Camporgiano

Camporgiano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates	44 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
height	475  m slm
surface	27 km²
Residents	2,106 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	78 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	55031
prefix	0583
ISTAT number	046006
Popular name	Camporgiani
Patron saint	San Iacopo (July 25th)
Website	Camporgiano municipality
Panorama of Camporgiano

Camporgiano is an Italian municipality in the province of Lucca in Tuscany with 2106 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of the municipality of Camporgiano in the province of Lucca

The place is in the upper Serchio Valley in the Garfagnana about 38 km northwest of the provincial capital Lucca and about 85 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2,633 GG. An important body of water in the municipality is the Torrente Edron (5 of 8 km in the municipality), which flows between Camporgiano and Poggio da Serchio (6 of 106 km in the municipality). The churches of the parish are located in the Archdiocese of Lucca .

The districts (Frazioni) include Casatico (717 m, approx. 150 inhabitants), Casciana (644 m, approx. 200 inhabitants), Cascianella (615 m, approx. 20 inhabitants), Filicaia (361 m, approx. 430 inhabitants) , Poggio (451 m, approx. 320 inhabitants), Puglianella (652 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Roccalberti (535 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), Sillicano (607 m, approx. 130 inhabitants) and Vitoio (644 m, approx. 80 inhabitants). The main town Camporgiano has about 580 inhabitants.

The neighboring municipalities are Careggine , Castelnuovo di Garfagnana , Minucciano , Piazza al Serchio , Pieve Fosciana , San Romano in Garfagnana and Vagli Sotto .

history

A fortress from the 14th century testifies to disputes over the possession of the upper Garfagnana between Lucca and its neighboring states.

Attractions

The fortress Fortezza di Camporgiano in the center

The church of San Jacopo in the town center

The church of San Biagio near Poggio (La Villa)

The church of Santa Maria Assunta in Vitoio

• Fortezza di Camporgiano , castle in the center from the 14th century.
• Chiesa di San Jacopo , church in the town center. Was restored and enlarged in 1838.
• Chiesa di San Tommaso Apostolo , church in Casciana. Was created after the older church with baptismal records from 1565 was destroyed by an earthquake in 1920.
• Chiesa dei Santi Pellegrino e Felicita , church in Cascianella.
• Chiesa di San Rocco , church in the Filicaia district. Was 1168 in a document from Pope Alexander III. mentioned.
• Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta , a church in the Poggio district, was consecrated by Paolo Bertoli .
• Chiesa di San Biagio , church in the Poggio district, località La Villa, was built in the 12th century as Santa Maria di Rogiana.
• Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta , church in the district of Puglianella, 16th century.
• Chiesa di Santo Stefano Protomartire , church in Roccalberti. Was expanded in 1846.
• Chiesa di San Nicolao Vescovo , church in Sillicano. Was documented in 1168.
• Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta , church in the district of Vitoio, which was built in 796 and expanded in the 18th century.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Paolo Bertoli (1908–2001), papal diplomat and curia cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, born in the Poggio district.

traffic

In terms of traffic, Camporgiano is mainly developed by the regional road 445, as well as by the Aulla Lunigiana – Lucca railway line , where the town with the stops Camporgiano and Poggio-Careggine-Vagli (district Poggio) is located.

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: CAMPORGIANO già CAMPOREGGIANO in Garfagnana (Campus Regianus). In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846) , online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 220 f.

Web links

Commons : Camporgiano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Camporgiano
• I luoghi della Fede (Lucca, Garfagnana)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on February 22, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Camporgiano , accessed on February 22, 2016 (Italian)
4. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca on the churches in Camporgiano ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca , accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian) 
5. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Lucca, accessed on February 22, 2016 (Italian)
6. ↑ Castelli Toscani for Fortezza di Camporgiano , accessed on November 30, 2017 (Italian)
7. ↑ ^{a b} I Luoghi della Fede.
8. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Tommaso Apostolo in Casciana ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian) 
9. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Church of San Rocco in Filicaia ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian) 
10. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta in Poggio ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian) 
11. ↑ Oratorio di San Biagio <Poggio, Camporgiano> , chieseitaliane.it (Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana), accessed on November 30, 2017 (Italian)
12. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa Santo Stefano Protomartire in Roccalberti ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian) 
13. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Nicolao vescovo in Sillicano ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian) 
14. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta in Vitoio ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed November 30, 2017 (Italian)