Gallicano is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Province of Lucca
The province of Lucca ( it, provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.
It has an area of and a total population of about 390,000. There are 33 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune'') in the p ...
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Italian
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region
Tuscany
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, located about northwest 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 a ...
and about northwest of
Lucca
Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957.
Lucca is known as one ...
.
The municipality is located in
Serchio Valley, on the right bank of the
Serchio River.
Gallicano borders the following municipalities:
Barga,
Borgo a Mozzano
Borgo a Mozzano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany (Italy), located on the Serchio River.
History
The town is mentioned for the first time in 879, when a document mentioned one place ''In loco Mozzano prope De ...
,
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lucca, Toscana, central Italy. It is located at the confluence of the Serchio and the Turrite Secca rivers, close to the intersection of roads passing through the Apennine Mount ...
,
Coreglia Antelminelli
Coreglia Antelminelli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany ...
,
Fabbriche di Vallico
Fabbriche di Vallico was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca. On 1 January 2014 it was merged with Vergemoli in the new ''comune'' ...
,
Fosciandora,
Molazzana,
Fabbriche di Vergemoli.
Main sights
* The ''Rocca'' (Castle) of Trassilico.
* Church of
San Giovanni Battista
* Church of
Sant'Andrea Sant'Andrea is the Italian name for St. Andrew, most commonly Andrew the Apostle. It may refer to:
Communes in Italy
* Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea, Basilicata
* Cazzano Sant'Andrea, Lombardy
*Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Sicily
* Penna Sant'Andrea, Abr ...
* Church of
San Jacopo Apostolo
* Church of
Santa Lucia
References
External links
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Castles in Italy
Gallicano
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