Rufina
Encyclopedia
Rufina is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Florence
in the Italian
region Tuscany
, located about 20 km east of Florence
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Rufina borders the following municipalities: Dicomano
, Londa
, Montemignaio
, Pelago
, Pontassieve
, Pratovecchio
.
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:...
(municipality) in the Province of Florence
Province of Florence
The Province of Florence is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It has an area of 3,514 sq. km and a population of 933,860 in 44 comuni....
in the Italian
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...
region 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 ....
, located about 20 km east of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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Rufina borders the following municipalities: Dicomano
Dicomano
Dicomano is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 km northeast of Florence.Dicomano borders the following municipalities: Londa, Rufina, San Godenzo, Vicchio.-External links:*...
, Londa
Londa (FI)
Londa is a municipality in the Province of Florence in the central Italian region Tuscany.-Geography:The neighbouring communes are Dicomano, Pratovecchio , Rufina, San Godenzo and Stia....
, Montemignaio
Montemignaio
Montemignaio is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km east of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo....
, Pelago
Pelago
Pelago is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 20 km east of Florence. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,396 and an area of 54.8 km²....
, Pontassieve
Pontassieve
Pontassieve is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 14 km east of Florence, nearby Fiesole, at the confluence of the Arno and Sieve rivers.-History:...
, Pratovecchio
Pratovecchio
-History:Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist Paolo Uccello, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to Florence and became a citizen there in 1373.-Main sights:...
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Main sights
- Church of Santo Stefano, at CastiglioniCastiglioniCastiglioni is a surname, and may refer to:* Achille Castiglioni , Italian industrial designer* Arturo Castiglioni , Italian-American medical historian* St...
, an architectural complex formed of several buildings including a church and belltower. The interior of the church is divided into a nave and two aisles covered with a trussed ceiling. - Church of Santa Maria at Falgano
- PievePieveIn the Middle Ages, a pieve was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people...
of San Bartolomeo at PominoPominoPomino is a village belongs to the municipality of Rufina, in the province of Florence, region Tuscany. The village of Pomino is 7,36 kilometers far from the same town of Rufina to whom it belongs. The locality of Pomino rises 585 meters abobe sea level and the population counts 228 inhabitants.The... - Church of Santa Maria del Carmine ai Fossi
- Villa di Poggio Reale, a 16th century residence which now hosts events and conferences. A cypress-lined boulevard leads up to the facade of Villa Poggio Reale where Leopold II, Grand Duke of TuscanyLeopold II, Grand Duke of TuscanyLeopold II of Tuscany was the last reigning grand duke of Tuscany ....
stayed in 1829.