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The Ethnographic Museum still boasts collections of objects and handicrafts from the old farming culture and from the folk culture of Lunigiana, such as equipment for the processing of hemp, wheat and chestnuts, resources of great importance for the local diet and economy.
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The Malgrate Castle, built in the 14th century as a military fortress and then two centuries later turned into a Malaspina residence, towers over this old village.
Worth a visit: St. Francesco Church (1530), where important
terracotta works from the Della Robbia School are to be found.
The Ethnographic Museum still boasts collections of objects and handicrafts from the old farming culture and from the folk culture of ... more
The Malgrate Castle, built in the 14th century as a military fortress and then two centuries later turned into a Malaspina residence, towers over this old village. Worth a visit: St. Francesco Church (1530), where important terracotta works from the Della Robbia School are to be found.
The Ethnographic Museum still boasts collections of objects and handicrafts from the old farming culture and from the folk culture of Lunigiana, such as equipment for the processing of hemp, wheat and chestnuts, resources of great importance for the local diet and economy.
In Villafranca there are several antique shops.
In the outskirts of Villafranca: Filetto, Groppoli, Tresana
The recent growth of business has turned Aulla into an important link for exchanges between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna (the region next to Tuscany). A large Exhibition Complex hosts numerous Fairs taking place the whole year round. Very little is left of the old town; the Brunella Fortress is, however, well worth a visit. It is a manor house of great dimension, which is now home to the Natural History Museum of Lunigiana. To be seen in the vicinity ...
giannit 09.09.2000
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Pontremoli still boasts many traces of its past: the Piagnaro Castle, the numerous medieval bridges, the historical centre, the churches and the old buildings, where precious Baroque paintings are to be found. Its theatre is one of the oldest in Italy. The old village used to be an important business centre and a meeting point for the first itinerant booksellers; not surprisingly Pontremoli is the place where the famous 'Bancarella' Literary Award ...
giannit 09.09.2000
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