Piazza al Serchio
Piazza al Serchio
iazza al Serchio is the most important road junction of the upper Garfagnana, here the connecting roads with Emilia and Lunigiana converge, but it is also the point where the Serchio of Sillano joins the Serchio of Gramolazzo giving origin to the river which, with its course, characterizes the entire valley. Doglioni, black rocks of volcanic origin, rise as sentinels of the river and the ancient castle Castelvecchio, recently restored, stood on the top as a defense place of this obligatory point of passage. The name of the town derives from a wide area called, precisely, Piazza and used in the medieval times, as a market place and which is now located near the current railway station. It is said that right in front of this space stood a very important parish church that, in its ecclesiastical jurisdiction, had 30 churches. Today of the old parish church only the bell of 1271 remains, discovered during recent excavations. The hump-backed bridge in Piazza al Serchio and, even more impressive, the bridge of S. Michele, the only access route to the medieval village, testify the strategic and economic importance of the town.
The municipal library houses the important Museo dell’Immaginario Folklorico, which collects material of the oral tradition from Tuscany and Liguria. The library has also a specialized section on folk traditions.
All the little hamlets of the municipality, surrounded by fields cultivated with farro and fodder crops, are worth seeing: Contra, Cortia, Nicciano, Cogna, Livignano, Sant’Anastasio and Petrognano, and finally, Borsigliana which preserves within the church a 15th century triptych of Madonna and Child by the Master of Borsigliana, named Pietro da Talada, which is worth a visit.
Ideas
Garfagnana and the Serchio valley guard architectural jewls and priceless natural oasis: to discover them is the most beautiful quest.
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Garfagnana and the Serchio valley guard architectural jewls and priceless natural oasis: to discover them is the most beautiful quest.
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