Stazzema
Encyclopedia
Stazzema is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Lucca
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 80 km northwest of Florence
and about 25 km northwest of Lucca
.
, Careggine
, Massa
, Molazzana
, Pescaglia
, Pietrasanta
, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto
, Vergemoli
.
, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema
was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers (August 12, 1944). More than 500 people were killed. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.
):
Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, Sant'Anna
, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese (seat of town hall), Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Terrinca and Volegno
.
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 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 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 80 km northwest 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 25 km northwest of 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...
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Geography
Stazzema borders the following municipalities: CamaioreCamaiore
Camaiore is a town and comune of 31,503 inhabitants within the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It stretches from the Alps to the east, to the plains and the coast of Versilia to the west.-Morphology:...
, Careggine
Careggine
Careggine is a town and comune in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany . 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....
, Massa
Massa
Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, Molazzana
Molazzana
Molazzana is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Lucca...
, Pescaglia
Pescaglia
Pescaglia is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km northwest of Florence and about 15 km northwest of Lucca....
, Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta is a town and comune on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta is part of Versilia, on the last foothills of the Apuan Alps, about 32 km north of Pisa...
, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto
Vagli Sotto
Vagli Sotto is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 90 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Lucca....
, Vergemoli
Vergemoli
Vergemoli is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Lucca....
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History
During World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema
Sant'Anna di Stazzema
Sant'Anna di Stazzema is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a frazione of the comune of Stazzema, in the province of Lucca....
was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers (August 12, 1944). More than 500 people were killed. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.
Hamlets
Stazzema has 15 hamlets (frazioniFrazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
):
Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, Sant'Anna
Sant'Anna di Stazzema
Sant'Anna di Stazzema is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a frazione of the comune of Stazzema, in the province of Lucca....
, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese (seat of town hall), Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Terrinca and Volegno
Volegno
Volegno is a hamlet in the province of Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Stazzema. Located at 450 m over the sea level in the Alpi Apuane Regional Park, it has some 50 inhabitants....
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