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Around Lucca: the garfagnana area: Castiglione Garfagnana
The village has two ancient churches, San Michele and San Pietro. Cobbled streets leading out of the main square and are lined with Medieval and Renaissance palaces (some with rooftop terraces) found alongside small craft workshops and humbler dwellings.  

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Region: TOSCANA
Province code: LU
Zip code: 55033
Phone area code: 0583
Distance from LUCCA 52 Km / 32 Miles
Elevation: 545 mt / 1793 feet

populations n° 1.967 (1998)
Tourist office: 55033 - Castiglione Garf.na - P.zza V. Emanuele, 1 Phone +39 058368029/278 - Telefax +39 058368029



"Castrum Leonis" "The Lion Fortress"

The town lies on a hill, from which it dominates all the valley set between the soft Appennines and the more imposing Alpi Apuane. (Apuans Alps)


In the high part of the village, the imposing fortress rises on a rocky spur. It is a defensive structure with an irregular perimeter and three towers with a semicircular plan.

In correspondance of the entrance we find the remains of a quadrangular tower that constituted the defensive structure of the access way. The height of the walls varied between 11 and 17 meters according to the natural gradient of the ground. On the fortress we can admire a wonderful panorama of the surrounding valley. Inside the fortress has suffered modifications because of the change from fortified place to residential place. Today the fortress is private property, the proprietor permits the visits only if guided.

The story
Its story begins as an ancient “castrum” built by the Romans.



Castiglione
is located in a strategic position in the valley that, in this period, was crossed by an important road of forced passage between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. For its strategic position it had a stormy past and it suffered many sieges. The first one, by Lucca, in 1170 provoked a lot of damage. The surrender commited Lucca to the recostruction and the elevation to center of Vicaria. But the insolences and onerous taxes caused new wars. In 1227 it was besieged and suffered more destruction by Lucca’s soldiers. The peace stipulated in 1371 delivered the fortress definitively to Lucca which installed a permanent commissioner. The town walls strengthened (walls that we can still be seen today!)

This village, which is now an important summer resort, is in a splendid position and has a particular and charming atmosphere.
In fact the centre of the little town lies inside a fortified ring of walls with a fortress built by the Lucchesi in 1371.
The most important monument is the church of St. Michael, dating back to the XV century.
Its façade, unfinished, is decorated with little arches and columns and a "Protiro" of the XVIII century.

The village of Castiglione developped around the fortress and for reason of protection it was surrounded by walls and towers. The walls extend for 750 metres, they were equipped with loop holes and a watch walk. On two of the towers we find the bell towers of the principal churches. (St. Michele and St. Pietro).

The most important monument of Castiglione is the church of St. Michael, dating back to the XV century.
Its façade, unfinished, is decorated with little arches and columnes and a Protiro of the XVIII century.
Inside there are remarkable works of art: a canvas representing the Virgin with Baby made by Giuliano di Simone in 1389, a black wooden Crucifix dating back to the XV century, a fine marble tabernacle for the Holy Oils of the XVI century and in a vestry a beautiful silver thurible, made in the XV century representing a little medieval castle.

Today we can enter in the suburg through three doors, but in the past there was an only access door with drawbridge because around the walls there was a deep ditch. The other two doors had opened in the XVIII century to make the entry in the village more easy.The strengthened complex of Castiglione could be considered one of most important and suggestive examples of a “living Castle”.

Visit the museum:
ROCCA DI CASTIGLIONE
Location: CASTIGLIONE DI GARFAGNANA
phone: (+39) 0583/68029-68543

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