Barberino di Mugello

Barberino di Mugello is a municipality with 10.751 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Florence in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The municipality covers about 134 km ². It is located about 25 km north of Florence in the Mugello. In the southern municipality springs the Sieve.

The districts include Cavallina, Galliano, LATERA and Montecarelli.

The neighboring municipalities are Calenzano, Cantagallo (PO ), Castiglione dei Pepoli (BO), Firenzuola, Scarperia e San Piero, Vaiano (PO) and Vernio (PO).

Attractions

• Chiesa di Santa Maria di Vigesimo, Monastery, with works by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and Benedetto Buglioni; built around 1074.
• Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Maria, Church of works by Taddeo Gaddi and Perugino.
• Pieve di San Gavino Adimari, 1037 resulting Pieve.
• Pieve di San Giovanni in Petroio, already mentioned in 1078 Pieve.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Gastone Nencini (1930-1980), born in Barberino di Mugello, cyclist
• Giuliano Vangi ( born 1931 ), born in Barberino di Mugello, sculptor

Community partnerships

Barberino di Mugello has partnerships with the following towns:

• Betton, France, since 2004
• Laurenzana, Province of Potenza, Italy
• Torrelodones, Community of Madrid, Spain
• Yraifia, Western Sahara, since 2002