Coverciano () is a city ''

quartiere A (; plural: ) is a territorial subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word derives from (‘fourth’) and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods by the two main roads. It has been later used as a synonymous ...

'' in the southeastern part of

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

, Italy.

The neighborhood is bordered by the Affrico and Mensola streams, by the slopes of the hills and by the Via Aretina. It is best known for the two parish churches (the church of Santa Maria in Coverciano and the church dedicated to St. Catherine of Siena), the

Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano ''Il Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano'', is the central training ground and technical headquarters of the Italian Football Federation, located in the Coverciano ''quartiere'' of Florence, Italy. History The Center was founded by Luigi Rido ...

of the

FIGC The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It ...

, the Museo del Calcio, the headquarters of the Italian Referees Association section of Florence and the sports judge of Florence.

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