| La Serra | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Tuscany | |
| Altitude | 45 m a.s.l. | |
| Inhabitants | 1.034 | |
| Name inhabitants | Serrani | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0571 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 56028 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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La Serra is a fraction of the municipality of San Miniato in the province of Pisa.
To know
Geographical notes
The hamlet of Serra is located on the flat, on the left bank of the Egola torrent, at the point where the Ensi river becomes its tributary. At the locality of Palagio, north of the center, flows the Rio del Palagio, which originates from Montebicchieri and also enters the Egola.
The hamlet borders to the north with Ponte a Egola, west with Marti, in the municipality of Montopoli in Val d'Arno, south with Bucciano and to the east with Balconyvisi, Moriolo is Armor.
Background
The hamlet of Serra developed from the twentieth century as an agricultural village on the crossroads that leads in the direction of numerous localities such as Armor, San Miniato, Ponte a Egola, Bucciano, Balconyvisi is Palaia. The nucleus of the hamlet consisted of some farms and rural buildings, gathered around a tabernacle with the statue of the Madonna, near the crossroads, and here a cooperative Casa del Popolo was built in 1947 which contributed to increasing the attendance of the locality.
Between the seventies and eighties, thanks to the construction of a residential area and some commercial activities, the hamlet developed to become one of the liveliest in the Samminiatese area. The Pisan historian Giuseppe Caciagli wrote in 1972 that "it is due to this particular topographical position, in the plain, the fact that it is a very populated agricultural center and rich in initiatives also of an industrial nature".
How to orient yourself
La Serra (San Miniato): full screen map.Location
The hamlet extends over a territory that has other inhabited areas that converge on the main center, and the most important are those of Montebicchieri (uninhabited, but with castle, farm and medieval church) e Palagio (ancient agricultural center of the territory).
How to get
By car
La Serra is about 8 km from the municipal capital and just over 45 km from Pisa.
How to get around
What see
- Parish church of Santi Regolo bishop and Lucia virgin and martyr (In the center of the hamlet).
- Tabernacle (At the crossroads). With the sculpture of the Virgin Mary dating from the 19th century.
- Villa Pazzi (Along the way in the direction of Ponte a Egola, just outside the town, in the locality of Palagio). Renaissance villa of the Pazzi family of Florence. The Pazzi inherited the property from the Samminiatese doctor Giovanni Samminiati di Chellino, who, who died in Florence in 1461, was buried in the noble chapel of the villa, dedicated to Saints Iacopo and Filippo. The Pazzi out of gratitude had a marble statue made in the chapel depicting the sleeping Signor Samminiati.
Events and parties
What to do
- Santa Barbara International Cross Course (Beyond the crossroads to Bucciano).
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
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