Buggiano Explained
| Buggiano |
| Official Name: | Comune di Buggiano |
| Coordinates: | 43.8833°N 54°W |
| Region: | Tuscany |
| Province: | Pistoia (PT) |
| Frazioni: | Borgo a Buggiano, Buggiano Castello, Colle di Buggiano, Malocchio, Pittini, Santa Maria, Stignano |
| Mayor: | Daniele Bettarini |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.04 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8761 |
| Population As Of: | 30 April 2017 |
| Population Demonym: | Borghigiani |
| Elevation M: | 41 |
| Saint: | Holy Crucifix |
| Day: | August 18 |
| Postal Code: | 51011 |
| Area Code: | 0572 |
Buggiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45km (28miles) northwest of Florence and about 15km (09miles) southwest of Pistoia.
Main sights
- Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix (18th century)
- Pieve di Sant'Andrea (11th century).
- Pieve of San Lorenzo (13th century), remade in the two following centuries. It has a Romanesque bell tower with double mullioned windows, including the basement of an 11th-century tower. The interior has several 16th-century canvasses and a 14th-century crucifix.
- Madonna della Salute e di San Nicolao: 11th century church houses a 12th-13th century marble baptismal font with intarsia; a 1442 Annunciation by Bicci di Lorenzo; a painting of the Archangels Michael and Raphael with Tobias attributed to Giovanni Battista del Verrocchio; and a Baptism of Christ by Francesco Bachiacca.
- Villa Bellavista
1695 baroque villa
Twin cities
People
External links
Notes and References
- All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
