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'''Massa''' ({{IPA-it|ˈmassa|lang|It-Massa.ogg}}; {{Lang-egl|Masa}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in [[Tuscany]], central [[Italy]], the administrative centre of the [[province of Massa and Carrara]]. It is located in the [[Frigido]] River Valley, near the [[Alpi Apuane]], {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} from the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].
'''Massa''' ({{IPA-it|ˈmassa|lang|It-Massa.ogg}}; {{Lang-egl|Masa}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in [[Tuscany]], central [[Italy]], the administrative centre of the [[province of Massa and Carrara]]. It is located in the [[Frigido]] River Valley, near the [[Alpi Apuane]], {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} from the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].
It is also a biblical and a Hebrew name meaning lifting up a burden, uplifting, or a gift (Genesis 25:14).


==History==
==History==
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{{main|Duchy of Massa and Carrara}}

Massa is mentioned for the first time in the [[Tabula Peutingeriana]], a 2nd-4th century AD itinerary, with the name ''ad Tabernas frigidas'', referring perhaps to a stage on the Via Aemilia Scauri consular road from Pisa to [[Luni, Italy|Luni]].
Massa is mentioned for the first time in the [[Tabula Peutingeriana]], a 2nd-4th century AD itinerary, with the name ''ad Tabernas frigidas'', referring perhaps to a stage on the Via Aemilia Scauri consular road from Pisa to [[Luni, Italy|Luni]].


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===''Frazioni''===
===''Frazioni''===
Massa counts several hamlets (''[[Frazione|frazioni]]''): Altagnana, Alteta, Antona, Baita, Bargana, Bergiola, Bondano, Borgo del Ponte, Bozzone, Ca' di Cecco, Caglieglia, Campareccia, Canevara, Capaccola, Casania, {{lang|it|Casette}}, Casone, Castagnara, Castagnetola, Castagnola, Cervara, Cinque Vie, Ciremea, Codupino, Cupido, [[Forno (Massa)|Forno]], La Gioconda, Gotara, [[Gronda (Massa)|Gronda]], Grondini, Guadine, Le Iare, Lavacchio, Marina di Massa, Mirteto, Monte Pepe, Ortola, Pariana, Partaccia, Pian della Fioba, Poggi, Poggiolo, Poggioletto, il Ponte, Poveromo, Poveromo Macchie, Pratta, Puliche, Quercioli, Redicesi, Remola, Resceto, Ricortola, Rinchiostra, Rocca, Romagnano, Ronchi, San Carlo Terme, San Cristoforo, San Leonardo, San Lorenzo, Santa Lucia, Il Santo, Sei ponti, Turano, Vergheto, Le Villette, Volpigliano, Zecca.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}
Massa counts several hamlets (''[[Frazione|frazioni]]''): Altagnana, Alteta, Antona, Baita, Bargana, Bergiola, Bondano, Borgo del Ponte, Bozzone, Ca' di Cecco, Caglieglia, Campareccia, Canevara, Capaccola, Casania, {{lang|it|Casette}}, Casone, Castagnara, Castagnetola, Castagnola, Cervara, Cinque Vie, Ciremea, Codupino, Cupido, Forno, La Gioconda, Gotara, Gronda, Grondini, Guadine, Le Iare, Lavacchio, Marina di Massa, Mirteto, Monte Pepe, Ortola, Pariana, Partaccia, Pian della Fioba, Poggi, Poggiolo, Poggioletto, il Ponte, Poveromo, Poveromo Macchie, Pratta, Puliche, Quercioli, Redicesi, Remola, Resceto, Ricortola, Rinchiostra, Rocca, Romagnano, Ronchi, San Carlo Terme, San Cristoforo, San Leonardo, San Lorenzo, Santa Lucia, Il Santo, Sei ponti, Turano, Vergheto, Le Villette, Volpigliano, Zecca.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.italiamappata.it/toscana/provincia-di-massa-carrara/frazioni | website = Italiamappata| title = Frazioni della Provincia di Massa | access-date = 31 May 2022}}</ref>

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==Economy==
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The Massa area is of high touristic value and also hosts a concentration of some 600 industrial and craft activities, located within the so-called Apuan Industrial Zone, with a direct employment of more than 7,000 people. Together with the twin town of [[Carrara]], Massa is known for the extraction and production of [[marble]].


