Sommocolonia
Sommocolonia is a hilltop village in Barga, Lucca, Italy. As of 2022, it had a population of 21. The village was heavily damaged during World War II, where it was the site of a battle between the Wehrmacht and the African American 92nd Infantry Division.Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Frediano (Sommocolonia) and Pascoli House Museum.
San Frediano (Sommocolonia)
Church
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San Frediano (Sommocolonia) is a church.
Pascoli House Museum
Museum
Photo: Sara Moscardini, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pascoli House Museum opened in Castelvecchio Pascoli, Tuscany, Italy in 1960 and is devoted to the exhibition of the Italian writer Giovanni Pascoli's personal poetry. Pascoli House Museum is situated 2½ km southwest of Sommocolonia.
Collegiate Church of San Cristoforo, Barga
Church
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Collegiate Church of San Cristoforo, Barga is the main Roman Catholic church of the town of Barga, located in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castelvecchio Pascoli and Tiglio Basso.
Castelvecchio Pascoli
Hamlet
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Castelvecchio di Barga, officially Castelvecchio Pascoli, is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a frazione of the comune of Barga, in the province of Lucca, in the Serchio Valley, where poet Giovanni Pascoli bought the house "Cardosi-Carrara". Castelvecchio Pascoli is situated 3 km west of Sommocolonia.
Tiglio Basso
Hamlet
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Tiglio Basso is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southeast of Sommocolonia.
Tiglio Alto
Hamlet
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Tiglio Alto is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southeast of Sommocolonia.
Sommocolonia
- Type: Hamlet with 53 residents
- Description: human settlement in Barga, Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
- Categories: frazione and locality
- Location: Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.09287° or 44° 5′ 34″ northLongitude
10.49165° or 10° 29′ 30″ eastPopulation
53Elevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)Open location code
8FPG3FVR+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1293853221OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3166402Wikidata ID
Q2475352
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Satellite Map
Discover Sommocolonia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chechen to Turkish—“Sommocolonia” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Сомоколония (Лука)”
- Chechen: “Сомоколония”
- Dutch: “Sommocolonia”
- French: “Sommocolonia”
- Hungarian: “Sommocolonia”
- Italian: “Somma Colonia”
- Italian: “Sommocolonia”
- Serbian: “Sommocolonia”
- Serbian: “Сомоколонија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sommocolonia, Lucca”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sommocolonia”
- Tatar: “Сомоколония (Лука)”
- Tatar: “Сомоколония”
- Turkish: “Sommocolonia”
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