833-1846. Those quarries have been excavated since the

Roman period The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...

. The proper village dates back to the 12th century, when it was a property of the

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 Sant'Andrea in Carrara.

Main sights

* Santo Spirito, main

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

of Miseglia, it was originally built in the 14th century and completely reconstructed in 1617.

Notable residents

* Dominique Stroobant (1947), Belgian sculptor and photographer.

Transportations

Miseglia was connected to Carrara, other hamlets and several quarries by the ''Marmifera'' railway line, an industrial railway used for the transport of

. The railway was fully operational from 1876 to 1964, when it was closed due to competition from road traffic. There were two railway stations in Miseglia – ''Miseglia Superiore'' (upper side) and ''Miseglia Inferiore'' (lower side) – now disclosed.

References

{{authority control Frazioni of Carrara