Vaglia

Vaglia is a municipality with 5099 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. The place belongs to the administrative community Comunità Montana Mugello.

Geography

Vaglia located in the Mugello, 20 km north of Florence. In the southern urban area of Torrente Mugnone springs.

Districts ( frazioni ) are Bivigliano, Paterno, Fontebuona, Caselline, Pratolino Montorsoli Mulinaccio and Viliani.

The neighboring municipalities are Borgo San Lorenzo, Calenzano, Fiesole, Scarperia e San Piero and Sesto Fiorentino

Culture and sights

Villas

• Villa Demidoff in Pratolino
• Villa di Bivigliano - villa of the 16th century

Churches

• Santuario di Montesenario - Sanctuary
• Chiesa di Sant'Andrea a Cerreto Maggio - church of the 13th century
• Chiesa di San Pietro - parish church in Vaglia
• Chiesa di San Niccolò a Ferraglia
• Chiesa di San Michele all maquis
• Chiesa di Santo Stefano a Pescina
• Chiesa di Santa Maria - The Church in the district of Paterno are remains of an altarpiece by Luca della Robbia
• Chiesa di San Cresci a Macioli - church from the 15th century
• Chiesa di San Romolo - In the church in the district Bivigliano are an altarpiece by Andrea Della Robbia, a wooden sculpture by Michelozzo and a painting by Pietro Annigoni.

Pictures

Statue in the park of Villa Demidoff