Fosciandora

Fosciandora
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates	44 ° 7 ′  N , 10 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
height	390  m slm
surface	19 km²
Residents	571 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	30 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	55020
prefix	0583
ISTAT number	046014
Popular name	Fosciandorini
Patron saint	San Sebastiano (January 20th)
Website	Fosciandora municipality

Fosciandora is an Italian municipality in the province of Lucca in Tuscany with 571 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of the municipality of Fosciandora in the province of Lucca

The districts of Ceserana and La Villa (right)

The municipality is located on the left bank of the Serchio (3 of 106 km in the municipality) on a slope in the Garfagnana countryside . The place is about 30 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 75 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2,449 GG. The municipality borders the province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna to the east .

Fosciandora consists of the districts (Frazioni) Ponte di Ceserana , Ceserana (407 m, approx. 160 inhabitants), La Villa , Lupinaia (665 m, approx. 80 inhabitants), Fosciandora (495 m, approx. 160 inhabitants), Migliano ( Town hall seat ), Riana (367 m, approx. 70 inhabitants) and Treppignana (571 m, approx. 30 inhabitants).

The neighboring communities include Barga , Castelnuovo di Garfagnana , Gallicano , Pieve Fosciana and Pievepelago ( MO ).

history

In the Middle Ages, the main town in the area was today's district of Ceserana. Today's main town Fosciandora was first mentioned in the 15th century. Due to its location between Lucca and Modena and above the Serchio Valley, the place was the scene of disputes between the Lucchese and the Estonian family in the 15th and 17th centuries . Remains of fortifications in the village of Lupinaia and the Rocca di Ceserana fortress are evidence of this. The community in its current form did not emerge until the 19th century.

Attractions

Panorama of Ceserana with Rocca and the Church of Sant'Andrea

The church of Madonna Addolorata in the Lupinaia district

• Chiesa di San Sebastiano , church in the main town.
• Chiesa di Sant'Andrea , church in the district of Ceserana, which was built in the 12th century.
• Rocca di Ceserana , castle in the Ceserana district, which was probably built in the 12th century. Was significantly changed and expanded by the Este family in the 15th century.
• Chiesa di San Pietro , church in the Lupinaia district, which has been a parochial church since at least 1514.
• Chiesa della Madonna Addolorata , church in the Lupinaia district. Was previously dedicated to the Madonna del Rosario and took its name from the statue of the Madonna dei Sette Dolori in the church in the 18th century . Also contains the painting San Rocco by Pietro Paolini (approx. 1638).
• Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , church in the Migliano district. It was mentioned as early as the 10th century and made a pieve in 1825 .
• Chiesa di San Silvestro , church in the district of Riana.
• Chiesa di San Martino , church in the Treppignana district.

traffic

• The place has the stop Fosciandora-Ceserana on the Aulla Lunigiana-Lucca railway line .

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: FOSCIANDORA di Garfagnana nella Valle del Serchio. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

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

• Official website of the Municipality of Fosciandora
• Contado Lucchese to Fosciandora

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Fosciandora , accessed on February 18, 2016 (Italian)
3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on February 18, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
4. ↑ Available data from: Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures in 2001 in the province of Lucca, accessed on February 18, 2016 (Italian)
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Contado Lucchese: Fosciandora. Retrieved February 18, 2016 (Italian)
6. ^ ^{A b} Contado Lucchese: I borghi di Fosciandora. Retrieved February 18, 2016 (Italian)
7. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Pietro in Lupinaia ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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 , accessed February 18, 2016 (Italian) 
8. ↑ Sacrum Luce to the Church of Madonna Addolorata in Lupinaia ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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. , accessed on February 19, 2016 (Italian) 
9. ↑ Sacrum Luce to Pietro Paolini ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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. , accessed on February 19, 2016 (Italian) 
10. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Michele Arcangelo in Migliano ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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, accessed February 18, 2016 (Italian) 
11. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Silvestro in Riana ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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, accessed February 18, 2016 (Italian) 
12. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Martino in Treppignana ( Memento of the original from February 19, 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, accessed February 18, 2016 (Italian)