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Serravalle Pistoiese

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Pistoia (PT)

Local time
  
Thursday 9:15 AM

Patron saint
  
Louis of Toulouse

Region
  
Tuscany

Elevation
  
182 m (597 ft)

Province
  
Province of Pistoia

Postal code
  
51030

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Frazioni
  
Baco, Cantagrillo, Casalguidi, Castellina, Le Ville, Masotti, Pontassio, Ponte alla Stella, Ponte di Serravalle, Serravalle Scalo, Vinacciano

Demonym(s)
  
Serravallini or Terrazzani

Weather
  
8°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 76% Humidity

Serravalle Pistoiese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Florence and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Pistoia.

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Map of 51030 Serravalle Pistoiese Province of Pistoia, Italy

History

The original settlement consisted of two cones, those of S. Maria and Nievole, the fortress was built by the New Lucchesi in 1302. Casttrum of talking in an old inventory of the assets of the town of Pistoia dated around 1380, this document is listed in the Castrum Serravallis cum walls turribus September muratis circumcirca et cum duabus januis.

Main sights

  • Church of San Michele Arcangelo. It houses a 14th-century Miracle of St. Blaise and a triptych with Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints (1438), by Bartolomeo di Andrea Bocchi.
  • Barbarossa (Lombard) Tower
  • Church of Santo Stefano
  • Oratory of San Rocco e San Sebastiano, with fragment of 14th-century fresco decoration
  • Church of St. Peter, in the frazione of Casalguidi. It houses some 16th-century paintings.
  • Rocca Nuova, or Rocca di Castruccio, a medieval castle.

    • References

    Serravalle Pistoiese Wikipedia
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