Vicchio
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Vicchio is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Florence. As of 2016, it had a population of 8,105 and an area of 139.0 square kilometres (53.7 sq mi).[3]
Geography
Vicchio borders the municipalities of Borgo San Lorenzo, Dicomano, Marradi and Pontassieve.[4] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Ampinana, Arsella, Barbiana, Boccagnello, Bovino, Bricciana, Campestri, Casole, Cistio, Cuccino, Farneto, Gattaia, Gracchia, Mirandola, Molezzano, Mulinuccio, Padule, Paterno, Piazzano, Pilarciano, Pimaggiore, Ponte a Vicchio, Rossoio, Rostolena, Rupecanina, Scopeto, Uliveta, Vespignano, Vezzano, Villore and Zufolana.[1]
Demographics
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Gallery
- Piazza Giotto in the town centre
- Church of San Lorenzio in Villore
- Ponte a Vicchio
- Cimabue bridge in Vespignano
Personalities
- Many famous Italian painters were born near Vicchio: Giotto (in the frazione of Colle di Vespignano), Fra Angelico (at Rupecanina), Giovanni Malesci, Rutilio Muti, Armeno Mattioli and Foresto Marianini. There is a 3.2 meter statue of Giotto in Vicchio's central square, the Piazza di Giotto.[5] It was also the birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lully (Baptized Giovanni Battista Lulli), who would become the founder of the French opera tradition.
- Two victims of the Monster of Florence (killed nearby the town in 1984), Pia Rontini and Claudio Stefanacci, were citizens of Vicchio.
Twin cities
References
- ^ a b (in Italian) Municipal statute of Vicchio
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ a b (in Italian) Source: Istat 2016
- ^ 42720
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Vicchio on OpenStreetMap - ^ "Statua di Giotto". Retrieved July 15, 2015.
External links
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- (in Italian) Vicchio official website
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- Bagno a Ripoli
- Barberino di Mugello
- Barberino Tavarnelle
- Borgo San Lorenzo
- Calenzano
- Campi Bisenzio
- Capraia e Limite
- Castelfiorentino
- Cerreto Guidi
- Certaldo
- Dicomano
- Empoli
- Fiesole
- Figline e Incisa Valdarno
- Firenzuola
- Florence
- Fucecchio
- Gambassi Terme
- Greve in Chianti
- Impruneta
- Lastra a Signa
- Londa
- Marradi
- Montaione
- Montelupo Fiorentino
- Montespertoli
- Palazzuolo sul Senio
- Pelago
- Pontassieve
- Reggello
- Rignano sull'Arno
- Rufina
- San Casciano in Val di Pesa
- San Godenzo
- Scandicci
- Scarperia e San Piero
- Sesto Fiorentino
- Signa
- Vaglia
- Vicchio
- Vinci
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