Castiglione di Garfagnana

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Castiglione di Garfagnana
coat of arms
Castiglione di Garfagnana (Italy)
Castiglione di Garfagnana
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates 44 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 9 '3 "  N , 10 ° 24' 42"  E
height 545  m slm
surface 48.63 km²
Residents 1,755 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 36 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 55033
prefix 0583
ISTAT number 046010
Popular name Castiglionesi
Patron saint Madonna del Carmine (July 16)
Website Castiglione di Garfagnana
Panorama of Castiglione di Garfagnana
Panorama of Castiglione di Garfagnana

Castiglione di Garfagnana is an Italian municipality with 1755 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lucca in Tuscany and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

Location of the municipality of Castiglione di Garfagnana in the province of Lucca

Castiglione di Garfagnana is located about 35 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 80 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the Garfagnana landscape in the upper Serchio Valley . It lies in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2 784 GG. Important waters in the municipality are the Torrenti Corfino (2 of 12 km in the municipality), Torrente di Castiglione (14 of 15 km in the municipality) and Sillico (5 of 13 km in the municipality), all of them left tributaries of the Serchio.

Among the districts that belong fractions Boccaia , Borghetto (about 90 inhabitants), Campori (421 m, 150 inhabitants), Casone di Profecchia (1314 m, about 35 inhabitants), Cerageto (837 m, 150 inhabitants) , Chiozza (925 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Col d'Arciana , Filippe , Isola (611 m, approx. 30 inhabitants), Mozzanella (436 m, approx. 15 inhabitants), Pagaia , Passo Radici , Pian di Cerreto ( 421 m, approx. 80 inhabitants), Pozzatelle , Prunecchio (757 m, approx. 80 inhabitants), San Pellegrino in Alpe (1524 m, 3 inhabitants) and Valbona (672 m, approx. 25 inhabitants). The main town Castiglione has about 500 inhabitants.

The neighboring communities are Frassinoro ( MO ), Pieve Fosciana , Pievepelago (MO), Villa Collemandina and Villa Minozzo ( RE ).

history

Location of Castiglione in the north of the Republic of Lucca on the border with Modena , on a map by Nicolas Sanson from the 17th century

The place and the church of San Pietro were first mentioned in the 8th century, when the Lombards ruled over the place. Between 1149 and 1168 the place took part several times in the armed conflicts between Lucca and Pisa and stood on the side of Pisa. The place was captured by Lucca in 1168 after a long siege and the leader from Castiglione, Veltro da Corvaia, was murdered. Two years later, Lucca gave permission to rebuild the castle. When Castiglione approached Pisa again around 1226, the castle of Lucca was destroyed again and rebuilt in 1230. In 1356 the place belonged to Pisa and was besieged unsuccessfully by the sons of Castruccio Castracani . The place came to Lucca in 1371. The present fortification of the place with the five defense towers (Brunella, dell'Orologio, del Fattori, di San Michele and di San Pietro), which is 750 m long and equipped with four city gates, dates from this time. Florence ruled the place from 1429 to 1433 , after which the rule went back to Lucca. At the beginning of the 17th century, Castiglione was besieged several times by the Estonians (1602, 1603 and 1613), but stayed with Lucca.

Attractions

Square with town hall and fountain
  • Rocca di Castiglione , castle in the town center. It is equipped with the three cylindrical defense towers del Mastio (main tower), del Castellano and della Campanella .
  • Chiesa di San Pietro , church in the center, which was mentioned as early as the 8th century.
  • Chiesa di San Michele , church in the center, which was mentioned as early as 1168. Contains a panel by Giuliano di Simone da Lucca ( Madonna col Bambino , also called Madonna delle Tosse , dated 1389).
  • Chiesa della Corba (Santa Maria della Corba), church just outside the center of Castiglione di Garfagnana, which was first mentioned in 1621 and was built over an older oratory .
  • Chiesa di San Bartolomeo , church in the district of Chiozza, which was mentioned as early as 1168.
  • Chiesa di San Martino , church in the district of Cerageto. Was mentioned as early as 1168.
  • Ponte Medievale dei Molini , medieval bridge in the Località Mulino on the ancient road to the Chiozza district, which was created by Spinetta Malaspina at the beginning of the 14th century.

  • Rocca di Castiglione

  • City fortifications with clock tower

  • Chiesa di San Pietro

  • Chiesa di San Michele

  • Chiesa di Santa Maria della Corba

  • Santuario di San Pellegrino in Alpe

  • Ponte Medievale , the medieval bridge

Community partnerships

Since 2010, the place has a community partnership with Isola , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , France .

literature

Web links

Commons : Castiglione di Garfagnana  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 6, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) , accessed on February 9, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Castiglione di Garfagnana , accessed on February 9, 2016 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Comune di Castiglione di Garfagnana with the population figures from 2011, accessed on July 16, 2019 (Italian)
  6. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: CASTIGLION DI GARFAGNANA in Val di Serchio.
  7. ↑ a b c d Andrea Santoro: Fortezze, Rocche e Castelli in Lucchesia e in Garfagnana.
  8. ↑ a b Contado Lucchese
  9. ^ Samuele Cecchi: SANTA MARIA DELLA CORBA. In: Castiglione News, 2004
  10. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca ( Memento of the original dated February 9, 2016 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 on the Church of San Bartolomeo in Chiozza, accessed on February 9, 2016 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diocesilucca.it
  11. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca ( Memento of the original dated February 9, 2016 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 on the Church of San Martino in Cerageto, accessed on February 9, 2016 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diocesilucca.it
  12. ↑ In Garfagnana to the Ponte Medievale , accessed on February 9, 2016 (Italian)
  13. ^ Website of the Pro Loco Castiglione di Garfagnana on the community partnership with Isola , accessed on February 9, 2016 (Italian)