Stazzema


Stazzema is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca.

History

During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the site of a massacre of civil population by German SS soldiers and the Italian Black Brigades. A total of 560 people were killed, among them 100 children, one of them only 20 days old. The city received the Gold Medal for Military Valour after the war.

Geography

Stazzema borders the following municipalities: Camaiore, Careggine, Massa, Molazzana, Pescaglia, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli.

Hamlets

Stazzema is composed of 17 hamlets :
Arni, Cardoso, Farnocchia, Gallena, La Culla, Levigliani, Mulina, Palagnana, Pomezzana, Pontestazzemese, Pruno, Retignano, Ruosina, Sant'Anna, Stazzema, Terrinca, and Volegno. Despite municipal name, the town hall is not located in Stazzema, but in the nearby hamlet of Pontestazzemese.