Sofignano is an Italian village and '' frazione'' belonging to the municipality of Vaiano, in the Province of Prato, Tuscany.

Geography

Overview

The village of Sofignano is 2,33 kilometers from Vaiano. It belongs Vaiano municipality together with Fabio (2,28 km), Faltugnano (2,91 km), La Briglia (1,51 km), La Cartaia (2,57 km), La Tignamica (0,47 km), Le Fornaci (3,10 km), Schignano (2,83 km) Sofignano is spread on the mid side of the western face of the Calvana Hill and it consists of various localities:

Localities

Sofignano consists of several courtyards and small villages: ;Boana Nucleus of a few houses including a school and some houses. ;Ca' dei Landi Medieval group of houses and a church now accessible only by foot. There are stems and religious relics now left into ruin. ;Casanera Fortified mansion dated 1200 now being renovated, it is the southernmost building in Sofignano. ;Collisassi Village perched on the mountain with several refurbished villas. ;Colombaia Ancient buildings and farmhouses now surrounded by few modern houses. ;Docciola Between Le Fornaci and the Church the Le Fornaci, it is a group of single houses with stables and a few nearby

cottages A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a Cotter (farmer), cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager ...

. ;Fattoria delle Mura Now completely renewed, this big villa and the many houses around it were built ond a medieval tower. the tower, now completely lost, was part of a triangle of towers made by this one, the San Gaudenzio Tower (then included into the villa) and the Torre del Melograno, recently re-discovered and representing the main medieval manufact in Sofignano. .http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Localita%27_Fattoria_delle_mura ;L'Olmo Group of houses mostly farms. ;La Lastruccia Other houses perched on a hill. ;Il Baldino At Collisassi Il Baldino and consists of dwellings. ;Sofignano (village) The proper village that names the area. Here is the parish of

Santi Vito e Modesto in Sofignano {{Coord, 43.9706828, N, 11.1480033, E, display=title Santi Vito e Modesto is a church in the Italian village of Sofignano, a ''frazione'' of Vaiano, in the region of Tuscany, Italy History The parish church has been written of since 1024. Ori ...

and the cemetery. ;Le Fornaci It is the most populated area, surrounding an ancient village where bricks were produced into a fornax, naming the place (Fornace = fornax). It started expanding around the old part in the 1980s and it is now considered by many the actual center of Sofignano.

Gallery

File:Sofignano 02.jpg, Landscape of Boana File:Localita' Ca' dei Landi-paese di pace.jpg, Ca' dei Landi File:Sofignano 49.jpg, Villa Fabbri File:Sofignano 16.jpg, Old Mill File:Sofignano-la pieve.jpg, Parish church ''

'' File:Sofignano-Pieve e natura.jpg, Landscape of L'Olmo File:Le Fornaci 22.jpg, Old village Le Fornaci File:Frantoio della Valle di Bisenzio 2.jpg, Bisenzio Valley oil mill in Le Fornaci

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