Tourist attractions Sarzana

Housed in a completely restored 17C convent, the collection was accumulated by Amedeo Lia,who amassed over 1 100 works over his lifetime, and then donated to the city. The works date from Roman times to the 18C displayed according to theme; exhibits ..

This wild landscape and the enormous amount of work carried out by the quarrymen over the years make these quarries a particularly impressive spectacle. The Colonnata quarries 8,5 km East of these ones, are surrounded by greenery.

It is on a height to the north-east of the city and was built in 1322 by Castruccio Castracani , the condottiere of Lucca. It has deep moats and massive curtain walls and is a curious example of military architecture. From the keep there is a magnif..

The Marble Museum focuses on the use of marble from Antiquity to the modern day. It is broken down into five sections: the first uses archaeological pieces to illustrate the use of marble in the region during Roman times. The second room, the Marble ..

The cathedral of Sarzana has a magnificent retable in finely sculpted marble from 1432 by Riccomani. In the chapel to the left of the chancel there is an arresting crucifix , a masterpiece of Romanesque painting, Guglielmo of Lucca in 1138. Finall..

La Lunigiana is a region of great diversity, ranging from karstic (limestone) caves rich in concretions to Mediterranean scrubland. The museum, housed in the Fortezza della Brunella, offers an excellent opportunity to find out more about this region ..

Carrara’s Romanesque-Gothic cathedral has a Pisan-style façade ornamented with an intricately worked and beautiful marble rose window, and an elegant 13C bell tower. The interior boasts a number of interesting 14C statues.

This modern church is decorated with figurative mural paintings completed in 1978 by Dino Cellini .

Entirely made of marble, this modernised Cathdral accommodates a baptismal font, A Madonna of the Pinturicchio, the tombs of the Malaspina and a 16C crib.

Concealed among semi-derelict medieval fortifications dominating the city, this Renaissance castle (15C-16C) belonged to the Malaspina , a powerful family which ruled the city until the 18C, who built as their residence the Palazzo Cybo Malaspina ,..