Filattiera

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Comune di Filattiera
Coat of arms of Comune di Filattiera
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Filattiera in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Tuscany
Province Massa-Carrara (MS)
Mayor Pierluigi Bardini
Elevation 213 m (699 ft)
Area 48.9 km² (19 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007-05-31[1])
 - Total 2,408
 - Density 49/km² (127/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 44°20′N, 9°56′E
Gentilic
Dialing code 0187
Postal code 54023
Frazioni Caprio, Cavallana, Dobbiana, Gigliana, Lusignana, Migliarina, Ponticello, Rocca Sigillina, Scorcetoli (Stazione), Serravalle

Filattiera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa.

Filattiera borders the following municipalities: Bagnone, Corniglio, Mulazzo, Pontremoli, Villafranca in Lunigiana.

[edit] Main sights

  • Church of San Giorgio (12th century). It contains a rare tombstone from 752 remembering the work of a Lombard bishop in sweeping off paganism in the area. The church has an aisle with apse (another aisles was destroyed in the 22th century), and a bell tower also from the 12th century.
  • Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista, at Dobbiana. The façade is in sandstone. The interior is in Baroque style.
  • Medieval pieve of Sorano, known from 1148.

[edit] Demographic evolution

[edit] References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.