Corella, Italy

Corella is a village (frazione) of the commune of Dicomano (province of Florence, central Italy). The village is located (mostly) in a valley of the Apennines (about 50 km from Florence).

Andrea del Castagno (who was born in a village not far from Corella, near the Monte Falterona, not far from Florence) lived in Corella during the war between Florence and Milan and returned to his home after the end of that war. (then, in 1440, he moved to Florence)

Corella has a church built in 1184.

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