==Government==
==Government==
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*Piazza Mercurio
*Piazza Mercurio
*Marina di Massa
*Marina di Massa
*[[Orto Botanico delle Alpi Apuane "Pietro Pellegrini"]] is a mountain [[botanical garden]] maintained by the city.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}
*[[Orto Botanico delle Alpi Apuane "Pietro Pellegrini"]] is a mountain [[botanical garden]] maintained by the city.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ortobotanicoitalia.it/toscana/alpiapuane/ | website = Orto Botanico delle Alpi Apuane| title = Società Botanica Italiana | access-date = 31 May 2022}}</ref>

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==Economy==
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The Massa area is of high touristic value and also hosts a concentration of some 600 industrial and craft activities, located within the so-called Apuan Industrial Zone, with a direct employment of more than 7,000 people. Together with the twin town of [[Carrara]], Massa is known for the extraction and production of [[marble]].


==Transport==
==Transport==
;Buses
[[Massa Centro railway station]], opened in 1862, forms part of the [[Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway]]. The city is also served by the [[Autostrada A12 (Italy)|A12 motorway]], the national highway SS1 "Aurelia", and counts [[Massa-Cinquale Airport|a minor airport]] ([[IATA]]: QMM, [[ICAO]]: LILQ) in the neighboring village of [[Cinquale]]. From 1890 to 1932 Massa counted a [[Massa Tramway|railway line from Marina to Forno]] and, from 1922 to 1975, a monorail serving a marble quarry named [[Lizza di Piastreta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alpiapuane.com/|title=Alpi Apuane - Homepage}}</ref>
'''Consorzio Apuano Trasporti''', also known as '''CAT''', was the company that, since 1 January 1969, managed the local public transport by road in the province of [[Massa-Carrara]]. CAT went bankrupt in 2009 and was taken over by '''Autolinee Toscana Nord ATN'''. On 1 February 2015 ATN leased its management branch, vehicles, staff and facilities to [[CTT Nord]] until the end of the contract for the local public transport of the Tuscany.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.atnsrl.it/notizie.php |title = Notizie |publisher = Autolinee Toscana Nord |access-date = 1 June 2022 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130630011047/http://www.atnsrl.it/notizie.php |archive-date=30 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
CTT Nord together with [[VaiBus]] in 2017 extended its stay as a concessioner of ATN until 31 December 2019, from 1 January 2020 leased its management branch to [[RATP Dev]], a company of the French RATP group, awarding the contract for local public transport by road of the Tuscany Region.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://massa-carrara.cttnord.it/chi-siamo/P/445 |title = Soluzioni per la mobilità |publisher = CTT Nord |access-date = 1 June 2022 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130630011047/http://www.atnsrl.it/notizie.php |archive-date=30 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
;Train
[[Massa Centro railway station]], opened in 1862, forms part of the [[Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway]].
;Motorway
The city is connected to [[Autostrada A12 (Italy)|Autostrada A12]] and the national highway "[[Via Aurelia|SS 1 Aurelia]]".
;Airport
[[Massa-Cinquale Airport]] ([[IATA]]: QMM, [[ICAO]]: LILQ) is a [[general aviation]] airport located in the neighboring village of [[Cinquale]].
;Tramway
From 1890 to 1932 Massa counted on a railway line from Marina to [[Forno (Massa)|Forno]] and, from 1922 to 1975, a monorail serving a marble quarry named [[Lizza di Piastreta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alpiapuane.com/|title=Alpi Apuane - Homepage}}</ref>


==Sister cities==
==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}


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==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
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Massa within the province of Massa and Carrara
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Massa is located in Italy
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Massa is located in Tuscany
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Massa (Tuscany)
Coordinates: 44°02′N 10°08′E / 44.033°N 10.133°E / 44.033; 10.133
CountryItaly
RegionTuscany
ProvinceMassa and Carrara (MS)
Frazionisee list
Government
 • MayorFrancesco Persiani (Centre-right)
Area
[1]
 • Total94.1 km2 (36.3 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (30 September 2017)[2]
 • Total68,946
 • Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
DemonymMassesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
54100
Dialing code0585
Patron saintSt. Francis of Assisi
Saint dayOctober 4
WebsiteOfficial website

Massa (Italian: [ˈmassa] ⓘ; Emilian: Masa) is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa and Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, 5 km (3 mi) from the Tyrrhenian Sea.

