Fivizzano

Fivizzano is a municipality with 8183 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Massa -Carrara in Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The municipality covers 180 km ². It is located about 140 km north-west of Florence, about 35 km northwest of Massa and 30 km northwest of Carrara.

The districts include Agnino, Agnolo, Aiola, Alebbio, Alebbio Casette, Alebbio Prato, Antigo, Arlia, Bardine di Cecina, Bardine di San Terenzo, Bottignana di Sopra, Bottignana di Sotto, Ca - Giannino, Campiglione, Canneto, Castelletto, Caugliano, Cecina, Cerignano, Cerri, Certaldola, Ceserano, Colla, Colle di Cerignano, Collecchia, Collecchia piano, Collegnago, Colognola, Cormezzano, Corsano, Cortila, Cotto, Debicò, Equi Terme, Escaro, Fazzano, Fiacciano, Fivizzano, Folegnano, Gallogna, Gassano, Gragnola, Groppoli, Isolano, Lorano, Magliano, Maglietola, Mazzola, Mezzana, Molina di Equi, Mommio, Moncigoli, Montale, Montecurto, Monte dei Bianchi, Montevalese, Monzone Alto, Monzone Ponte Motta, Mozzano, Mulina di Equi, Panigaletto, Pian di Molino, Piastorla, Pieve di Viano, Pieve San Paolo, Pò, Pognana, Posara di Sopra, Posara di Sotto, Pratolungo, Quarazzana, Rometta Apuana, San Terenzo, Sassalbo, Sercognano, Serraruola, Signano, Soliera Apuana, Spicciano, Stazione Rometta, Tenerano, Terenzano, Terma, Traggiara, Turano, Turlago, Uglianfreddo, Vallazzana, Vendaso, Verrucola, Verzano, Vezzanello, Viano, Vinca and Virology.

The neighboring municipalities are Aulla, Carrara, Casola in Lunigiana, Collagna (RE), Comano, Fosdinovo, Giuncugnano (LU), Licciana Nardi, Massa, Minucciano ( LU) and Sillano ( LU).

History

Since the Middle Ages, was the site of the Malaspina family, until it came under the control of Florence in 1477. This established a year later, the city walls, which were renewed in 1540. Since 1849 the place has the title of Città nobile. 1920, the community was rocked by a major earthquake. In 1944 in six districts ( Sassalbo, Mommio, San Terenzo, Bardine di San Terenzo, Vinca and Tenerano ) massacres by SS units under the leadership of Walter Reder against the civilian population, in which over 400 people were murdered.

Attractions

  • Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Antonio, built in 1377 the church, the work contains Resurrezione Lazzaro di Pietro Sorri.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Renato Bertolini called Vittorio Sarpi ( born March 30, 1905 in Fivizzano, † 1983), a communist resistance fighters against Nazism, the Spanish Civil War, a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp, member of the General Council of the illegal military section of the IMO, secretary of the FIR and Vice President of the International Committee of Buchenwald -Dora and commands
  • Sandro Bondi (* 1959), politician

Community partnerships

  • Steinhagen, Germany since 1988
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