his municipality was born in 2015 from the merger of the municipalities Sillano and Giucugnano. It embraces the northern part of the Apennine side of the Garfagnana valley and marks the border between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna with, the highest peak in the Tuscan Apennines, the Monte Prado (2054 m AMSL). The tradition alloys the name of Sillano to Lucius Cornelius Silla, in transit with his legions, he was stopped in these places by a snowstorm. This was one of the transit routes to the Emilia region, also testified by the name Ospedaletto, ancient hospice built by Matilda of Canossa, just below the Pass of Pradarena.

The valley of Dalli and the one of Soraggio where, on the road to the Orecchiella Park there is the artificial basin of Vicaglia, converge on the village of Sillano and from those valley rises the Serchio River.

The territory of Giuncugnano is made up of seven hamlets, and thanks to its beauty, its deep-rooted agricultural tradition and the human presence in perfect harmony with the environment in which it lives, it ia a part of the Apennine Tuscan-emilian National Park.

Certainly the best known resort, although divided in half with the municipality of Minucciano, is the plateau of Argegna, with the Sanctuary of Madonna della Guardia, and the Passo di Tea, where excavations have brought back to light the foundations of the hospital of St. Nicholas; the legend has it that it was founded by Matilda di Canossa. Tea, border locality of three lordships (Este, Lucca and Florentine), was for centuries the obligatory passage connecting Lucca with Parma, before the opening of the streets in the low valley led to the abandonment of the high ground paths.