Pracchia

Pracchia
Frazione
View of Pracchia Alta
View of Pracchia Alta
Pracchia is located in Italy
Pracchia
Pracchia
Location of Pracchia in Italy
Coordinates: 44°03′21″N 10°54′29″E / 44.05583°N 10.90806°E / 44.05583; 10.90806
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvincePistoia (PT)
ComunePistoia
Elevation
616 m (2,021 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
268
DemonymPracchiesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51027
Dialing code(+39) 0573
Patron saintSt. Lawrence
WebsiteOfficial website
The mill of Setteponti

Pracchia is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of the municipality of Pistoia, in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany. In 2011 it had a population of 268.[1]

History

Due to its position, the village hosted a customs between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal States. In 1524, the construction of the first blast furnaces to manufacture of iron from Elba island began.

Geography

The village is located in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine Mountains, lesser than a km from the borders of Emilia-Romagna, between Pistoia (26 km south) and Bologna (81 km north). It is 1 km from Vizzero, 11 from San Mommè, 12 from San Marcello Pistoiese and 16 from Porretta Terme.[2]

The settlement is crossed in the middle by the river Reno, that divides it into "Pracchia Alta" (Upper Pracchia) and "Pracchia Bassa" (Lower Pracchia). North of the village is located a zone named "Setteponti" (Seven Bridges), once known as "Mulino del Pillotti" (Pillotti's Mill), and the seat of the ancient customs.

Transport

The village is served by a station on the Porrettana railway Bologna-Pistoia.[3][4] It was the junction point of an abandoned narrow-gauge railway, the Ferrovia Alto Pistoiese (FAP) Pracchia-San Marcello Pistoiese-Mammiano, dismantled after 1965.[5]

  • Pracchia railway station (FS)
    Pracchia railway station (FS)
  • The former Pracchia (FAP) station, in front of the working one
    The former Pracchia (FAP) station, in front of the working one
  • A bridge over the Reno river
    A bridge over the Reno river
  • An old house of Pracchia Alta
    An old house of Pracchia Alta

References

  1. ^ a b (in Italian) Info at italia.indettaglio.it
  2. ^ 478152022 Pracchia on OpenStreetMap
  3. ^ 1302989610 Pracchia railway station on OpenStreetMap
  4. ^ (in Italian) The Porrettana railway on Pracchia website
  5. ^ (in Italian) The Pracchia-Mammiano railway on ferrovieabbandonate.it
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