Gallicano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany , located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Florence and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Lucca .
6-656: The municipality is located in Serchio Valley , on the west bank of the Serchio river. It is served by Barga-Gallicano railway station located on the opposite side of the river, accessible by a bridge built in 1923. Gallicano borders the following municipalities: Barga , Borgo a Mozzano , Castelnuovo di Garfagnana , Coreglia Antelminelli , Fabbriche di Vallico , Fosciandora , Molazzana , Fabbriche di Vergemoli . [REDACTED] Media related to Gallicano (Italy) at Wikimedia Commons This Province of Lucca location article
12-837: A Mozzano . In this section of the river, which is dammed in a number of places, it receives from the right the waters of the Edron, Tùrrite Secca, Tùrrite di Gallicano, Turrite Cava and the Pedogna; and from the left those of the Fiume, the Castiglione, the Sillico, and its most important tributary the Lima . This last, which is born at the Passo dell'Abetone and collects the waters of the Modenese and Pistoiese high Apennines, forms
18-564: A sub-basin in its own right and achieves a mean discharge of more than 20 cubic metres per second (710 cu ft/s). Having reached the plain of Lucca , where it is joined by the torrent Freddana , the Serchio turns westwards, crosses the “straits” of Filettole , and enters the Province of Pisa . Here it runs through San Giuliano Terme and Vecchiano before entering the Tyrrhenian Sea in
24-610: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Serchio The Serchio ( Italian: [ˈsɛrkjo] ; Latin : Auser ) is the third longest river in the Italian region of Tuscany at 126 kilometres (78 mi), coming after the Arno at 242 kilometres (150 mi) and the Ombrone , 161 kilometres (100 mi). By mean rate of flow, it is the second largest, smaller than Arno but larger than Ombrone. The principal source forms on
30-625: The area of the Parco di San Rossore , a few kilometres to the north of Pisa . The national road SS 12 ( Abetone – Brennero ) follows the course of the Serchio already to a Lucca's valley, after going up until Bagni di Lucca ; from here until the origins, from street to Capanne di Sillano and the step of Pradarena . The localities that the river crosses are, in Garfagnana: Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Barga, Bagni di Lucca; and in Lucchesia : Borgo
36-523: The slopes of Monte Sillano, elevation 1,864 metres (6,115 ft) and is joined by a secondary branch, the Serchio di Gramolazzo, at Piazza al Serchio . The river then crosses Garfagnana from north to south, from Sillano to a location beyond Castelnuovo di Garfagnana ; from here it continues through the Media Valle touching the municipal borders of the Comune of Barga and crossing the territory of Borgo
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