Buggiano

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Buggiano

43°53′N 10°44′E / 43.883°N 10.733°E / 43.883; 10.733CountryItalyRegionTuscanyProvincePistoia (PT)FrazioniBorgo a Buggiano, Buggiano Castello, Colle di Buggiano, Malocchio, Pittini, Santa Maria, StignanoGovernment

• MayorDaniele BettariniArea

^[1]

• Total16.04 km² (6.19 sq mi)Elevation

41 m (135 ft)Population

(30 April 2017)^[2]

• Total8,761 • Density550/km² (1,400/sq mi)DemonymBorghigianiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

51011

Dialing code0572Patron saintHoly CrucifixSaint dayAugust 18WebsiteOfficial website

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.

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

Ascheberg, Germany

People

Benito Lorenzi (footballer)

Vasco Ferretti (writer)
Piqued Jacks (band)

References

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