Comune di Massa Municipal coat of arms Country Italy Region Tuscany Province Massa-Carrara (MS) Mayor Fabrizio Neri (since May 2003) Elevation 65 m Area 94 km² Population  - Total 66,097  - Density 703/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates 44°02′N 10°08′E Gentilic Massesi Dialing code 0585 Postal code 54100 Patron St. Francis of Assisi  - Day October 4 [[Image:{{{map}}}|211px|center|{{{native_name}}}]] {{{native_name}}} Website: www.comune.massa.ms.it

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Located in the northern part of the Tuscany region, where sea and land naturally join in a wonderful and unique contrast, Massa has a population is approximately 69,000 inhabitants, distributed in five boroughs. Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria and Marche to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ...

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 worldwide known for the extraction and production of marble. Carrara is a city in the Massa Carrara province of Tuscany, Italy, famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. ... Venus de Milo, front. ...

History

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. Princes, than Dukes of Massa Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina (1554-1623) Carlo I Cybo-Malaspina (1623-1662) Alberico II Cybo-Malaspina (d. ... Malaspina can refer to: People Alessandro Malaspina, Italian explorer Places and objects, mostly named after Alessandro Malaspina Malaspina Glacier, Alaska Malaspina Provincial Park, British Columbia Malaspina University-College, British Columbia M/V Malaspina, Alaskan ferry Category: ...

In 1829 the city was handed over to Austrian branch of the Este family. In 1859, during the unification of Italy process, it joined the Kingdom of Sardinia Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy... Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont, with Savoia upper left (pink) and Nizza (Nice) lower left (brown) both now French, and Sardinia in the inset The Kingdom of Sardinia is a former kingdom in Italy. ...

Main sights

Massa's attractions include:

• The Malaspina Castle (15th century)
• The Renaissance Ducal Palace, on the Piazza Aranci
• The Cathedral

Toscana · Communes of the province of Massa-Carrara

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