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 Lucca
The province of Lucca () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.
It has an area of and a population of about 390,000. The province contains 33 ''comuni'' (: ''comune'').
Geography
Situated in northwester ...
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 northwest of
Lucca
Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...
.
History
During
World War II
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, the village of
Sant'Anna di Stazzema
Sant'Anna di Stazzema, officially Sant'Anna, is a village in Tuscany, Italy. Administratively, it is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Stazzema, in the province of Lucca.
History
In 1944, it was the site of a notorious Nazi crime against huma ...
was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers and the Italian
Black Brigades
The Auxiliary Corps of the Black Shirts' Action Squads (), most widely known as the Black Brigades (), was one of the Fascist paramilitary groups, organized and run by the Republican Fascist Party (''Partito Fascista Repubblicano'', PFR) operat ...
(12 August 1944). A total of 560 people were killed, among them 100 children, one of them only 20 days old. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.
Geography
Stazzema borders the following municipalities:
Camaiore
Camaiore is a city and ''comune'' of 32,513 inhabitants within the province of Lucca, Tuscany, central-western Italy. It stretches from the Apuan Alps to the east, to the plains and the coast of Versilia to the west.
History
Camaiore has Roman or ...
,
Careggine Careggine is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany (Italy). It is the birthplace of Italian football player Marco Tardelli and of Adriano Tardelli, one of the heroes of the Italian resistance movement
The Italian ...
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Massa
Massa may refer to:
Places
Italy
*Province of Massa and Carrara, province in the Tuscany region of Italy
* Duchy of Massa and Carrara, controlled the towns of Massa di Carrara and Carrara
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombi ...
,
Molazzana
Molazzana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca
Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on th ...
,
Pescaglia
Pescaglia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca.
Pescaglia borders the following municipalities: Borgo a Mozzano, Camaiore, Fabb ...
,
Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta is a town and ''comune'' on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta is part of Versilia, on the last foothills of the Apuan Alps, about north of Pisa. The town is located off the coast, where the ...
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Seravezza
Seravezza is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy. It is located in Versilia, close to the Apuan Alps.
Neighboring municipalities
*Forte dei Marmi
* Massa
* Montignoso
*Pietrasanta
* Stazzema
Patron saints
S ...
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Vagli Sotto
Vagli Sotto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca.
Sotto borders the following municipalities: Camporgiano, Careggine, Massa, ...
frazioni
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 ...
''):
Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani,
Mulina
Stazzema is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca.
History
During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the s ...
, Palagnana, Pomezzana,
Pontestazzemese
Stazzema is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca.
History
During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the s ...
,
Pruno
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,
Retignano
Retignano is a village of about 400 inhabitants, located on a hill in the historical Versilia region of Tuscany, Italy. The inhabitants are known as the Retignanesi.
It was originally a small settlement that belonged to the Liguri Apuani, a smal ...
Volegno
Volegno is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Stazzema, in the province of Lucca.Infos about the hamlets of Stazzema (municipal website) /ref> Despite municipal name, the town hall is not located in Stazzema, but in the nearby hamlet of Pontestazzemese.