Gallicano (Tuscany)

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Gallicano
coat of arms
Gallicano (Italy)
Gallicano
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates 44 ° 4 '  N , 10 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 4 '0 "  N , 10 ° 26' 0"  E
height 186  m slm
surface 30 km²
Residents 3,618 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 121 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 55027
prefix 0583
ISTAT number 046015
Popular name Gallicanesi
Patron saint San Jacopo (July 25th)
Website Gallicano municipality
Panorama of Gallicano
Panorama of Gallicano

Gallicano is an Italian commune with 3618 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lucca . The place is in the Serchio Valley and belongs to the Garfagnana .

geography

Location of the municipality of Gallicano in the province of Lucca

The municipality is located about 24 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 72 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2 183 GG. The place is in the Garfagnana landscape in the Serchio Valley . The Serchio (9 of 106 km in the municipality) runs in the east of the municipality as a municipality boundary. The Torrente Turrite Cava (3 of 11 km in the municipal area) serves as the southeastern municipal boundary and flows here to the Serchio from the right. Another important body of water is the Torrente Turrite di Gallicano (8 of 14 km in the municipality), which is also a right tributary of the Serchio and flows through the center of Gallicano.

The community also includes the districts (Frazioni) Bolognana (175 m, approx. 280 inhabitants), Cardoso (394 m, approx. 180 inhabitants), Colle Acinaia (150 m, approx. 50 inhabitants), Fiattone - Campo - Perpoli ( exclave , 445 inhabitants), La Barca (193 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Ponte di Campia (200 m, approx. 85 inhabitants), Trassilico (722 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Turritecava (135 m, approx. 30 inhabitants ) and Verni (500 m, approx. 100 inhabitants). About 2500 inhabitants live in the main town of Gallicano.

The neighboring municipalities are Barga , Borgo a Mozzano , Castelnuovo di Garfagnana , Coreglia Antelminelli , Fabbriche di Vergemoli , Fosciandora and Molazzana .

history

The place was first mentioned historically in 771 in a document from the Archdiocese of Lucca . The medieval fortifications in the village of Perpoli and the castle in Trassilico served to protect Serchio in the conflicts between Lucca , Florence and Modena . Trassilico was an independent municipality until after the Second World War.

Attractions

The Church of Santa Lucia in Gallicano
The Church of Santa Maria in Gallicano
The Church of Sant'Andrea in Gallicano
The district of Verni in the morning mist
The Church of San Martino in Verni
  • Chiesa di San Jacopo , church in the town center, mentioned in 771.
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church in the town center. Made in 1486.
  • Chiesa di Santa Lucia , church on the edge of the town center near the Turrite di Gallicano river on the ancient Via Clodia Nova. Probably originated in the 12th century and was restored in 1721 after an earthquake.
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria , church outside the town center on the road to Molazzana. Restored in 1763, it contains the canvas painting Madonna col Bambino che abbatte il demonio alla presenza di San Frediano e di San Bernardino by an unknown artist from the late 17th century.
  • Chiesa di Sant'Andrea , church outside the town center on the road to Vergemoli. Made in the 12th century.
  • Chiesa di Santa Margherita Martire , church in Bolognana.
  • Chiesa di San Genesio , church in Cardoso. According to the inscription on the outer wall, it was made in 1217.
  • Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo , church in Fiattone, mentioned in the 12th century.
  • Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , church in Perpoli. Was in the 12th century in a document by Pope Alexander III. mentioned.
  • Chiesa di Santa Elisabetta , church in Trassilico.
  • Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo , church in Trassilico.
  • Chiesa di San Rocco , church in Trassilico.
  • Rocca Estense , castle in Trassilico.
  • Chiesa di San Martino , church in Verni. Mentioned in 1331.

Events

  • Palio di San Jacopo , held annually between the districts of the capital of Palio . First held in the 1950s with the Rioni Bufali, Dinamite (now Monticello), Roccaforte e Strettoia.

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Leopoldo Nobili (1784–1835), physicist who was born in the Trassilico district.
  • Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730), doctor who was born in the Trassilico district.

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: GALLICANO (Galicanum) 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 : Gallicano (Italy)  - 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. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on February 23, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Gallicano , accessed on February 23, 2016 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Lucca, accessed on February 23, 2016 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Emanuele Repetti: GALLICANO (Galicanum) nella Valle del Serchio.
  6. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Jacopo in Gallicano ( Memento of the original of December 13, 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 on December 11, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diocesilucca.it
  7. ↑ a b c Contado Lucchese to Gallicano.
  8. ↑ a b I Luoghi della Fede.
  9. ↑ a b c Contado Lucchese on the Borghi di Gallicano , accessed on December 11, 2017 (Italian)
  10. ↑ Castelli Toscani for Rocca Estense in Trassilico , accessed on December 11, 2017 (Italian)
  11. ↑ Website of the Palio di San Jacopo , accessed on December 11, 2017 (Italian)