Gallicano is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Lucca The province of Lucca ( it, provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca. It has an area of and a total population of about 390,000. There are 33 '' comuni'' (singular: ''comune'') in the pr ...

in the

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region

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

, located about northwest of

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

and about northwest of

Lucca 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 has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as ...

. The municipality is located in

Serchio Valley The Serchio (; la, Auser) is the third longest river in the Italian region of Tuscany at , coming after the Arno at and the Ombrone, . By mean rate of flow, it is the second largest, smaller than Arno but larger than Ombrone. The principal so ...

, on the right bank of the

Serchio River The Serchio (; la, Auser) is the third longest river in the Italian region of Tuscany at , coming after the Arno at and the Ombrone, . By mean rate of flow, it is the second largest, smaller than Arno but larger than Ombrone. The principal so ...

. Gallicano borders the following municipalities: Barga,

Borgo a Mozzano Borgo a Mozzano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany (Italy), located on the Serchio River. History The town is mentioned for the first time in 879, when a document mentioned one place ''In loco Mozzano prope D ...

Castelnuovo di Garfagnana Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, Toscana, central Italy. It is located at the confluence of the Serchio and the Turrite Secca rivers, close to the intersection of roads passing through the Apennine Mount ...

Coreglia Antelminelli Coreglia Antelminelli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about north of Lucca. Coreglia Antelminelli borders the following municipalities: Abetone Cuti ...

Fabbriche di Vallico Fabbriche di Vallico was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca. On 1 January 2014 it was merged with Vergemoli in the new ''comune'' ...

Fosciandora Fosciandora () is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 670 inhabitants in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about north of Lucca. Fosciandora borders the following municipalities: Barga, ...

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. Molazzana borders the following municipalities: Barga, Careggine, Castelnuovo ...

Fabbriche di Vergemoli Fabbriche di Vergemoli is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region of Tuscany. It was created on 1 January 2014 from the merger of Fabbriche di Vallico and Vergemoli. References {{Lucca-geo-stu ...

Main sights

* The ''Rocca'' (Castle) of Trassilico. * Church of

San Giovanni Battista San Giovanni Battista is the Italian translation of Saint John the Baptist. It may also refer to: Italian churches * San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11, a church in Florence, Italy * San Giovanni Battista, Praiano, a church in Praiano, Italy * , a ...

* Church of

Sant'Andrea Sant'Andrea is the Italian name for St. Andrew, most commonly Andrew the Apostle. It may refer to: Communes in Italy * Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea, Basilicata *Cazzano Sant'Andrea, Lombardy * Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Sicily * Penna Sant'Andrea, Abr ...

* Church of San Jacopo Apostolo * Church of

Santa Lucia Santa Lucia and similar terms may refer to: Architecture * Abbey of Santa Lucia, a medieval abbey in the comune of Rocca di Cambio, Abruzzo, central Italy * Monastero di Santa Lucia, Adrano, a former Benedictine monastery in Catania, Italy * S ...

References

External links

* Castles in Italy Gallicano {{Lucca-geo-stub