History[edit]

Main article: Duchy of Massa and Carrara

Massa is mentioned for the first time in the Tabula Peutingeriana, a 2nd-4th century AD itinerary, with the name ad Tabernas frigidas, referring perhaps to a stage on the Via Aemilia Scauri consular road from Pisa to Luni.

From the 15th to the 19th century, Massa was the capital of the independent Principate (later Duchy) of Massa and Carrara, ruled by the Malaspina and Cybo-Malaspina families. Massa is the first recorded town in Europe in which the magnetic needle compass was used in mines to map them and determine the extent of various mine owners' properties.[citation needed]

In 1829 the states were inherited by Francis IV, Duke of Modena. In 1859, during the unification of Italy process, it joined the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Geography[edit]

Located in south of the province, near the borders with the Province of Lucca, Massa is a coastal town by the Tyrrhenian Sea. The municipality borders with Carrara, Fivizzano, Minucciano (LU), Montignoso, Seravezza (LU), Stazzema (LU) and Vagli Sotto (LU).

Frazioni[edit]

Massa counts several hamlets (frazioni): Altagnana, Alteta, Antona, Baita, Bargana, Bergiola, Bondano, Borgo del Ponte, Bozzone, Ca' di Cecco, Caglieglia, Campareccia, Canevara, Capaccola, Casania, Casette, Casone, Castagnara, Castagnetola, Castagnola, Cervara, Cinque Vie, Ciremea, Codupino, Cupido, Forno, La Gioconda, Gotara, Gronda, Grondini, Guadine, Le Iare, Lavacchio, Marina di Massa, Mirteto, Monte Pepe, Ortola, Pariana, Partaccia, Pian della Fioba, Poggi, Poggiolo, Poggioletto, il Ponte, Poveromo, Poveromo Macchie, Pratta, Puliche, Quercioli, Redicesi, Remola, Resceto, Ricortola, Rinchiostra, Rocca, Romagnano, Ronchi, San Carlo Terme, San Cristoforo, San Leonardo, San Lorenzo, Santa Lucia, Il Santo, Sei ponti, Turano, Vergheto, Le Villette, Volpigliano, Zecca.[3]

Economy[edit]

The Massa area is of high touristic value and also hosts a concentration of some 600 industrial and craft activities, located within the so-called Apuan Industrial Zone, with a direct employment of more than 7,000 people. Together with the twin town of Carrara, Massa is known for the extraction and production of marble.

Government[edit]

See also: List of mayors of Massa

Main sights[edit]

Massa's sights include:

Transport[edit]

Buses

Consorzio Apuano Trasporti, also known as CAT, was the company that, since 1 January 1969, managed the local public transport by road in the province of Massa-Carrara. CAT went bankrupt in 2009 and was taken over by Autolinee Toscana Nord ATN. On 1 February 2015 ATN leased its management branch, vehicles, staff and facilities to CTT Nord until the end of the contract for the local public transport of the Tuscany.[5] CTT Nord together with VaiBus in 2017 extended its stay as a concessioner of ATN until 31 December 2019, from 1 January 2020 leased its management branch to RATP Dev, a company of the French RATP group, awarding the contract for local public transport by road of the Tuscany Region.[6]

Train

Massa Centro railway station, opened in 1862, forms part of the Pisa–La Spezia–Genoa railway.

Motorway

The city is connected to Autostrada A12 and the national highway "SS 1 Aurelia".

Airport

Massa-Cinquale Airport (IATA: QMM, ICAO: LILQ) is a general aviation airport located in the neighboring village of Cinquale.

Tramway

From 1890 to 1932 Massa counted on a railway line from Marina to Forno and, from 1922 to 1975, a monorail serving a marble quarry named Lizza di Piastreta.[7]

Sister cities[edit]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Massa is twinned with:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Population data from Istat
  3. ^ "Frazioni della Provincia di Massa". Italiamappata. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Società Botanica Italiana". Orto Botanico delle Alpi Apuane. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Notizie". Autolinee Toscana Nord. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Soluzioni per la mobilità". CTT Nord. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Alpi Apuane - Homepage".

Sources[edit]

  • Menziani, Alberto (2011). "Massa dall'Unità d'Italia alla Prima Guerra Mondiale: mezzo secolo di stori urbanistica o la nascita della città contemporanea". Atti e Memorie della Deputazione di storia patria per le antiche provincie modenesi. pp. 261–300.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massa.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Massa, Tuscany.
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