{{Infobox frazione | name = Scarperia | official_name = | native_name = | image_skyline = Scarperia from Il Palagiaccio.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = | region = Tuscany | province = Florence (FI) | comune = Scarperia e San Piero | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Scarperia'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/scarperia_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/|title=SCARPERIA|website=www.treccani.it}}</ref> is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Scarperia e San Piero, located in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy, about {{convert|30|km|mi}} north of Florence. It was an independent comune until 1 January 2014.
==Main sights== thumb|left|Palazzo dei Vicari in Scarperia * Chiesa di San Gavino al Cornocchio * Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista a Senni * Prepositura dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo * Oratorio della Madonna dei Terremoti * Oratorio della Madonna del Vivaio * Cappella della Madonna di Piazza * Pieve di Santa Maria a Fagna * Palazzo dei Vicari (Scarperia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mugellotoscana.it/en/itinerari/i-luoghi-dei-medici/il-palazzo-dei-vicari.html|title=Palazzo dei Vicari|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> * Villa Panna * Villa Il Torrino
== Traditions and sport ==
Scarperia is renowned for the production of ''ferri taglienti''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museoferritaglientiscarperia.it/?lang=en|title=Museum of Cutting Tools of Scarperia|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> (literally "cutting tools": knives, blades, razors, scissors), which is the main and most specialised craftsmanship in the area.<br/>Every year, the village celebrates the anniversary of its founding, during the event called Diotto.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prolocoscarperia.it/diotto/palio-del-diotto/|language=it|title=Palio del Diotto|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref><br/>The Mugello Circuit,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mugellocircuit.com/en/|title=Mugello Circuit|access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> home to Grand Prix motorcycle racing, is located in the near surroundings of the village.
==References== {{Reflist}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2022}}
==External links == *{{Commons category-inline|San Piero a Sieve}}
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