Molazzana

Molazzana
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates	44 ° 4 ′  N , 10 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E
height	474  m slm
surface	31 km²
Residents	1,038 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	33 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	55020
prefix	0583
ISTAT number	046020
Popular name	Molazzanesi
Patron saint	San Bartolomeo (August 24th)
Website	Molazzana municipality
Panorama of Molazzana

Molazzana is an Italian municipality in the province of Lucca with 1038 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of the municipality of Molazzana in the province of Lucca

The municipality is located about 26 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, 2,630 GG. The place is in the Garfagnana landscape in the Serchio Valley. The Serchio runs in the east of the municipality, which borders the river only a few meters. In the northwest runs the Torrente Turrite Secca (7 of 21 km in the municipality), a right tributary of the Serchio.

The municipal area also includes the districts (Frazioni) Brucciano (660 m, approx. 15 inhabitants), Cascio (444 m, approx. 60 inhabitants), Eglio (700 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Montaltissimo (600 m, approx. 60 Inhabitants) and Sassi (691 m, approx. 180 inhabitants). The place Molazzana has about 100 inhabitants.

The neighboring municipalities are Barga , Careggine , Castelnuovo di Garfagnana , Fabbriche di Vergemoli , Gallicano and Stazzema .

history

The place was first mentioned in 997 by Gherardo, Bishop of Lucca . Since the 10th century the place was a fiefdom of the Porcaresi. In 1272 Lucca succeeded in bringing the place under his control. After the death of Castruccio Castracani , the place fell under the control of Pisa. Under Charles IV , Pisa's rule over Lucca ended and Molazzana came under the leadership of Lucca again. Around 1430 he was again in conflict between Florence, Lucca and Pisa and looked to Niccolò III. d'Este from the family of Este of Ferrara protection.

Attractions

The Castello di Molazzana

The Rocca di Sassi castle in the Sassi district

The district of Eglio

• Castello di Molazzana , today's castle ruins in the center of Molazzana. The castle was created by the Porcaresi, probably over an older fortification that was built before the year 1000. Within the complex was the church of San Bartolomeo, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 1855 except for the campanile . Other parts of the castle were destroyed in the earthquake of 1920.
• Chiesa di San Bartolomeo , church in the center of Molazzana. The church was built in 1855 after the former church of San Bartolomeo (in the Castello) was destroyed in an earthquake.
• Chiesa di San Sisto , church in the Brucciano district, medieval church that was destroyed in the Second World War and then rebuilt.
• Chiesa dei Santi Lorenzo e Stefano , church in the Cascio district from the 10th century.
• Castello di Cascio , castle in the district of Cascio, which was built in the 10th century. The current walls and fortifications date from 1613.
• Chiesa dei Santi Maria Assunta e Rocco , church in the district of Eglio, which was built in 1494.
• Chiesa di San Rocco , church between Eglio and Sassi near the Monumento ai Caduti di Sassi ed Eglio
• Rocca di Sassi , castle in the Sassi district. The first castle was built around the 11th and 12th centuries by the Porcaresi. After an uprising by the people of Sassi, the castle was destroyed in 1370. The present castle in the same place was built under the Estensi in the 15th century.
• Chiesa di San Frediano , church of the castle in the district of Sassi.
• Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo , church in the district of Montaltissimo.
• Chiesa di San Martino , church in Alpe di Sant'Antonio, built in 1656.

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: MOLAZZANA, o MOLEZZANA in Val di Serchio nella Garfagnana. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)

Web links

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

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

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 16, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Molazzana , accessed on February 16, 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 16, 2016 (Italian)
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Contado Lucchese: Molazzana. Retrieved February 17, 2016 (Italian)
6. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Sisto in Brucciano ( Memento of the original from February 17, 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 on February 17, 2016 (Italian) 
7. ^ ^{A b} Contado Lucchese: I borghi di Molazzana. Retrieved February 17, 2016 (Italian)
8. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa Maria Assunta e Rocco in Eglio ( Memento of the original from February 17, 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 on February 17, 2016 (Italian) 
9. ^ Pietre della Memoria on the Monumento ai Caduti di Sassi ed Eglio , accessed on February 17, 2016 (Italian)
10. ↑ Turismo Garfagnana to Rocca di Sassi , accessed on February 17, 2016 (Italian)
11. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca to the Chiesa San Martino in Alpe di Sant'Antonio ( Memento of the original from February 17, 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 on February 17, 2016 (Italian)