Bagnone

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Bagnone

| official_name = Comune di Bagnone

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| coordinates = {{coord|44|18|55|N|9|59|44|E|type:city(1,995)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Tuscany

| province = Massa and Carrara (MS)

| frazioni = Biglio, Canale, Canneto, Castiglione del Terziere, Collesino, Compione, Corlaga, Corvarola, Darbia, Gabbiana, Groppo, Iera, Lusana, Mochignano, Nola, Orturano, Pastina, Pieve, Treschietto, Vico, Vico Canneto, Vico Chiesa, Vico Monterole, Vico Valle

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| mayor = Carletto Marconi

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| area_total_km2 = 73.8

| population_footnotes =All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

| population_total = 1845

| population_as_of = 31 August 2017

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| postal_code = 54021

| area_code = 0187

| website = {{official website|https://www.comune.bagnone.ms.it}}

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Bagnone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about {{convert|120|km|mi}} northwest of Florence and about {{convert|35|km|mi}} northwest of Massa in the Lunigiana, facing the Monte Sillara, which has a peak elevation of {{convert|1861|m|ft}}. The Bagnone torrent crosses the Communal territory, a left affluence of the Magra River.

Sights include the castle, the churches of San Niccolò (rebuilt in the 18th century, including a 15th-century Madonna del Pianto from the medieval edifice) and San Leonardo (1785) and the oratory of San Terenzio (housing 17th-century paintings).

On 22 August 2009, a lottery player from Bagnone won an estimated €146.9 million (£128 million / US$211 million) in Italy's SuperEnalotto.[http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149307323 Winner picked in £128m lotto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826124211/http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149307323 |date=26 August 2009 }} MSN News. Published 23 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009. This is considered Europe's biggest ever lottery win.

Main sights

=The church of the ''Madonna del Pianto''=

The church of Madonna del Pianto has a rectangular shape with a unique nave with neoclassical columns and two semi-octagons on the lateral sides.

The sacred complex has a central dome, a balustrade with a chess paving decorated with polychrom marbles which opens to a major altar and a wide choir.{{cite web|url=http://www.opusmariae.it/parrocchie/san-niccolo-in-bagnone/|title=The Parish of St Nicolò|language=Italian}} The True Cross relic is venerated on 5 May and on 14 September each year.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilcorriereapuano.it/2020/09/bagnone-festeggiato-solennemente-la-s-croce/|title=Bagnone ha festeggiato solennemente la S. Croce|date=15 September 2020|language=Italian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200926083413/https://www.ilcorriereapuano.it/2020/09/bagnone-festeggiato-solennemente-la-s-croce/|archive-date=26 September 2020|url-status=live|access-date=23 May 2021}}

Near the apse there is a pipe organ with three spans and a pediment shaped as a tympanum. The pipe organ was built in 1899 by Gaetano Cavalli of Lodi.{{cite book|first1=Gianluigi|last1=Maffei|url=http://www.manfredogiuliani.com/wp-content/uploads/STUDI-LUNIGIANESI.pdf|format=pdf|chapter=Lo sviluppo urbanistico della 'Piana' a Villafranca L.|title=Studi Lunigianesi|volume=XLIV -XLV|year=2014–2015|publisher=Associazione Manfredo Giuliano per le Ricerche Storiche e Etnografiche della Lunigiana|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111312/http://www.manfredogiuliani.com/wp-content/uploads/STUDI-LUNIGIANESI.pdf|archive-date=1 September 2017|url-status=live}}

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Category:Castles in Italy

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