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La Fortezza di Sarzanello
Just north of Sarzana, the Fortress Practical Information
of Sarzanello rises on a hill in an La Spezia.
excellent strategic position from Road Map F4–5.
which to control the lower Lunigiana. * 20,000. n Piazza San
Built for Castruccio Castracani, a lord Giorgio, 0187 620 419.
of Lucca, in around 1322, it was _ “Soffitta in Strada”, crafts
altered in later centuries, including and antiques market (first 3
in 1493, when it was restored by weeks of Aug).
the Florentines. The fortress is built ∑ welcomesarzana.it
on a triangular plan and has three
cylindrical corner towers. Access is Transport
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gained by crossing a bridge, which
straddles a deep moat.

. Cittadella
This imposing fortress was built by
Lorenzo the Magnificent, the powerful Medici
ruler of Florence, from 1488–92. It is built on a
rectangular plan with six round towers and a
moat. The 16th-century walls were constructed
by the Genoese.
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corresponds to the
ancient Via Francigena,
which links the Neo-
Classical Porta Romana
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and Porta Parma.
The Cross of
Maestro Guglielmo, Sarzanello
the work of a Tuscan artist,
dated 1138, can be seen in the Key
Cathedral. A key work, it was a prototype
for the crucifixes painted in Tuscany and Suggested route
Umbria in the following two centuries.

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