Protected to the north by hills covered with vineyards and olive trees, Pistoia has always been a place of commerce and industry and at the same time a center of art and culture. In addition to the buildings in the Romanesque “Pistoiese” style, you can admire notable creations with Gothic or Renaissance characteristics, to which today are added examples of contemporary art. The historic center can be visited on foot from the Piazza del Duomo, from where you can reach all the most significant monuments and museums included in the third circle of walls, whose construction dates back to 1306. The expansion beyond the third circle began with the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, a cadet branch of the royal house of Habsburg, starting from the second half of the 18th century. In recent years, the city has become an important tourist destination (it was the Italian capital of culture 2017) and a crossroads of the main European routes, so much so that it has been nicknamed “Little S…

Initially Fivizzano depended both legally and spiritually on Verrucola dei Bosi until 1377, the year in which the parish and the church were built in the town.For much of the Middle Ages, Fivizzano was associated with the Verrucola castle, in fact in documents it is always called “Foro Verrucolae”. In 1352 the great leader Marchese Spinetta Malaspina della Verrucola, ordered the construction of a “Hospital” in the city of Fivizzano, a fundamental element to assist residents and travelers who arrived or headed beyond the Apennines.

Today Fivizzano is an important tourist center for Lunigiana. Inserted within the Appennino Tosco Emiliano National Park, it is often the leader and focal point of numerous tourism projects connected to it.

The historic center of the city of Fivizzano recalls the golden age of Lunigiana, with its Piazza Medicea and the numerous events that take place here. One of the most important is the Disfida degli Arcieri. A historical…