Serravalle Pistoiese

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| name = Serravalle Pistoiese

| official_name = Comune di Serravalle Pistoiese

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|54|N|10|50|E|type:city(10,675)_region:IT|display=inline}}

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| region = Tuscany

| province = Pistoia (PT)

| frazioni = Baco, Cantagrillo, Casalguidi, Castellina, Le Ville, Masotti, Pontassio, Ponte alla Stella, Ponte di Serravalle, Serravalle Scalo, Vinacciano

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| mayor =Piero Lunardi

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| area_total_km2 = 42.05

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

| population_total = 11659

| population_as_of = 31 December 2015

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| population_demonym = Serravallini or Terrazzani

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| elevation_m = 182

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| saint = Saint Louis of Toulouse

| day = 19 August

| postal_code = 51030

| area_code = 0573

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.serravalle-pistoiese.pt.it/}}

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Serravalle Pistoiese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about {{convert|35|km|mi}} northwest of Florence and about {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} southwest of Pistoia.

History

The original settlement consisted of two cones, those of S. Maria and Nievole, the fortress was built by the New Lucchesi in 1302. Casttrum of talking in an old inventory of the assets of the town of Pistoia dated around 1380, this document is listed in the Castrum Serravallis cum walls turribus September muratis circumcirca et cum duabus januis.[http://www.guidatoscana.net/castello-serravalle-pisotiese-pistoia/119.htm "http://www.guidatoscana.net/castello-serravalle-pisotiese-pistoia/119.htm"]

Main sights

File:Town centre of Cantagrillo, near Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.jpg of the municipality Serravalle Pistoiese]]

Church of San Michele Arcangelo. It houses a 14th-century Miracle of St. Blaise and a triptych with Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints (1438), by Bartolomeo di Andrea Bocchi.
Barbarossa (Lombard) Tower
Church of Santo Stefano
Oratory of San Rocco e San Sebastiano, with fragment of 14th-century fresco decoration
Church of St. Peter, in the frazione of Casalguidi. It houses some 16th-century paintings.
Rocca Nuova, or Rocca di Castruccio, a medieval castle.

Twin towns

Serravalle Pistoiese is twinned with:

{{flagicon|France}} Uzerche, France
{{flagicon|Austria}} Grafenwörth, Austria

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.comune.serravalle-pistoiese.pt.it/}}
[http://www.prolocoserravallepistoiese.it/ Proloco official website]

Category:Cities and towns in Tuscany