Along the road through the Lunigiana leads to Passo del Cerreto, on top of a hill overlooking the stream Rosaro, is Fivizzano village developed in the thirteenth century as director of defense Emilia on the road that connected the Gulf of Spezia.
Fivizzano In medieval times was located in the Verrucola castle, perched on the adjacent hill, the village formed before the fort, had the characteristic elongated structure typical of principals assigned to the control of mountain passes. The town was for
centuries dominated by the Malaspina, who built the first walls, until 1477 when it came under the control of the Medici, who enlarged and reinforced the perimeter wall for the first time in 1478 and again in 1540.
The moment of greatest glory came in 1633 when it was declared the seat of the government of the Lunigiana, receiving the title "Florence of Lunigiana", as towns in the area most affected by the presence Medici. Our tour begins
Sarzanese crossing gate that leads us in Via Umberto I overlooked the little church of Prisons, which houses a precious painting of seventeenth-century Florentine school, and the Governor's Palace, current city hall. Continuing
come to the heart of town, or Piazza Medici, characterized by elegant Renaissance palaces and the imposing fountain decorated by Cosimo III in 1683.
In a corner of the square stand the provost church of Saints Jacopo and Antonio, built in 1377, with expansions in the sixteenth century.
The interior has three naves, divided by columns of stone, has an elegant walnut choir dated 1675, two sixteenth-century Florentine school boards representing St. Sebastian and St. Roch, a Resurrection of Lazarus, the painter Pietro Sorri. After leaving the
go up a short distance in the direction of Pognana, where is the Romanesque church dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta. The church is no news since 1137, but its current appearance dates from the early thirteenth century, although altered by subsequent actions.
The interior is divided into three naves separated by massive columns with capitals in Lombard-Carolingian era finely carved.
The nave and the left end in semicircular apses, while the right wall is inserted a marble fragment depicting two peacocks and a cross, matching capitals.
Back on the road to Passo del Cerreto, we reach the village of Verrucola, dominated by the castle built during the fourteenth century by Spinetta Malaspina around the tower of the former fort belonged to the family of Bosi, dating back to 1044.
The castle consists of a massive square tower and a tower surmounted by corbels, surrounded by defensive walls with two gates. Adjacent to the castle is the Church of Santa Margherita, with its Renaissance façade preceded by an elegant lodge, which houses a wooden altar with a fine century altarpiece. Proceeding towards the Cerreto meet the Parish of St. Paul in Vendaso.
The building was remodeled several times, has over portal a mullioned window surmounted by a cross-shaped, while the apse is softened by small arches resting on corbels and mullioned windows.
The interior, with a trussed roof, is divided into three naves by columns with capitals representing animals, birds, flowers and enigmatic figures.
The last stop of our visit is the tiny village of Viano, located in the valley carved by the river Lucido, where stands the Pieve di San Martino, from very ancient origins. The church, which is known dating from the mid-twelfth century, originally built in Romanesque style, a worm several times until it looks current, which has the lower part of the Renaissance-style façade is rusticated while the upper part of the typical Baroque style. As previously mentioned churches and the countless others scattered throughout the Lunigiana, the Pieve di Viano demonstrates the strong religious devotion of the inhabitants of this rugged stretch of territory Apennine sneaking the borders of three different Italian regions.
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