Filattiera
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| Comune di Filattiera | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Province | Massa-Carrara (MS) |
| Mayor | Pierluigi Bardini |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Area | 48.9 km² (19 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2007-05-31[1]) | |
| - Total | 2,408 |
| - Density | 49/km² (127/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | |
| Dialing code | 0187 |
| Postal code | 54023 |
| Frazioni | Caprio, Cavallana, Dobbiana, Gigliana, Lusignana, Migliarina, Ponticello, Rocca Sigillina, Scorcetoli (Stazione), Serravalle |
Filattiera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 120 km northwest of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Massa.
Filattiera borders the following municipalities: Bagnone, Corniglio, Mulazzo, Pontremoli, Villafranca in Lunigiana.
[edit] Main sights
- Church of San Giorgio (12th century). It contains a rare tombstone from 752 remembering the work of a Lombard bishop in sweeping off paganism in the area. The church has an aisle with apse (another aisles was destroyed in the 22th century), and a bell tower also from the 12th century.
- Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista, at Dobbiana. The façade is in sandstone. The interior is in Baroque style.
- Medieval pieve of Sorano, known from 1148.
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