Tourist attractions Fornovolasco

Inhabited since prehistory, this mountainous region, dissected by the Serchio Valley, boasts the wild beauty of breathtaking landscapes, ranging from the jagged peaks of the Alpi Apuani to the green hills of the Apennines. Still off the tourist track..

Named such due to the natural air holes which create a constant flow of air, the temperature remains at an invariable 10, 7° C in this cave which is why the residents of the neighbouring village local began using this "ice-box". The cave ha..

This beautiful Roman building made of white limestone is fronted by a portal that is large and sober which starts with a lintel sculpted with scenes of the harvest. The bell-tower is thickset and castellated with windows with small columns set in it...

The main historic buildings of the town are located in this large rectangular square. The cathedral, Duomo di San Martino , has a white marble façade, in the centre of which is a huge rose window surmounted by the coats of arms of the Medici and the..

Located in the Palazzo Moroni, this museum provides an insight into life in Upper Versilia from prehistoric times to the 18C. The exhibits focus on the period when the area was hotly disputed, coming under the successive control of Genoa, Lucca, Pisa..

Two frescoes (on opposite sides of the nave) by the Colombian artist, Fernando Botero, depict the Gateway to Paradise and the Gateway to Hell . The influence of the Renaissance masters is apparent, but numerous details such as Mother Teresa, Hitle..

Standing in front of Pietrasanta’s town hall is a Botero bronze: a nude warrior armed in the Classical style, but sculpted in the artist’s characteristic rounded manner. The square also has a work by Pietro Cascella.

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 ,..

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.

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