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.Places of Interest
Highlights include San Frediano (Sommocolonia) and Pascoli House Museum.
San Frediano (Sommocolonia)
Church
Pascoli House Museum
Museum
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
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
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.
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
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Latitude
44.09287° or 44° 5′ 34″ north
Longitude
10.49165° or 10° 29′ 30″ east
Population
53
Elevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)
Open location code
8FPG3FVR+4M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza San Rocco and Chiesa di San Rocco.
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