Castelfranco di Sotto
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Castelfranco di Sotto is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Pisa
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 40 km west of Florence
and about 30 km east of Pisa
.
Castelfranco di Sotto borders the following municipalities: Altopascio
, Bientina
, Fucecchio
, Montopoli in Val d'Arno
, San Miniato
, Santa Croce sull'Arno
, Santa Maria a Monte
.
, Lucca
and Pisa, the population of nearby villages Vigesimo, Catiana, Paterno and Carpugnana decided to build here a defensive castle, named Castello di Franco, later changed to Castelfranco.
In 1966 Castelfranco was flooed by the river Arno.
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:...
(municipality) in the Province of Pisa
Province of Pisa
The Province of Pisa is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa.It has an area of 2,448 km², and a total population of 394,101 . There are 39 comuni in the province ....
in the Italian
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...
region 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 ....
, located about 40 km west of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
and about 30 km east of Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
.
Castelfranco di Sotto borders the following municipalities: Altopascio
Altopascio
Altopascio is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Tuscany region of Italy with a population of c. 13300.-History:Already inhabited in Roman times, Altopascio gained in importance due to its Spedale for the pilgrims who travelled on the Via Francigena, leading from France to Rome...
, Bientina
Bientina
Bientina is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km west of Florence and about 15 km east of Pisa....
, Fucecchio
Fucecchio
Fucecchio is a town and comune of the province of Firenze in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the recent years their number has been decreasing because of a slight...
, Montopoli in Val d'Arno
Montopoli in Val d'Arno
Montopoli in Val d'Arno is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km southwest of Florence and about 30 km east of Pisa....
, San Miniato
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and comune in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley between the valleys of Egola and Elsa...
, Santa Croce sull'Arno
Santa Croce sull'Arno
Santa Croce sull'Arno is an Italian town located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany. There are about 13,400 residents as of 2005 and the city has a well-established leather industry, which counts more than 400 factories and laboratories spread over the 16.92 square kilometres of its total area...
, Santa Maria a Monte
Santa Maria a Monte
Santa Maria a Monte is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town lies about 45 km west of Florence and about 25 km east of Pisa.-History:...
.
History
Castelf is an ancient medieval village, whose name appeared for the first time in 1215. Tired of the battles fought in the area at the time between FlorenceRepublic of Florence
The Republic of Florence , or the Florentine Republic, was a city-state that was centered on the city of Florence, located in modern Tuscany, Italy. The republic was founded in 1115, when the Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon Margravine Matilda's death. The...
, Lucca
Lucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...
and Pisa, the population of nearby villages Vigesimo, Catiana, Paterno and Carpugnana decided to build here a defensive castle, named Castello di Franco, later changed to Castelfranco.
In 1966 Castelfranco was flooed by the river Arno.