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Lucca

Fortified town of Nozzano Castello

Nozzano Castello

Fortress of Montecarlo

Via Fortezza, 4, 55015 Montecarlo LU

Fortress of Monteggiori

Rocca di Monteggiori

Castellaccio di Bacciano Towers and fortifications

S. Romano di Garfagnana, località Villetta

The Bacciano fortified complex was perhaps one of the first castles to be placed on a height just above the valley floor; this was the valley's most ancient defence system, completed by other...

Castle of Altopascio Towers and fortifications

Altopascio

Famous for its "medieval hospitale" and for the chivalric order that derived from it, Altopascio develops north of the marshes of Bientina, near the small lake of Sibolla, marking the...

Castle of Porcari Towers and fortifications

Porcari

Porcari is a small commune, autonomous since 1913, after centuries of dependence from nearby Capannori. Since the 1960's its economy is based on industry, in particular paper mills, that attract...

Fortified town of Camaiore Sites and villages

Camaiore

Placed between the last ridges of the Apuan Alps and the sea, Camaiore's territory has many natural and historical attractions. The Municipality of Camaiore possesses many old churches, abbeys...

Fortified town of Castiglione Towers and fortifications

Castiglione di Garfagnana

Coming towards Castiglione already from afar it is possible to see the imposing walls that stretch for 750 meters, with a planimetric shape in the shape of an irregular quadrilateral. You enter the...

Fortified village of Cascio Towers and fortifications

Via delle Mura, 4, 55020 Cascio LU

To the south of Monteperpoli, on a terraced hill with grapevines, the imposing walls of Cascio dominate the bight where the Serchio enters its mid valley plain. Both thick and high, the walls are...

Fortress of Montalfonso Towers and fortifications

FORTEZZA DI MONT'ALFONSO, 55032 Castelnuovo di Garfagnana LU

The defensive complex of Mont'Alfonso qualifies as the most important military architectural emergency of the Garfagnana and dominates the underlying village of Castelnuovo from a hill of 453...

Fortress of Verrucole Towers and fortifications

Via del Forte, 25, 55038 Verrucole LU

The fortress of Verrucole, beautiful and imposing, is somewhat stretched along the north-east to south-west axis, on a hill above the village of San Romano Garfagnana in front of the Orecchiella...

Rocca di Sala e Rocchetta Towers and fortifications

Via della Rocca, 55045 Pietrasanta LU

Pietrasanta is, according to historians, one of the best preserved medieval towns in Tuscany. Its massive walls, its many rocche and its castles, set against the Apuan Alps, contain the history of...

Rocca of Castelnuovo Garfagnana Towers and fortifications

Castelnuovo Garfagnana

In the village of Castelnuovo Garfagnana stands an imposing military-style fortification which, after having been the seat of the Este government and having hosted the famous Ludovico Ariosto, in the...

Rocca of Castelvecchio Towers and fortifications

Piazza al Serchio

The fortified complex of Castelvecchio lies on a ridge at the junction of the routes linking Garfagnana respectively with the Po valley via the pass of Pradarena and with Lunigiana via the pass of...

Rocca of Ceserana Towers and fortifications

Piazza Sant'Andrea, 4, 55020 Ceserana LU

On a terraced hill to the left of the river Serchio, at about 400 m. a.s.l., the rocca of Ceserana faces the nearby village of Lupinaia along the ancient frontier between the territory of Lucca and...

Rocca of Coreglia Towers and fortifications

Coreglia Antelminelli

The fortified complex of Coreglia Anteminelli is on the highest part of an Apennine buttress along the steep banks of the torrents Ania and Segone; the village itself developed at the foot of the...

Rocca of Lucchio Towers and fortifications

55022 Lucchio LU

The rocca of Lucchio is situated at the top of a spur of rock jutting out over the valley of the Lima and the road running along it. The village lies at the foot of the fortification, stretched...

