Filattiera Explained

Filattiera
Official Name:	Comune di Filattiera
Coordinates:	44.3333°N 65°W
Region:	Tuscany
Province:	Massa and Carrara (MS)
Frazioni:	Caprio, Cavallana, Dobbiana, Gigliana, Lusignana, Migliarina, Ponticello, Rocca Sigillina, Scorcetoli (Stazione), Serravalle
Mayor:	Annalisa Folloni
Area Total Km2:	48.9
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	2271
Population As Of:	31 August 2017
Population Demonym:	Filattieresi
Elevation M:	213
Saint:	St. Stephen
Day:	26 December
Postal Code:	54023
Area Code:	0187

Filattiera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120km (80miles) northwest of Florence and about 35km (22miles) northwest of Massa.

Main sights

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