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

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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, and Geraint Thomas.

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Twin towns

Vaslui, Romania

Agounit, Western Sahara

References

External links

Official website

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