San Marcello Pistoiese

San Marcello Pistoiese is a town with 6581 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Pistoia in the Tuscany region.

Geography

The village is located about 17 km northwest of the provincial capital of Pistoia and about 49 km north- west of the regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, ​​2813 GG.

Among the most important waterways in the municipal area of ​​the river Reno, who only briefly touched the municipality in Pontepetri, and the Torrenti Bardalone (every 4 km in the municipality ), Lima (6m of 42 km in the municipality ), Limestre ( every 7 km in the municipality ), Maresca ( every 8 km in the municipality ), Orsigna (2 of 6 km in the municipality ), Verdiana ( every 11 km in the municipality ) and Volata (every 6 km in the municipality ). Here, the Bardalone, the Maresca and Orsigna flow to the Reno, the other rivers belong to the river system of the Serchio.

The districts include Campo Tizzoro (715 m, about 2900 inhabitants), Gavinana (819 m, 800 inhabitants), La Lima ( 450 m, about 25 inhabitants), Lancisa (775 m, about 25 inhabitants), Limestre (630 m, about 190 inhabitants), Lizzano (also called Lizzano Pistoiese, 725 m, about 140 inhabitants), Mammiano (also Mammiano Basso, 463 m, about 50 inhabitants), Pontepetri ( 669 m, about 170 inhabitants), Spignana (750 m, about 80 inhabitants) and Vizzaneta ( 736 m, about 40 inhabitants).

The nearby towns are Cutigliano, Fanano (MO), Pistoia, Lizzano in Belvedere ( BO) and Piteglio.

Attractions

  • Pieve di San Marcello, first mentioned in 1085 in the village of Pieve, which is dedicated to Marcellus I.. Contains frescoes from 1788 by Giuseppe Gricci and works by Agostino Ciampelli ( Invenzione della Croce ) and Gaetano Zumbo ( Ecce Homo ).
  • Chiesa di Santa Caterina church in the village, which was begun in 1530.
  • Church of St. Isidore a Pontepetri, church in the district of Pontepetri from the 18th century.
  • Chiesa di San Biagio a Mammiano, church in the district of Mammiano.
  • Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta a Gavinana Pieve from the 11th century. Contains the work of Domenico Pugliani Madonna del Rosario ( 1638) and works that are attributed to Benedetto Buglioni.
  • Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta a Lizzano, Pieve in the district Lizzano, which was already mentioned 998 and was destroyed by a landslide. Was built after 1814. Contains Filippo Tarchiani the work Vergine Assunta, by Baccio da Montelupo a Crucifix (wood, attributed ) and works which are the Della Robbia attributed.
  • Sospeso Ponte di San Marcello Pistoiese (also Ponte delle Ferriere Sospeso called ), suspension bridge over the river Lima between Mammiano and Piteglio. Was built from 1920 to 1922 by Vincenzo Scotti Douglas and is 212.4 meters long. Making it one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.

Community partnerships

The place has since 1987 a community partnership with Saint -Martin- du- Tertre (Canton Viarmes ).

Demography

San Marcello Pistoiese among 3326 households. Between 1991 and 2001, the population decreased from 7698 to 7142nd This corresponds to a percentage decrease of 7.2%.

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