What to see- do: thereabout
Ancient villages
If you love history the Lunigiana is
the place for you;
the territory is littered with ancient
villages, castles and churches.
Each with his story, each with his own
feature and some even with stories of
ghosts and knights ...
In the pictures:
Mulazzo
Montereggio
Ponticello
Filetto
Castevoli
La Costa di Gavedo - localitą Gavedo - 54026 Mulazzo - MS - Toscana - Italy - tel. (+39) 3389050592 / info@lacostadigavedo.it
La Costa di Gavedo-Lunigiana-Toscana
Museums and churches
The History of Lunigiana is well
represented;
Museum of Stele Statues in
Pontremoli
https://www.statuestele.org
Ethnographic Museum in Villafranca
Museum of the Caves of Equi
https://www.grottediequi.it/
The Pieve di Filatiera
The Sanctuary of the Madonna del
Monte
In La Spezia the Naval Museum
Castles
Many castles scattered along the way
Francigena, in Lunigiana.
Ancient and strategic points of observation of
the control over the territory.
Some were real military fortresses,
others were the residences of Lords, and
yet the testimony of wealth
of the powerful family that owned them.
in the pictures:
Castles of Pontremoli,
Castles of Aquila,
Fortresse of Aulla,
Castles of Castevoli,
Castles of Malgrate,
Castles of Fosdinovo,
Castles of Lusuolo,
Castles of Terziere.
There is a specific site where they are indicated
opening days and hours:
www.istitutovalorizzazionecastelli.it
Il Parco Nazionale delle
Cinqueterre
offers spectacular scenery.
The five countries;
Riomaggiore
Manarola
Corniglia
Vernazza
Monterosso
they are easy to reach with
the train.
The use of the car is not recommended
especially in the seasons
spring and summer for the many
tourists.
As an alternative to the train, for lovers
of the sea, there is the possibility
to use the ferry:
Art City
A few kilometers away some
of the most beautiful
Italian cities;
Pisa
Firenze
Lucca
Sarzana
Parma
City by the sea
A few kilometers :
Lerici
Porto Venere
La Spezia
Massa-Carrara
Ancient Cites...
In the photos the remains of Luni
