Garfagnana is the hilly to mountainous area to the north of Lucca. The valley has a long history: artefacts and excavations provide evidence of the presence of humans since the Palaeolithic period (from around 2 million to around 9,000 BC). There is evidence of settlements in the Bronze Age. Etruscan outposts certainly arrived here, but […]
The small Eremo della Spelonca is located on Mount Cupola in the Pisan Mountains. The Eremo della Spelonca is located on a hiking trail (numbers 120 and 00) and you can start from Santa Maria del Giudice (Lucca) from the upper part of the town or through the tunnel to San Giuliano Terme (Pisa). You […]
The church of San Jacopo di Lupeta is near the village of Vicopisano. The original name of the church was San Mamiliano Vescovo, as you can read on the entrance portal. The church and a monastery with the name San Mamiliano are mentioned in writing as early as 757. A relief figure from the period […]
There is a little oasis in Tuscany that is hardly known. An area where time has stood still. Where you can see the authentic Tuscany on every corner, far from the tourist crowds. Few of them know it as the “Valleriana” valley, but most as “Svizzera Pesciatina” (Pescia Switzerland). This last name is relatively new, because […]
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