Sillano Giuncugnano

Sillano Giuncugnano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Lucca  (LU)
Coordinates	44 ° 14 ′  N , 10 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height	735  m slm
surface	81.30 km²
Residents	1,025 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	55030
prefix	0583
ISTAT number	046037
Popular name	Sillanesi and Giuncugnani
Patron saint	depending on the district
Website	Sillano Giuncugnano (Sillano) municipality
Panorama of Sillano

Sillano Giuncugnano is an Italian municipality in the province of Lucca , region of Tuscany with 1025 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of Sillano Giuncugnano in the province of Lucca

The place is about 45 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 91 km northwest of the regional capital Florence . The municipality is located in the Garfagnana countryside and on the upper reaches of the Serchio River (main arm Serchio di Sillano ).

The neighboring municipalities are Casola in Lunigiana ( MS ), Collagna ( RE ), Fivizzano (MS), Ligonchio (RE), Minucciano , Piazza al Serchio , San Romano in Garfagnana , Villa Collemandina and Villa Minozzo (RE).

history

The municipality was created on January 1, 2015 by merging the previously independent municipalities of Sillano with 660 inhabitants and Giuncugnano with 481 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013). In the referendum of October 26th and 27th, 65.27% (52.92% turnout) in Sillano voted in favor of the union, in Giuncugnano 64.18% (49.63% turnout). The law merging the two municipalities is Legge Regionale n.71 of November 24, 2014. The town hall is located in Sillano.

Attractions

• Maria Vergine del Buon Consiglio , church in Capanne. Made in 1778.
• Santi Ippolito e Cassiano , church in Dalli Sopra, was mentioned by Pope Boniface VIII in a document at the end of the 13th century.
• San Michele Arcangelo , church in Dalli Sotto, early 19th century.
• Sant'Andrea , church in Magliano, 12th century.
• San Bartolomeo , church in Metello, parochial church since 1864.
• Sant'Antonio Abate , church in Ponteccio.
• Natività di Maria , also called Madonna del Perduto Soccorso , church in Rocca Soraggio. Was consecrated to San Martino until 1758 and then lost the title to the church in Villa Soraggio.
• San Bartolomeo , church in Sillano, built in 1405.
• Chiesa del Carmine , church in Sillano, built around 1580.
• Madonna di Caravaggio , also called Oratorio della Vergine del Ponte , oratorio from the early 18th century just outside of Sillano on the Serchio di Sillano river.
• Sant'Antonino Martire , church in Varliano. The year 1757 indicated above the portal indicates the date of restoration.
• San Martino , church in Villa Soraggio, built in 1773.

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: SILANO, o SILLANO DELLA GARFAGNANA nella Valle superiore del Serchio. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, ital.)
• Emanuele Repetti: GIUNCUGNANO di Garfagnana nella Valle del Serchio. 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 978-88-365-2767-0 , p. 221 (Sillano)

Web links

Commons : Sillano Giuncugnano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sillano Giuncugnano at tuttitalia.it
• I luoghi della Fede (Lucca, Garfagnana)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Sillano , accessed on January 6, 2015 (Italian)
3. ↑ Il Comune di Sillano Giuncugnano (LU) , tuttitalia.it on the new municipality of Sillano Giuncugnano, accessed on January 6, 2015 (Italian)
4. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca on the Church of Maria Vergine del Buon Consiglio in Capanne di Sillano , website of the Archdiocese of Lucca , accessed on December 17, 2017 (Italian)
5. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca on the Church of Santi Ippolito e Cassiano in Dalli Sopra , website of the Archdiocese of Lucca, accessed on December 17, 2017 (Italian)
6. ↑ Pro Loco Sillano on Dalli Sotto , accessed December 17, 2017 (Italian)
7. ↑ ^{a b c} I Luoghi della Fede.
8. ^ Pro Loco Sillano zu Metello , accessed December 17, 2017 (Italian)
9. ↑ Pro Loco Sillano on Villa Soraggio , accessed December 17, 2017 (Italian)
10. ↑ In Garfagnana to the church of San Bartolomeo in Sillano , accessed on December 17, 2017 (Italian)
11. ↑ Chiese Italiane: Oratorio della Madonna di Caravaggio <Sillano> , accessed on December 17, 2017 (Italian)
12. ↑ Pro Loco Sillano on Rocca Soraggio , accessed on December 17, 2017 (Italian)