| Comune di Sarzana | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Province | La Spezia (SP) |
| Mayor | Massimo Caleo (from April 5, 2004) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Area | 34 km² (13 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 20,180 |
| - Density | 594/km² (1,538/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Sarzanesi |
| Dialing code | 0187 |
| Postal code | 19038 |
| Frazioni | Marinella di Sarzana, Falcinello, Sarzanello, San Lazzaro |
| Patron | St. Andrew |
| - Day | November 30 |
| Website: www.comune.sarzana.org | |
Sarzana is a town and comune in the Province of La Spezia, of Liguria, Italy, 15 km east of Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of La Spezia (Italian Provincia della Spezia) is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan The Province of La Spezia (Italian Provincia della Spezia) is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest La Spezia ( Spèsa in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. Parma is a City in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna near Modena famous for its Architecture and the fine countryside around it In 2004 it had a population of 20,180.
Sarzana has one of the most important glass-bottle factories in Italy. Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many There are also brick-works and a fuel factory. A brick is a block of Ceramic material used in Masonry construction laid using mortar.
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History
The position of Sarzana at the entrance to the valley of the Magra (ancient Macra), the boundary between Etruria and Liguria in Roman times, gave it military importance in the Middle Ages. The Magra is a 62 km river of Northern Italy which runs through Pontremoli, Villafranca in Lunigiana and Aulla in the Province of Massa-Carrara Etruria &mdash usually referred to in Greek and Latin source texts as Tyrrhenia &mdash was a region of Central Italy, located in an area The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking The first mention of the city is found in 983 in a diplom of Otto I: in 1202 the episcopal see was transferred from the ancient Luni, 5 km southeast, to Sarzana. Events By Place Asia Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke
A branch of the Cadolingi di Borgonuovo family, lords of Fucecchio in Tuscany from the 10th century onwards, which had acquired the name of Bonaparte, had settled near Sarzana before 1264. Fucecchio is a town and comune (township of the Province of Firenze in the Italian region of Tuscany. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 In 1512 a member of the family took up his residence in Ajaccio, and hence, according to some authorities, was descended the emperor Napoleon I. Ajaccio ( Adiacium Ajaccio; Aiacciu; Aiaccio) is a commune in France. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Sarzana, owing to its position on the frontier, changed masters more than once, belonging first to Pisa, then to Florence, then to the Banco di S. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Giorgio of Genoa and from 1572 to Genoa itself. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English
In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the frontier between Liguria and Tuscany being now made to run between it and Carrara. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the Carrara is a City in the Province of Massa-Carrara ( Tuscany, Italy) famous for the white or blue-gray Marble quarried there
Sarzana was the birthplace of Pope Nicholas V. See also Antipope Nicholas V. Pope Nicholas V (Italian Niccolò V; November 15, 1397 &ndash March
Main sights
- The noteworthy cathedral of white marble in the Gothic style, dating from 1355, was completed in 1474. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. It contains two elaborately-sculptured altars of the latter period. An altar is any structure upon which Sacrifices or other offerings are made for religious purposes or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place
- The former citadel, built by the Pisans, was demolished and reerected by Lorenzo de Medici. A citadel is a fortress for protecting a Town, sometimes incorporating a Castle. Lorenzo de' Medici (January 1 1449 &ndash 9 April 1492 was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance
- The Castle of Sarzanello was built by the condottiero Castruccio Castracani, whose tomb by the Pisan Giovanni di Balducci is in S. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli (1281&ndash September 3, 1328) was an Italian condottiero and duke of Lucca. For the New York prison see The Tombs. A Tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Francesco.
- The Palazzo del Capitano was designed by Giuliano da Maiano (1472), but is now entirely altered.
Twin cities
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a commune in the Aveyron department in southwestern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Eger is also the German name for the Czech town of Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Cathedral of Sarzana
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