Massarosa

Massarosa
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Lucca (LU)
Coordinates	43 ° 52 ' N , 10 ° 20' E Coordinates: 43 ° 52 '7 " N , 10 ° 20' 27" E
height	10 m slm
surface	68.5 km²
Residents	22,257 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	325 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	55054
prefix	0584
ISTAT number	046018
Popular name	Massarosesi
Patron saint	San Jacopo (July 25th)
Website	Massarosa
	; Panorama of Massarosa

Massarosa is an Italian municipality with 22,257 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lucca in Tuscany.

geography

Location of Massarosa in the province of Lucca

Massarosa is located east of Viareggio near the Tyrrhenian coast . The place is about 15 km west of the provincial capital Lucca and about 75 km west of the regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 1 433 GG.

The community stretches from the formerly marshy hinterland to the mountains. The district of Massaciuccoli is named after the Lago di Massaciuccoli (Lago Puccini), an extensive freshwater lagoon. The longest body of water in the municipality is the Canale Burlamacca , which spends 9 of its 12 km in the municipality. The Passort Quiesa forms the transition to the municipality of Lucca.

In addition to the main town (Capoluogo) Massarosa with around 10,880 inhabitants, the community consists of the fractions (districts, Italian Frazioni) Corsanico - Bargecchia (235 m, approx. 1500 inhabitants), Gualdo (341 m, approx. 140 inhabitants) , Massaciuccoli (25 m, approx. 485 inhabitants), Mommio Castello (234 m, approx. 65 inhabitants), Montigiano (305 m, approx. 210 inhabitants), Piano di Conca (10 m, approx. 1970 inhabitants), Piano di Mommio (5 m, approx. 2455 inhabitants, partly also belonging to Camaiore), Pieve a Elici (176 m, approx. 250 inhabitants), Stiava (12 m, approx. 3110 inhabitants) and Valpromaro (141 m, approx. 45 inhabitants ).

The neighboring municipalities are Camaiore , Lucca , Vecchiano ( PI ) and Viareggio .

history

The area around the lake has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In Etruscan and Roman times, the lake was open to the sea and served as a landing point and trading post. Archaeological finds show an Etrurian settlement and a Roman villa. In the Middle Ages, the towns and their fortifications between Pisa, Lucca and Florence were disputed. Southern Versilia with the towns of Massarosa, Viareggio and Camaiore had been part of the Republic of Lucca since the end of the 14th century and shared its fate. Luccheser merchants built their villas in the community since the 16th century. Grains and vegetables were grown in the drier zones, and rice was also grown in the swamps. In addition, fishing played a certain role. The number of residents has roughly doubled since 1880.

Margravine Willa von Tuszien , daughter of Duke and Margrave Hugo († 1001) from the House of Bosonids , founded the monastery of San Michele in the Quiesa district in 1025.

Attractions

The Pieve a Elici

Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Andrea , church in the main town from the 16th century, was completely restored, enlarged and changed in 1895.
San Pantaleone in Elci , Pieve , which dates back to pre-Romanesque times and was first mentioned in 892. After several renovations, the church was restored in 1906 and 1956 and brought back closer to its medieval state.
Chiesa di Santa Lucia , already mentioned in 984 church in the district of Montigiano. Was redesigned in 1687 and made a parochial church.

nature

The lake and parts of the municipality are part of the Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli Natural Park. It is an important resting place for migratory birds.

traffic

Massarosa is on the Lucca-Viareggio railway line and on the A11 / A12 autostrada .

literature

Emanuele Repetti: MASSAROSA, già MASSAGROSA, o MASSA GRAUSA. 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. 194 f.