Seravezza, Italy
Encyclopedia
Seravezza is a town and comune
belonging to the Province of Lucca
, in northern Tuscany
, Italy
. It is located in Versilia
, close to the Apuan Alps.
The frazione
of Querceta has St. Joseph, celebrated on March 19. The patron saint of the frazione of Pozzi is St. Roch
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
belonging to the Province of Lucca
Province of Lucca
The Province of Lucca is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244...
, in northern Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is located in Versilia
Versilia
The Versilia is a part of Tuscany in the north-western province of Lucca, and is named after the Versilia river.Known for fashionable Riviera resorts, it consists of numerous clubs that are frequented by local celebrities....
, close to the Apuan Alps.
Bounding communes
- Forte dei MarmiForte dei MarmiForte dei Marmi is a sea town and comune in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany . It is the birthplace of Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Queen of the Belgians....
- MassaMassaMassa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....
- MontignosoMontignosoMontignoso is a comune in the Province of Massa-Carrara in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km northwest of Florence and about 3 km southeast of Massa....
- PietrasantaPietrasantaPietrasanta is a town and comune on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta is part of Versilia, on the last foothills of the Apuan Alps, about 32 km north of Pisa...
- StazzemaStazzemaStazzema is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km northwest of Lucca.-Geography:...
Patron saints
Seravezza's patron saint is St. Lawrence, with the feast set on August 10.The frazione
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
of Querceta has St. Joseph, celebrated on March 19. The patron saint of the frazione of Pozzi is St. Roch
St. Roch
St. Roch is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner, the first ship to completely circumnavigate North America, and the second sailing vessel to complete a voyage through the Northwest Passage...
.
External links
- Official website
- Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint, or Google
- Aerial photograph from USGS (via MSR Maps) or Google