Towers and fortifications

Towers and fortifications

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The Lands of Giacomo Puccini, are border lands and have been the matter of contest and wars for the control of strategic passages in the Italian history of men, goods and armies. Towers, fortified villages, castles, vestiges of ancient and modern war constructions are the highlights of evocative repositories of history.

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Towers and fortifications

Fortified town of Nozzano Castello

Nozzano Castello

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Fortress of Montecarlo

Via Fortezza, 4, 55015 Montecarlo LU

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Fortress of Monteggiori

Rocca di Monteggiori

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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

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 Montemagno Towers and fortifications

Camaiore, località Montemagno

The road that climbs from Camaiore to Montemagno through the spectacular Freddana valley allows some magnificent views. Montemagno is a small, pretty village gathered around a church on the road to...

Castle of Porcari Towers and fortifications

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...

Castle of Rotaio Towers and fortifications

Via Rotaio, 55041 Camaiore LU

In a dominant position on the route of the ancient Via Francigena, among the cultivated hills a vine and olive tree, Rotaio, enjoys an extraordinary charm. Its privileged position had to attract the...

Fortified town of Camaiore Sites and villages

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...

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