Villetta (Tuscany)

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Villetta
VillettaSanRomanaGarfagnanaPanorama3.jpg
Panorama of Villetta
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Lucca  (LU)
local community San Romano in Garfagnana
Coordinates 44 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 8 '54 "  N , 10 ° 22' 8"  E
height 448  m slm
Residents 320 (2001)
Telephone code 0583 CAP 55038

Villetta (Villetta della Garfagnana) is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of San Romano in Garfagnana in the province of Lucca , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 3 km southeast of the capital San Romano in Garfagnana, about 38 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 85 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the upper valley of the Serchio in the Garfagnana landscape . The place is 448 m and had about 320 inhabitants in 2001. The closest places are Sillicagnana (also district of San Romano in Garfagnana) and Pontecosi (district of Pieve Fosciana ). West of the Serchio is the place Poggio (district of Camporgiano ).

history

The place existed in the 10th century under the name Villa di Bacciano and was part of the Terra di Bacciano , an area that was under the Counts of Bacciano (Conti di Bacciano). After the Bacciano fell from power, the area fell to Lucca , who assigned it to the Vicaria di Perpore Supra and then the Vicaria di Camporgiano . In the conflict between Florence and Lucca, the place turned to Ferrara and Leonello d'Este (1407–1450) and remained under the rule of the Este family until the unification of Italy.

Attractions

The church of San Giuseppe, in the background the distant bell tower
  • San Giuseppe (San Giuseppe e Pantaleone), church in the town center, which bears the title of the no longer active church of Sambuca. Was elevated to parish church in 1902 .
  • Chiesa di San Pantaleone , church in the Località Sambuca. In 1348 it was merged with the church of San Lorenzo a Bacciano , which no longer exists , was badly damaged during acts of war in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1444. Was baptized in 1612 by the Pieve in Pieve Fosciana , to which it belonged until then.
  • 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.
  • Ponte di Bacciano , ruined bridge on the Serchio near the Località Bacciano near Villetta. First documented in 1345.
  • Castellaccio di Bacciano , castle ruins near the Località Bacciano near Villetta. The castle was built around the 11th / 12th. Century.

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photos

  • The facade of the Church of San Giuseppe

  • The Church of San Pantaleone a Sambuca

  • The Villetta San Romano train station

  • The Ponte di Villetta railway bridge with Poggio in the background

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: VILLETTA DELLA GARFAGNANA nella Valle superiore del Serchio. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Villetta (San Romano in Garfagnana)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: VILLETTA DELLA GARFAGNANA nella Valle superiore del Serchio.
  2. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Lucca, accessed on May 31, 2018 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b Contado Lucchese
  4. ↑ a b website ( memento of the original from March 15, 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. of the Archdiocese of Lucca on the churches of San Pantaleone and SS. Giuseppe e Pantaleone in Villetta, accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diocesilucca.it
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ↑ Turismo in Toscana : Ruderi del Ponte di Bacciano San Romano, ruderi del Ponte di Bacciano, XIV secolo. Retrieved June 2, 2018 (Italian)
  7. ↑ Lucca Terre on the castle ruins Castellaccio di Bacciano , accessed on June 2, 2018 (Italian)