Pieve San Lorenzo church - Minuciano town
Most of the territory of this municipality is part of the
Parco Regionale delle Alps Apuane and includes some of the
most important peaks of the Apuan Alps, such as the Pisanino,
Pizza d'Uccello, Gondilce and Tambura, for excursions and
mountain climbing. A watershed between the Serchio and the
Magra valleys, in the past, this town was often fought over
by the city of Lucca and the house of Malaspina.
On the road to Minucciano pass through the
towns of Gorfigliano, dominated over by Monte Pisanino,
and Gramolazzo, important centre of the marble industry,
where the remains of one of the Malaspina castles are still
visible, and then drive by Lake Gramolazzo.
It finally passed into the domain of Lucca
in the XIV century and always enjoyed privileged treatment
because of its strategic position. Minucciano's major resource
is marble, but, unfortunately, the isolation of the area
did not favour this trade and oblidged many of its natives
to emigrate. The inhabited centre still preserves the very
interesting romanesque parish church of San Lorenzo, on
the bank of the Tassonara stream, marked by a lovely octagonal
bell tower.
Paradise Lake (lago paradiso) - Minucciano
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