Buggiano

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.

Buggiano
Comune
Comune di Buggiano
Coat of arms
Location of Buggiano
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Coordinates: 43°53′N 10°44′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 [1]
• Total	16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (30 April 2017)[2]
• Total	8,761
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/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

Main sights

• 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

People

• Benito Lorenzi (footballer)

• Vasco Ferretti (writer)
• Piqued Jacks (band)