Serravalle Pistoiese Explained

Serravalle Pistoiese
Official Name:	Comune di Serravalle Pistoiese
Coordinates:	43.9°N 60°W
Region:	Tuscany
Province:	Pistoia (PT)
Frazioni:	Baco, Cantagrillo, Casalguidi, Castellina, Le Ville, Masotti, Pontassio, Ponte alla Stella, Ponte di Serravalle, Serravalle Scalo, Vinacciano
Mayor:	Piero Lunardi
Area Total Km2:	42.05
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	11659
Population As Of:	31 December 2015
Population Demonym:	Serravallini or Terrazzani
Elevation M:	182
Saint:	Saint Louis of Toulouse
Day:	19 August
Postal Code:	51030
Area Code:	0573

Serravalle Pistoiese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35km (22miles) northwest of Florence and about 8km (05miles) southwest of Pistoia.

History

The original settlement consisted of two cones, those of S. Maria and Nievole, the fortress was built by the New Lucchesi in 1302. Casttrum of talking in an old inventory of the assets of the town of Pistoia dated around 1380, this document is listed in the Castrum Serravallis cum walls turribus September muratis circumcirca et cum duabus januis.^[2]

Main sights

Church of San Michele Arcangelo. It houses a 14th-century Miracle of St. Blaise and a triptych with Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints (1438), by Bartolomeo di Andrea Bocchi.
Barbarossa (Lombard) Tower
Church of Santo Stefano
Oratory of San Rocco e San Sebastiano, with fragment of 14th-century fresco decoration
Church of St. Peter, in the frazione of Casalguidi. It houses some 16th-century paintings.
Rocca Nuova, or Rocca di Castruccio, a medieval castle.

Twin towns

Serravalle Pistoiese is twinned with:

Uzerche, France
Grafenwörth, Austria

External links

- Proloco official website

Notes and References

All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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