Sarzana

Sarzana
Country	Italy
region	Liguria
province	La Spezia  (SP)
Coordinates	44 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '0 "  N , 9 ° 58' 0"  E
height	21  m slm
surface	34.23 km²
Residents	22,148 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	647 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	19038
prefix	0187
ISTAT number	011027
Popular name	Sarzanesi
Patron saint	St. Andrew
Website	www.comune.sarzana.org

Sarzana is a small Italian town on the Magra River in the province of La Spezia in Liguria with 22,148 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Two fortresses shape the image of the place: the castle Fortezza di Sarzanello by Castruccio Castracani on a hill above the city, on whose construction Matteo Civitali helped, and the castle Firmafede ( La Citadella ) in the historical center.

Plan of the old town of Sarzana - gates: 1) Parma, 2) Romana -
watchtowers: 3) S.Giorgio, 4) Stella, 5) S.Francesco, 6) Testaforte -
7) Castle: Fortezza Firmafede - churches: 8) S. .Maria, 9) S.Andrea.

history

The name Sarzana is mentioned for the first time in a document from Emperor Otto I on May 19, 963. In a sense, it is taking over from the ancient city of Luna , which was abandoned because of the gradual swamping and thus the malaria contamination and the Saracen invasions of that time . Sarzana experienced an upswing in 1163 when it was directly subordinate to the emperor and was thus allowed to raise road tolls and to surround itself with a protective wall. Later Sarzana belonged alternately to Pisa , Lucca , Genoa and Florence . From 1562 Sarzana finally fell under the rule of Genoa and Liguria .

economy

Intermarine shipyards are located at the mouth of the Magra. The Sarzana-Luni military airfield is nearby .

Honorary citizen

On November 29, 1953, a memorial plaque was erected in Piazza S. Giorgio for Rudolf Jacobs , who had joined the Resistance as a deserted Wehrmacht soldier . In addition, he was made an honorary citizen of the city posthumously .

Community partnerships

Partnerships exist between Sarzana and the French municipality of Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the Aveyron department and with the Hungarian city of Eger .

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  Fortezza Firmafede

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  Piazza Matteotti

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  Fortezza Sarzanello

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  Memorial plaque for Rudolf Jacobs

Personalities

• Buonaparte patrician family
• Nicholas V (1397–1455), Pope
• Filippo Calandrini (1403-1476), cardinal
• Filippo Casoni (1733-1811), Cardinal Secretary of State
• Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869), botanist
• Domenico Lucciardi (1796–1864), cardinal
• Guido Battelli (1869–1955), writer
• Lorenzo Bernucci (* 1979), racing cyclist
• Davide Silvestri (* 1980), racing cyclist
• Francesco Cassata (born 1997), football player

Web links

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

• City information. www.comune.sarzana.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Certificate No. 254 in: Theodor Sickel (Ed.): Diplomata 12: The documents Konrad I., Heinrich I. and Otto I. (Conradi I., Heinrici I. et Ottonis I. Diplomata). Hanover 1879, pp. 363–364 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized )

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