Stazzema is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca.

History

During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers and the Italian

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(12 August 1944). A total of 560 people were killed, among them 100 children, one of them only 20 days old. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.

Geography

Stazzema borders the following municipalities: Camaiore, Careggine,

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, Molazzana, Pescaglia, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli.

''Frazioni''

Stazzema is composed of 17 hamlets ('' frazioni''): Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese, Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina,

Sant'Anna Sant'Anna may refer to: Places Italy * Sant'Anna Arresi, Sardinia * Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo, Province of Verona * Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Tuscany; the site of the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre during World War II * Boschi Sant'Anna, Veneto C ...

, Stazzema, Terrinca, and Volegno.Infos about the hamlets of Stazzema (municipal website)
/ref> Despite municipal name, the town hall is not located in Stazzema, but in the nearby hamlet of Pontestazzemese.

References

External links

Official website

Sant'Anna di Stazzema unofficial website
Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Lucca-geo-stub