Calenzano

Calenzano

Infobox CityIT
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official_name =Comune di Calenzano


image_caption=Hills in the territory of Calenzano
name = Calenzano
region = Tuscany
province = Florence (FI)
elevation_m = 108
area_total_km2 = 76.9
population_as_of = Dec. 2004
population_total = 15557
population_density_km2 = 202
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|52|N|11|10|E|type:city(15,557)_region:IT
frazioni = Baroncoli,Carraia, Collina, Croci di Calenzano, Leccio, Legri, Osteria degli Alberi, Querciola, San Donato, San Pietro in Casaglia, Secciano, Settimello, Sommaia, Spazzavento, Travalle
telephone = 055
postalcode = 50041
gentilic = Calenzanesi
saint = St. Nicholas
day =
mayor = Giuseppe Carovani
website = [http://www.comune.calenzano.fi.it/ www.comune.calenzano.fi.it]
mapy = 11.1667
mapx = 43.8667

Calenzano is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 11 km northwest of Florence. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 15,557 and an area of 76.9 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]

Calenzano borders the following municipalities: Barberino di Mugello, Campi Bisenzio, Prato, San Piero a Sieve, Sesto Fiorentino, Vaglia, Vaiano.

Main sights

*"Villa Ginori a Collina", a patrician villa
*Church of "San Niccolò e Oratorio della Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento", rebuilt before 1386. It includes frescoes by Jacopo and Nardo di Cione and a panel by Domenico Cresti.
*"Pieve di San Donato" (9th-11th centuries), with a Renaissance cloister built in 1460 by Carlo de' Medici.
*"Pieve di Santa Maria" (built before the 11th century). It houses a "Madonna with St. Thomas" from Lorenzo di Credi's workshop and a "St. Anthony the Abbot" from Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio's school.
*The ancient "Pieve di San Severo", with frescoes from the 14th-15th centuries.
*Church of "Santa Lucia a Settimello" (before 10th century, rebuilt in Baroque style in the early 18th century). It houses a terracotta by Benedetto Buglioni (1507) and a wodden crucifix by Baccio da Montelupo (early 16th century)
*"Parco del Neto" (park), at the feet of Monte Morello.

Transportation

Calenzano has a station on the regional railway connecting it to Prato, Florence, Pistoia and Lucca. It can be reached by road from the A1 Motorway.

Bus services connect it to Prato, Florence, Campi Bisenzio and Barberino di Mugello.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

* [http://www.comune.calenzano.fi.it/ Official website]



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