Villa Basilica

Comune in Tuscany, Italy

Coat of arms of Villa Basilica

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Location of Villa Basilica

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43°55′N 10°39′E / 43.917°N 10.650°E / 43.917; 10.650CountryItalyRegionTuscanyProvinceLucca (LU)FrazioniBarbagliana, Biecina, Botticino, Boveglio, Capornano, Colognora, Distendino, Duomo, Guzzano, Pariana, Pracando, Ponte a Villa, PontoroGovernment

• MayorGiordano BalliniArea

^[1]

• Total36.57 km² (14.12 sq mi)Elevation

330 m (1,080 ft)Population

(31 March 2017^[2])^[3]

• Total1,596 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)DemonymVillesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

55019

Dialing code0572WebsiteOfficial website

Villa Basilica is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Florence and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northeast of Lucca.

Villa Basilica borders the following municipalities: Bagni di Lucca, Borgo a Mozzano, Capannori, Pescia. Remarkable the main church, the pieve of Santa Maria Assunta

Notable people

Giulia Ammannati, mother of Galileo Galilei
Sisto Fabri (1540–1594), theologian^[4]
Antonio Franchi, Italian painter of the 17th century
Pietro Perna (1519–1582), printer and humanist

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Data from Istat
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Messina, Pietro (1993). "FABRI, Sisto". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 43: Enzo–Fabrizi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

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