Lunigiana

Lunigiana is an historical region of Italy, in the provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara, in Tuscany and Liguria. The borders of the region derive from the ancient diocese of Luni, which no longer exists.

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During the Middle Ages, there were 160 castles in Lunigiana, only thirty of which have reached our times in a good state of preservation. The Historical origins of these castles date back to times when the Langobards dominated most of the Pianura Padana and when they, while seeking a coastal outlet, found in the Passo della Cisa the natural way in the Appennines:

Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...

La Spezia: La Spezia is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Gulf. It is one of the major Italian military and commercial harbours, located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea. La Spezia also hosts one of the biggest military industries of Italy, OTO Melara....

Massa Carrara: REDIRECT Province of Massa-Carrara...