Musigliano
| Musigliano | |||
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| Panorama of Musigliano | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Pisa (PI) | ||
| local community | Cascina | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 10 ° 28' E | ||
| Telephone code | 050 | CAP | 56023 |
Musigliano is a district of the municipality of Cascina , Province of Pisa , Tuscany, Italy.
geography
Musigliano is about 7 km west of the capital Cascina and about 4.5 km east of the provincial capital Pisa . The regional capital of Florence is about 70 km to the east. The place has about 770 inhabitants. Musigliano borders on Ripoli , San Sisto and Pettori , also villages in the municipality of Cascina. All these villages as well as Musigliano are surrounded by the dike of the river Arno , which flows just north of the districts.
description
The village is dominated by agriculture. There is a primary school, a kindergarten, two stationery stores, a tobacco shop, a pizzeria, a butcher, a community pharmacy, a small football stadium, a bar and a cemetery.
Attractions
San Martino , church / chapel in the center that belongs to Santo Stefano a Pettori (parish of San Lorenzo alle Corti). The church was consecrated on April 3, 1130 and first mentioned in writing on March 21, 1142. The rock of the church consists of Pietra verrucana , a metamorphic rock that was quarried on the nearby Monte Verruca (municipalities of Calci and Vicopisano ). On the right side is a holy water font from the 16th / 17th century. Century made of marble as well as a statue of Catherine of Alexandria , which was placed here in a wall niche in the 18th century.
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: MUSIGLIANO nel Val d'Arno pisano. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emanuele Repetti: Musigliano nel Val d'Arno Pisano.
- ↑ Chiese Italiane: Cappella di San Martino <Pettori, Cascina> , Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on February 15, 2018 (Italian)