Serravalle Pistoiese

Serravalle Pistoiese
Serravalle Pistoiese
Comune
	Comune di Serravalle Pistoiese
	Coat of arms
	Location of Serravalle Pistoiese
	Serravalle Pistoiese Location of Serravalle Pistoiese in Italy Serravalle Pistoiese Serravalle Pistoiese (Tuscany)
	Coordinates: 43°54′N 10°50′E / 43.900°N 10.833°E
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Pistoia (PT)
Frazioni	Baco, Cantagrillo, Casalguidi, Castellina, Le Ville, Masotti, Pontassio, Ponte alla Stella, Ponte di Serravalle, Serravalle Scalo, Vinacciano
Government
• Mayor	Piero Lunardi
Area
• Total	42.05 km2 (16.24 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (31 December 2015)
• Total	11,659
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Demonym	Serravallini or Terrazzani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	51030
Dialing code	0573
Patron saint	Saint Louis of Toulouse
Saint day	19 August
Website	Official website

Serravalle Pistoiese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Florence and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Pistoia.

History

The original settlement consisted of two cones, those of S. Maria and Nievole, the fortress was built by the New Lucchesi in 1302. Casttrum of talking in an old inventory of the assets of the town of Pistoia dated around 1380, this document is listed in the Castrum Serravallis cum walls turribus September muratis circumcirca et cum duabus januis.^[3]

Main sights

Church of San Michele Arcangelo. It houses a 14th-century Miracle of St. Blaise and a triptych with Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints (1438), by Bartolomeo di Andrea Bocchi.
Barbarossa (Lombard) Tower
Church of Santo Stefano
Oratory of San Rocco e San Sebastiano, with fragment of 14th-century fresco decoration
Church of St. Peter, in the frazione of Casalguidi. It houses some 16th-century paintings.
Rocca Nuova, or Rocca di Castruccio, a medieval castle.