San Romano in Garfagnana

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San Romano in Garfagnana
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San Romano in Garfagnana (Italy)
San Romano in Garfagnana
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates 44 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E
height 555  m slm
surface 26 km²
Residents 1,384 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 53 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 55038
prefix 0583
ISTAT number 046027
Popular name Sanromani
Patron saint San Romano (August 9th)
Website San Romano municipality in Garfagnana
Panorama of San Romano in Garfagnana
Panorama of San Romano in Garfagnana

San Romano in Garfagnana is an Italian municipality in the province of Lucca with 1384 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of the municipality of San Romano in Garfagnana in the province of Lucca

The place is in the upper Serchio Valley in the Garfagnana and belongs to the Comunità Montana della Garfagnana . The municipality is part of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park . The municipality is located about 40 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 85 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2 805 GG. The Serchio River spends 5 of its 106 km in the municipal area. The community belongs to the Archdiocese of Lucca .

The village also includes the districts Caprignana (842 m, approx. 60 inhabitants), Cerreta (425 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), Naggio (475 m, approx. 50 inhabitants), Orzaglia (759 m, approx. 50 inhabitants), Sillicagnana (491 m, approx. 320 inhabitants), Verrucole (655 m, approx. 50 inhabitants), Vibbiana (765 m, approx. 70 inhabitants) and Villetta (448 m, approx. 32 inhabitants). The main town of San Romano in Garfagnana has about 280 inhabitants.

The neighboring municipalities are Camporgiano , Piazza al Serchio , Pieve Fosciana , Sillano Giuncugnano and Villa Collemandina .

history

The Località Naggio , below Verrucole Castle , was first documented as Vico Agio in 793 . Until the end of the 13th century, the main town of San Romano belonged to the Gherardinghi . Then the place came under the control of Lucca. After the death of Castruccio Castracani , the place went to the Malaspina and returned to Lucca in 1369 on the instructions of Charles IV . After the fall of the Lucchese ruler Paolo Guinigi in 1430, the place was pending in Florence for 8 years and then sought protection from Leonello d'Este from the Este family and thus became part of the Provincia Estense di Garfagnana .

Attractions

The Church of San Romano in San Romano in Garfagnana
The Church of San Rocco in San Romano in Garfagnana
The church of Sant'Antonio in San Romano in Garfagnana
The Church of San Pantaleone in Sambuca
  • Chiesa di San Romano , church in the center of the village of Romanesque origin, modified in the 15th and 16th centuries. The current appearance was created in the 18th century.
  • Oratorio di San Rocco , church in the center of the village in Via della Viaccia, 18th century.
  • Oratorio di Sant'Antonio , church just outside the town center, 18th century.
  • Fortezza delle Verrucole , fortress in the Verrucole district. The oldest parts of the fortress were built in the 10th century.
  • Santuario della Madonna del Bosco , sanctuary near San Romano in Garfagnana and the district of Verrucole. Made in 1906.
  • Chiesa di San Lorenzo , church in the Verrucole district, mentioned in the 15th century. Suffered damage in the 1920 earthquake and was restored in the following years. In 1985 the campanile was restored.
  • Chiesa di San Rocco , church in the district of Vibbiana, which was built in 1584.
  • Chiesa dei Santi Giuseppe e Pantaleone , church in the Villetta district .
  • Chiesa di San Pantaleone , church in the Località Sambuca near Villetta.
  • Chiesa di San Martino , church in the district of Sillicagnana , which was already mentioned in 1168 in a document by Pope Alexander III. was mentioned.
  • Oratorio della Madonna Addolorata , church in the district of Sillicagnana.
  • Santuario del Santissimo Crocifisso , sanctuary just outside Sillicagnana.
  • Monumento ai Caduti di Sillicagnana , monument to the fallen of the two world wars, which was created in 1994.
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church in the Orzaglia district, consecrated in 1616.
  • Oratorio di San Rocco , oratory in the Orzaglia district, 17th century.
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church in the district of Caprignana. Made in 1947.
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church ruins in Caprignana Vecchio. Originated in the 17th century and was destroyed in the 1920 earthquake.
  • Chiesa Santa Croce , church in the Località Naggio.
  • Castellaccio di Bacciano , castle ruins near the Località Bacciano near Villetta. The castle was built around the 11th / 12th. Century.
  • Ponte di Bacciano , ruined bridge on the Serchio near the Località Bacciano near Villetta. First documented in 1345.
  • Ponte di Villetta , railway bridge on the Aulla – Lucca line from the 1930s with a length of 408 m. The central arch is 54 m high. Was destroyed in World War II and rebuilt in the 1950s.

