Coreglia Antelminelli

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Coreglia Antelminelli
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Coreglia Antelminelli (Italy)
Coreglia Antelminelli
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates 44 ° 4 '  N , 10 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 3 '52 "  N , 10 ° 31' 35"  E
height 595  m slm
surface 53 km²
Residents 5,190 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 98 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 55025
prefix 0583
ISTAT number 046011
Popular name Coreglini
Patron saint Arcangelo Michele (May 8th)
Website Coreglia Antelminelli
Panorama of Coreglia Antelminelli
Panorama of Coreglia Antelminelli

Coreglia Antelminelli is an Italian municipality with 5190 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 Coreglia Antelminelli in the province of Lucca

Coreglia Antelminelli is located northeast of the Serchio River (5 km in the municipality) and northwest of the Lima in the mountains of the Garfagnana at 595  m slm altitude, about 37 km north of the provincial capital Lucca . The regional capital of Florence is located approx. 67 km southeast. Other important bodies of water in the municipality are the Torrenti Ania (9 of 10 km in the municipality), Fegana (6 of 10 km in the municipality) and Segone (12 of 12 km in the municipality). Coreglia Antelminelli is in the Archdiocese of Lucca and in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in Zone E, 2892 GG.

The districts include Calavorno, Ghivizzano, Gromignana, Lucignana, Piano di Coreglia, Tereglio and Vitiana.

The neighboring communities are Abetone Cutigliano ( PT ), Bagni di Lucca , Barga , Borgo a Mozzano , Fiumalbo ( MO ), Gallicano and Pievepelago (MO).

history

The name affix, which the municipality has had since 1862, refers to the Antelminelli family, who ruled here for a long time during the Middle Ages. The best known representative of the family was the Ghibelline condottiere Castruccio Castracani . The place was first mentioned in the 10th century. From the 11th century the place was economically and politically dependent on Lucca and in 1316 it was taken by Castruccio Castracani. The place remained under the control of the Republic of Lucca, except for a few brief conquests by Florence.

economy

Coreglia Antelminelli was from the 17th to the 20th century, along with other neighboring communities in the Serchio Valley such as Barga and Bagni di Lucca , the center of the production of decorative plaster figures (busts, religious motifs, animals, etc.). The manufacturers (Italian Figurinai or Figuristi) of these figures sold them themselves mainly at fairs and migrated as migrant workers through all of Europe (especially France, Germany) and later overseas. The Figurinai were the forerunners of a whole series of subsequent economic emigration movements from Italy.

There are still individual companies in the Serchio Valley that, following tradition, produce plaster figures. The main branch of the economy in the structurally weak area is today tourism.

Culture and sights

The campanile of the parish church of San Michele Arcangelo in the town center
The Porta San Michele

Buildings

The image of the place is mainly determined by buildings from the 16th century. Older structures are:

  • The early Romanesque church of San Martino with origins in the 9th century. It is one of the oldest in the province of Lucca. The facade dates from the 16th to 17th centuries. Century, the campanile from 1854.
  • The parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (built around the year 1000). The central statue of the facade shows San Michele . The work is attributed to Matteo Civitali (1436–1501).
  • The medieval castle Rocca di Coreglia on the highest point of the place.
  • The town hall, the Palazzo del Comune , was built in 1572.
  • Palazzo Vincenti , palace in the town center and birthplace of Benedetto Puccinelli (1808–1850).
  • The church of San Pietro in the district of Ghivizzano was built in 994 by the Rolandinghi. Contains the graves of Giovanna Castracani (1336) and Filippo Castracani (1367).
  • The church of Santa Maria Assunta in the district of Tereglio, church from the 13th century. Enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries, it contains the work Crocifisso di Tereglio, ascribed to Berlinghiero Berlinghieri .

Museums

The Museo della Figurina di Gesso e dell'Emigrazione (Museum of Plaster Figures and Emigration) was opened in 1975 in Palazzo Vanni. It shows over 1,300 exhibits, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Many exhibits (shapes and figures) were bequeathed to the museum by the heirs of the Figurinai, who are now scattered around the world.

traffic

Community partnerships

The place has had a parish partnership with its namesake Coreglia Ligure since 2005.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Coreglia Antelminelli  - 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. ↑ a b Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Coreglia Antelminelli , accessed on April 26, 2015 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) , accessed on April 25, 2015 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  5. ^ A b Touring Club Italiano: Toscana.
  6. ↑ a b I borghi più belli d'Italia (official website Coreglia Antelminelli ) , accessed on July 13, 2019 (Italian)