Careggine
Encyclopedia
Careggine is a town and comune
in the province of Lucca
, in northern Tuscany
(Italy
). Its most famous son is Italian football legend Marco Tardelli. It is also the place of birth of Adriano Tardelli
, one of the heroes of the Italian resistance movement
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Lucca
Province of Lucca
The Province of Lucca is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244...
, in northern Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
(Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
). Its most famous son is Italian football legend Marco Tardelli. It is also the place of birth of Adriano Tardelli
Adriano Tardelli
Adriano Tardelli was an Italian resistance activist during World War II.Tardelli was born in Capanne di Careggine. During the Second World War he led dozens of people to safety crossing with a small group at a time over the Gothic Line...
, one of the heroes of the Italian resistance movement
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
.