Buggiano

Buggiano

Buggiano

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

Buggiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Florence and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Pistoia.

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Main sights

  • Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix (18th century)
  • Pieve di Sant'Andrea (11th century).
  • Pieve of San Lorenzo (13th century), remade in the two following centuries. It has a Romanesque bell tower with double mullioned windows, including the basement of an 11th-century tower. The interior has several 16th-century canvasses and a 14th-century crucifix.
  • Madonna della Salute e di San Nicolao: 11th century church houses a 12th-13th century marble baptismal font with intarsia; a 1442 Annunciation by Bicci di Lorenzo; a painting of the Archangels Michael and Raphael with Tobias attributed to Giovanni Battista del Verrocchio; and a Baptism of Christ by Francesco Bachiacca.
  • Villa Bellavista: 1695 baroque villa

Twin cities

People

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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