Sarzana
Sign in to saveSarzana (, ; ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2023, it had a population of 21,786.
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Sarzana is a town in northwestern Italy, located in the Province of La Spezia in the Liguria region, with a population of about 21,800 people as of 2023. It sits at an important railway junction where routes to Pisa and Parma branch off from each other, and historically was the seat of a Catholic bishopric.
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- Sarzana
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- Città di Sarzana
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- Sarzana-Bandiera.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Liguria
- Italian comune.province
- La Spezia (SP)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Marinella di Sarzana, Falcinello, Sarzanello, San Lazzaro
- Italian comune.mayor
- Cristina Ponzanelli
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- 34
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- History
- Ecclesiastical history
- Main sights
- Notable locals
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Climate
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Sarzana (, ; ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former short-lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. It is east of La Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point where the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2023, it had a population of 21,786.
== History == The position of Sarzana, at the entrance to the valley of the Magra (ancient Macra), the boundary between Etruria and Liguria in Roman times, gave it military importance in the Middle Ages. The first mention of the city is found in 983 in a diploma of Otto I; in 1202 the episcopal see was transferred from the ancient Luni, southeast, to Sarzana.