Rocca of Sassi Towers and fortifications

Via per Sassi Sopra, 4, 55020 Molazzana LU

It lies south-west of Castelnuovo Garfagnana on a suggestive cliff overlooking the valley of the torrent Turrite Secca, in an inaccessible position ideal for defence. At the foot of the rocca is the...

Rocca of Trassilico Towers and fortifications

Via Leopoldo Nobili, 22, 55027 Trassilico LU

On a hill 732 m. a.s.l. in a strategic position commanding the mid Serchio valley, the rocca of Trassilico occupies the highest part of the homonymous village. The village itself, crossed by roads...

Rocca of Villa Basilica Towers and fortifications

Villa Basilica

A small commune with less than 2000 inhabitants in the valley of the Pescia Minore, Villa Basilica overlooks an extraordinary panorama surrounded by mountains where medieval villages and fortresses...

Roman walls of Lucca Towers and fortifications

Lucca

The circle of walls was built at the time of the town's foundation, in the IInd century b.C., probably within a short space of time and with considerable effort of the settlers. Peace was quickly...

Stronghold of Forte dei Marmi Towers and fortifications

Piazza G. Garibaldi, 1, 55042 Forte dei Marmi LU

Situated on the coast in the centre of Versilia, Forte dei Marmi was founded by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo at the end of the eighteenth century with two functions, of customs and of defence. As its...

The territory of Lucca Towers and fortifications

Lucca

The hills surrounding Lucca are of exceptional beauty, not only for their woods and fertile slopes covered with vines and olive groves, but also because in the whole area are scattered medieval...

The territory of Massarosa Towers and fortifications

Massarosa

The territory of Massarosa has a great cultural and natural heritage: roman ruins, fortified villages, rests of castles and Romanesque churches are all part of a landscape crowned by the beauty of...

The territory of Stazzema Towers and fortifications

Stazzema

Surrounded by the Apuan Alps, Stazzema is in a panoramic position allowing us to admire the many scattered villages on the mountain slopes, that were inhabited since remote antiquity as the discovery...

The tower of Matilde Towers and fortifications

Via della Foce, 55049 Viareggio LU

In the part of Viareggio towards Migliarino Pisano, the fine Torre Matilde stands out against the sea on the Darsena Toscana near the mouth of the Burlamacca canal. Outstanding example of XVIth...

The tower of Sommocolonia Towers and fortifications

Barga, località Sommocolonia

Sommocolonia lies on a buttress of the Apennine, on the back of Barga. The landscape is represented by mountains gradually sloping down towards the alluvial plain where the main town lies; the slopes...

The walls of Perpoli Towers and fortifications

Perpoli

It is a high medieval settlement located on a hill overlooking the Serchio river to control the valley floor. Surrounded by a terraced land cultivated with vineyards, the city occupies the top of the...

Tower and Rocca of Ghivizzano Towers and fortifications

Via David Camilli, 59, 55025 Piano di Coreglia LU

The fortress of Ghivizzano was one of the most important Medieval military garrisons in the mid Serchio valley. It stands at the top of a hill not far above the valley floor and represents a...

Tower of Minucciano Towers and fortifications

Torre di Minucciano

The tower and fortifications of Minucciano are perched on a high rock jutting out at the confluence of two torrents along one of the ancient routes that, departing from Piazza al Serchio, linked...

Tower of Sillico Towers and fortifications

Pieve Fosciana, località Sillico

The origins of Sillico are medieval. It lies on the buttresses of the Apennine overlooking the alluvial plane and the village of Pieve Fosciana. It is an ideal observation point above the valley, in...

Walls of Barga Towers and fortifications

Barga

Barga stands right above an alluvial plain known as Pian Grande and crossed by two torrents. The town originally had three gates, but today only two remain, the Porta Reale and the Porta Macchiaia;...

Walls of Lupinaia Towers and fortifications

Fosciandora, località Lupinaia

The small village of Lupinaia lies on a buttress of the Apennines gently sloping down towards the Serchio river bed. It is situated along one of the ancient footpaths connecting Barga with...