Locations and hamlets
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Aramo
It rises on a peak overlooking the underlying Val di Torbola; the town was the scene of bitter disputes several times around the 1400s, sacked and lar...
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Castelvecchio
In the center of the village of Castelvecchio there is the Oratory of the SS. Rosary, entirely decorated with Stories of the Virgin and Christ, it is ...
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Collodi
Collodi is a fraction of the Italian municipality of Pescia, in the province of Pistoia, in Tuscany. Medieval village documented since the 12th centu...
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Fibbialla
The entrance is marked by the rectory of S. Michele, around which the town is structured. Inside there are some seventeenth-eighteenth-century paintin...
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Medicina
The castle is known for the ancient church dedicated to S.S. Sisto and Martino. Built in the fifteenth century, it crowns the high wooded hill on the ...
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Pescia
The city of Pescia is located at the north-western limit of the Valdinievole (of which it is the historic capital), a short distance from the border o...
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Pietrabuona
Pietrabuona: the natural gateway to the “Svizzera Pesciatina”. Situated on a hill in a strategic position, in the Middle Ages the town was the site of...
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Pontito
The castle (749 meters above sea level) known since the 9th century as a possession of the bishops of Lucca, stands at the source of the Pescia river....
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San Quirico
It is one of the most beautiful castles in Valleriana. Located on the eastern side of Monte Battifolle, it is a town that offers a view of all the val...
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Sorana
The ancient village, nestled on the slopes of Mount Petritulo, takes its name from the fortress, of which only a few remains remain today and which wa...
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Stiappa
Located on the slopes of Mount Battifolle, at 627 meters above sea level, the ancient town marked for centuries the border between the Grand Duchy of ...
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Vellano
Vellano The recognized capital of Switzerland Pesciatina and once a renowned holiday resort, the town - ancient Avellanum - rises in a panoramic posit...
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