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Country
  
Italy

Elevation
  
213 m (699 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Saturday 4:44 PM

Region
  
Tuscany

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Massa and Carrara (MS)

Demonym(s)
  
Filattieresi

Area
  
48.9 km²

Postal code
  
54023

Dialling code
  
0187

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Frazioni
  
Caprio, Cavallana, Dobbiana, Gigliana, Lusignana, Migliarina, Ponticello, Rocca Sigillina, Scorcetoli (Stazione), Serravalle

Weather
  
16°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 37% Humidity

Province
  
Province of Massa and Carrara

Filattiera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Florence and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Massa.

Contents

Map of 54023 Filattiera, Province of Massa and Carrara, Italy

Main sights

  • Church of San Giorgio (12th century). It contains a rare tombstone from 752 remembering the work of a Lombard bishop in sweeping off paganism in the area. The church has an aisle with apse (another aisle was destroyed in the 12th century), and a bell tower also from the 12th century.
  • Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista, at Dobbiana. The façade is in sandstone. The interior is in Baroque style.
  • Medieval pieve of St. Stephen, at Sorano, known from 1148.

    • References

    Filattiera Wikipedia
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