The Apuan Alps Regional Park, within which the municipality of Minucciano is located, is a territory that extends between Garfagnana and Versilia for about 2000 hectares, and includes a great variety of mountain and hilly environments as well as the famous marble quarries white, from which the famous
Garfagnana is a territory in the province of Lucca, in Tuscany, between the Apuan Alps and the main chain of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, entirely crossed by the Serchio river and its many tributaries, and rich in woods. Nature in Garfagnana dominates unchallenged, with pristine forests and peaks
Continuing along the road that surrounds the mountain in a ring, you arrive at a place where travelers used to find refuge in the past. A Marian sanctuary with a vast lawn around and a wonderful view of Monte Pisanino, the highest peak in the Apuan Alps. The Sanctuary, built in the 19th century, is a
Museum of Identity of the Upper Garfagnana Olimpio Cammelli of Gorfigliano (Lucca) The museum is located in Gorfigliano, Lucca, in Garfagnana. It is located next to the Old Church, on the top of the Colle di Casa where once stood the Castle and the Old Town. In 1983, at the behest of the parish
The hermitage of the Beata Vergine of the Soccorso is located about 2 km from Minucciano on the top of a hill which is accessed from the road that leads to Pieve San Lorenzo from Minucciano.Originally it was a hospitable place for the reception of pilgrims and wayfarers. The establishment of the
Bergiola is a small medieval village totally abandoned following the earthquake of 1920, located not far from the hamlet of Pieve San Lorenzo in the municipality of Minucciano (LU), at 500 meters above sea level, along an ancient road now reduced to a path. It has the classic perched and fortified structure
It is the most populous center of the Municipality of Minucciano and is located on the slopes of Monte Pisanino. It extends along the Acqua Bianca valley at a height of 690 m. above sea level. The village boasts very ancient origins and is mentioned for the first time in a 793 sales contract, during
The Gramolazzo lake, which takes its name from the village on its left bank, is an artificial reservoir, created in the second half of the 1900s, together with the nearby Vagli lake, by SELT Valdarno for the hydroelectric exploitation of the Serchio river and its tributaries. It is currently managed
Going down the road that from Monte Argegna leads to the nearby Municipality of Sillano-Giuncugnano, on the left you can admire the remains of what in the Middle Ages was the ancient Hospitale di San Nicolao di Tea (we already find mentions in the thirteenth century) which fulfilled the important function
Monte Argegna is the peak (1019 m asl) overlooking the Passo dei Carpinelli and offers a wonderful panorama that ranges from the highest peaks of the Apuan Alps to the sea, when the weather conditions are favorable. On its top there is the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Guard, built in the nineteenth century