Buggiano
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CountryItaly
FrazioniBorgo a Buggiano, Buggiano Castello, Colle di Buggiano, Malocchio, Pittini, Santa Maria, Stignano
Elevation41 m (135 ft)
DemonymBorghigiani
Buggiano | |
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| Comune di Buggiano | |
 View of Buggiano | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Buggiano Location of Buggiano in Italy  Buggiano Buggiano (Tuscany) | |
| Coordinates: 43°53′N 10°44′E / 43.883°N 10.733°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Pistoia (PT) |
| Frazioni | Borgo a Buggiano, Buggiano Castello, Colle di Buggiano, Malocchio, Pittini, Santa Maria, Stignano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniele Bettarini |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (30 April 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 8,761 |
| • Density | 546.2/km2 (1,415/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Borghigiani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51011 |
| Dialing code | 0572 |
| Patron saint | Holy Crucifix |
| Saint day | August 18 |
| Website | Official website |
Buggiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Florence and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Pistoia.
- Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix (18th century)
- Pieve di Sant'Andrea (11th century).
- Pieve of San Lorenzo (13th century), remade in the two following centuries. It has a Romanesque bell tower with double mullioned windows, including the basement of an 11th-century tower. The interior has several 16th-century canvasses and a 14th-century crucifix.
- Madonna della Salute e di San Nicolao: 11th century church houses a 12th-13th century marble baptismal font with intarsia; a 1442 Annunciation by Bicci di Lorenzo; a painting of the Archangels Michael and Raphael with Tobias attributed to Giovanni Battista del Verrocchio; and a Baptism of Christ by Francesco Bachiacca.
- Villa Bellavista: 1695 baroque villa
Twin cities
Ascheberg, Germany