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literature

Web links

Commons : San Romano in Garfagnana  - 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. ↑ Comuni Italiani and Tutti Talia
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on March 9, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in San Romano in Garfagnana , accessed on March 13, 2016 (Italian)
  5. ^ Arcidiocesi di Lucca zu San Romano in Garfagnana , website of the Archdiocese of Lucca , accessed on March 13, 2016 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Lucca, accessed on March 13, 2016 (Italian)
  7. ↑ a b c Contado Lucchese: I borghi di S.Romano Garfagnana. Retrieved March 13, 2016 (Italian)
  8. ^ A b Contado Lucchese: San Romano Garfagnana. Retrieved March 13, 2016 (Italian)
  9. ↑ Chiesa di San Romano Martire . In: I Luoghi della Fede: La Garfagnana, la Media Valle del Serchio e la Val di Lima (online version), accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  10. ^ Gabriele Caproni, Cristoforo Feliciano Ravera: Garfagnana. Una terra dalle origini lontane dove il tempo scorre piano. Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca 2013, ISBN 978-88-6550-330-0 , p. 188.
  11. ^ Gabriele Caproni, Cristoforo Feliciano Ravera: Garfagnana. Una terra dalle origini lontane dove il tempo scorre piano. Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca 2013, ISBN 978-88-6550-330-0 , p. 186.
  12. ↑ Andrea Santoro: Fortezze, Rocche e Castelli in Lucchesia e in Garfagnana. Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca 2005, ISBN 88-7246-682-2 , pp. 27-34.
  13. ↑ In Garfagnana to the Santuario Madonna del Bosco , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  14. ↑ Chiesa di San Lorenzo Martire <Verrucole, San Romano in Garfagnana> from Chiese Italiane, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  15. ↑ Chiesa di San Rocco <Vibbiana, San Romano in Garfagnana> from Chiese Italiane, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  16. ^ Website of the Archdiocese of Lucca on the churches of San Pantaleone and SS. Giuseppe e Pantaleone in Villetta, accessed on March 14, 2016 (Italian)
  17. ↑ Emanuele Repetti: SILICAGNANA, SERACANIANA, o SIRICAGNANA DELLA GARFAGNANA nella Valle superior del Serchio. pdf, accessed on March 14, 2016 (Italian)
  18. ↑ Lucca Terre on the Monumento ai Caduti di Sillicagnana , accessed on March 13, 2016 (Italian)
  19. ↑ Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista <Orzaglia, San Romano di Garfagnana> from Chiese Italiane, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  20. ↑ Oratorio di San Rocco <Orzaglia, San Romano di Garfagnana> from Chiese Italiane, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  21. ↑ a b Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista <Caprignana, San Romano in Garfagnana> from Chiese Italiane, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  22. ↑ Lucca Terre on the castle ruins Castellaccio di Bacciano , accessed on March 14, 2016 (Italian)
  23. ↑ Turismo in Toscana : Ruderi del Ponte di Bacciano San Romano, ruderi del Ponte di Bacciano, XIV secolo. Retrieved March 14, 2016 (Italian)
  24. ^ Gabriele Caproni, Cristoforo Feliciano Ravera: Garfagnana. Una terra dalle origini lontane dove il tempo scorre piano. Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca 2013, ISBN 978-88-6550-330-0 , p. 178.