Filattiera
Comune in Tuscany, Italy
![Coat of arms of Filattiera](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Filattiera-Stemma.png)
Coat of arms
Location of Filattiera
![Map](https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Filattiera&revid=1091484625&groups=_8a23c0bc554bd991e6b63cc1544c1fa1971bab99)
44°20′N 9°56′E / 44.333°N 9.933°E / 44.333; 9.933
[1]
(31 August 2017)[2]
54023
Filattiera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa and Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Florence and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Massa.
Main sights
- Church of San Giorgio (12th century). It contains a rare tombstone from 752 remembering the work of a Lombard bishop credited with sweeping off paganism in the area. The church has an aisle with apse (another aisle was destroyed in the 12th century), and a bell tower, also from the 12th century.
- Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista, at Dobbiana. The façade is made of sandstone. The interior is in Baroque style.
- Medieval pieve of St. Stephen, at Sorano, known from 1148.
References
Media related to Filattiera at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
This Province of Massa-Carrara location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e