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Wikipedia / Quarrata

Quarrata is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about south of Pistoia.

Main sights

  • Propositura (church) of Santa Maria Assunta

  • Pieve (pleban church) of San Bartolomeo at Tizzana, one of the frazioni of the municipality. Nearby are remains, including a standing watch tower, of the medieval castle

  • Villa La Magia, an example of Medici villa

  • Fattoria Santonuovo, an 18th-century patrician villa

  • Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Vignole, characterized by a 14th-century bell tower

Sport

The British Cycling academy has made Quarrata its training base for a number of years and as a result a number of British cyclists make their home in Quarrata, including Mark Cavendish, Steve Cummings, Peter Kennaugh and Geraint Thomas.

Twin towns

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