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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Florence (FI)

Demonym(s)
  
Calenzanesi

Patron saint
  
Saint Nicholas

Region
  
Tuscany

Elevation
  
108 m (354 ft)

Province
  
Province of Florence

Local time
  
Monday 1:39 PM

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Frazioni
  
Baroncoli,Carraia, Collina, Croci di Calenzano, Leccio, Legri, Osteria degli Alberi, Querciola, San Donato, San Pietro in Casaglia, Secciano, Settimello, Sommaia, Spazzavento, Travalle

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 26 km/h, 78% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Parco del Neto, Museum of Toy Soldier and Historic Figures, Museo Del Design Industriale

Calenzano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of Florence. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 15,557 and an area of 76.9 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi).

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Map of 50041 Calenzano, Florence, Italy

Calenzano borders the following municipalities: Barberino di Mugello, Campi Bisenzio, Prato, San Piero a Sieve, Sesto Fiorentino, Vaglia, Vaiano.

Main sights

  • Villa Ginori a Collina, a patrician villa
  • Church of San Niccolò e Oratorio della Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento, rebuilt before 1386. It includes frescoes by Jacopo and Nardo di Cione and a panel by Domenico Cresti.
  • Pieve di San Donato (9th-11th centuries), with a Renaissance cloister built in 1460 by Carlo de' Medici.
  • Pieve di Santa Maria (built before the 11th century). It houses a Madonna with St. Thomas from Lorenzo di Credi's workshop and a St. Anthony the Abbot from Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio's school.
  • The ancient Pieve di San Severo, with frescoes from the 14th-15th centuries.
  • Church of Santa Lucia a Settimello (before 10th century, rebuilt in Baroque style in the early 18th century). It houses a terracotta by Benedetto Buglioni (1507) and a wooden crucifix by Baccio da Montelupo (early 16th century)
  • Parco del Neto (park), at the feet of Monte Morello.

    • Transportation

    Calenzano has a station on the regional railway connecting it to Prato, Florence, Pistoia and Lucca. It can be reached by road from the A1 Motorway.

    Bus services connect it to Prato, Florence, Campi Bisenzio and Barberino di Mugello.

    References

    Calenzano Wikipedia
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