Volognano

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| name = Volognano

| image_skyline = Rignano sull'arno, castello di volognano 01.jpg

| coordinates = {{coord|43|45|30.31|N|11|26|53.59|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

| region = Tuscany

| province = Florence (FI)

| comune = Rignano sull'Arno

| population_total = 24

| population_as_of = 2001

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Volognano is a village (frazione) located in the municipality of Rignano sull'Arno, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany.{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118182406/http://www.comune.rignano-sullarno.fi.it/sites/www.comune.rignano-sullarno.fi.it/files/documenti/statuto.pdf|title=Statuto Comunale di Rignano sull'Arno, Art. 4|publisher=Comune di Rignano sull'Arno}}

The settlement is known thanks to the eponymous castle which overlooks the crest of one of the last hills that slope down towards the Arno River, close to its confluence with the Sieve.{{Cite web|url=https://caivaldarnosuperiore.it/il-castello-di-volognano/|title=Il Castello di Volognano|publisher=CAI}}

Monuments

Church of San Michele, known for its artworks, including a late-14th century Madonna with Child by Lorenzo di Bicci, an altarpiece by Mariotto Albertinelli (1514) and the Madonna of the Cintola (c. 1520), attributed to the workshop of Andrea del Sarto, to Domenico Puligo or to Rosso Fiorentino.Lembo (2000): 140.{{Cite web|url=https://www.feelflorence.it/it/node/16795|title=Chiesa di San Michele a Volognano|website=feelflorence.it}}
Castle of Volognano (12th century)

Sources

{{Cite book|first=Roberto|last=Lembo|title=Rignano sull'Arno. Edifici, e segni di culto del territorio|year=2000}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Florence