Places to visit
It has dominated Carrara’s cathedral square with its imposing bulk for centuries: it is a marble statue of colossal proportions,…
Among the oldest villages in Massa, the name Borgo del Ponte certainly stands out, whose origins date back to the…
With its scenic viewpoints and easy trails winding through woods and meadows, Campocecina is a particularly popular destination, for tourists…
When one thinks of Carrara, only one thing comes to mind: its marble. Quarried and used since Roman times, the…
With its architectural qualities and substantial historical and artistic heritage, the Insigne Collegiata di Sant’Andrea, Carrara’s cathedral, is one of…
Although far from mass tourism, Carrara’s quarries have seen a steady flow of visitors in recent decades, in a context…
Housed in a 16th-century convent structure, the mudaC (Museo delle arti Carrara), is the centerpiece of initiatives in the arts…
In spite of its very small size, the municipality of Montignoso has experienced important passages from the historical point of…
The fortress of Castello Malaspina, known throughout the Apuan Riviera, stands on a hill formed by limestone rocks from the…
Situated in the hills of Lunigiana, in the province of Massa-Carrara, the Castello Malaspina of Fosdinovo is one of the…
In the past where the present Cathedral of Massa stands today on Via Dante Alighieri there was a Franciscan church…
The village of Fontia is a hamlet set on one of the very first hills of Carrara, on the border…
This brief itinerary among the public monuments of Massa and Carrara starts from Piazza Mercurio, the ancient market square in…
Lake Porta, located near Montignoso in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, is a small but fascinating nature reserve that has…
Luni was a city founded by the Romans at the mouth of the Magra River in 177 B.C. as a…
The city of Carrara has an ancient and solid tradition in the field of artistic marble working, the vitality of…
Marina di Carrara isthe northernmost seaside resort in Tuscany and is located on the border with Liguria. It is a…
Positioned on the Apuan Riviera in the province of Massa-Carrara, the seaside resort of Marina di Massa is known for…
The development of Massa’s historic center is inextricably linked to the figure of Alberico I Cybo Malaspina (1568-1623), a humanist…
Carrara’s historic center has come down to us almost intact, and is fully legible in the different phases of its…
Mount Sagro (1749m), with its imposing mass, towers over the town of Carrara and dominates its panorama: its profile, majestic…
The Museo Audiovisivo della Resistenza of the Provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara is located in Fosdivovo, in the…
Located in Massa, the Museo Etnologico delle Apuane “Don Luigi Bonacoscia” represents a valuable testimony to the culture, traditions and…
Palazzo Binelli is one of the historic palaces of nineteenth-century Carrara; its construction, from the foundations of a pre-existing building,…
With a major restoration, completed in 2015, Palazzo Cucchiari, home of the Giorgio Conti Foundation, has been returned to the…
Among the beauties that make up Piazza Aranci, the Palazzo Ducale, founded by Prince Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina, represents one of…
Piazza Alberìca (or Albèrica as it is commonly called in Carrara) is a central and and very important place in…
Historical notes dedicated to Aranci Square, in the heart of the city of Massa, refer to the ancient church of…
Piazza Martana, located at the foot of the hill dominated by the Malaspina Castle, represents one of the historic hearts…
In the heart of Massa’s historic center is Piazza Mercurio, a place steeped in history and architectural charm. This square…
The Massa and Carrara coastline is particularly suitable for vacations with children, but there is no shortage inland of destinations…
The Ponti di Vara are the most spectacular remnants of the old Ferrovia Marmifera, a daring engineering feat that allowed…
During World War II, the construction of air raid shelters was essential to protect civilians from the relentless bombing that…
Halfway between the city center and Pian della Fioba, San Carlo Terme is a hillside community famous for its thermal…
Located just outside Carrara’s Renaissance walls, along the route of the ancient Via Carriona (the first road link between the…
Located in the hills overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, the church of Sant’Eustachio in Montignoso, the parish church of the hamlet…
Now owned by the municipality, Carrara’s historic Teatro degli Animosi derives its name from the dedicatory inscription placed in the…
In addition to the Guglielmi Theater, the city of Massa boasts another important theatrical facility: the Teatro dei Servi, which…
Soon after the Unification of Italy, the city of Massa began to feel the need for a space dedicated to…
The history of the Apuan Alps Regional Park began in 1978, when a collection of signatures supported a popular initiative…
The Apuan Alps are not just marble and quarries: hidden among the paths of Pian della Fioba, between Massa and…
The Candia hills extend between the municipalities of Massa and Carrara, in a sunny foothill strip exposed to sea breezes,…
The establishment of Carrara’s “Museo Civico del Marmo” dates back to 1982: at the end of a long process of…
The Carmine Church stands at a crucial junction in Carrara’s historic center, where the very ancient Via Santa Maria and…
A missive dated Oct. 30, 1628, preserved in the register of the Curia Lunense, suggests the construction of an oratory…
The church of Saints Vitus and Modestus, martyrs during Diocletian’s persecutions in 300 A.D., is located in the municipality of…
Today fully integrated into the urban fabric, but once located in the open countryside, the church of San Francesco di…
The town of Avenza, a hamlet of the municipality of Carrara two kilometers from the beach, has a modern appearance…
The architecture of the Church of the Suffrage (also known as the Church of the Purgatory), decisively marks the urban…
While Marina di Carrara experienced a purely industrial development, with the expansion of port facilities and railroad connections, Marina di…
The ancient palace of the Cybo Malaspina family, which has dominated the city of Carrara for centuries, has a dual…
Among the various historic buildings that Massa can boast, the old Cadetti Palace houses the Diocesan Museum. Initially intended for…
The Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara was born, in 1769, as a school of drawing from the nude: the…
The Gothic Line represents one of the most complex and dramatic pages of World War II in Italy. This system…
In 1675, in Marina di Massa, the famous Villa Rinchiostra was transformed into a stately residence at the initiative of…
At the beginning of the twentieth century the economy of Carrara experienced a very strong economic growth, sustained by favorable…
Known and celebrated since antiquity, the Carrara Marble Quarries have been the destination, over the centuries, of an infinite number…
A place of great charm, at the foot of the Apuan Alps, the Marcognano Monumental Cemetery is one of the…
The port of Marina di Carrara today has a modern appearance and industrial facilities, but it hides a fascinating centuries-old…
The impassable, sometimes spectacular route created in the 18th century to unite the territories of the Duchy of Modena and…
The Via Francigena, also called Francisca or Romea, is not, as one might think, a single road, but is part…
The Apuan Alps mountain range is well known for its geological and natural heritage, rich in bio- and geo-diversity, but…
Fosdinovo is an ancient town of medieval origin whose hilly area dominates the plains of the Val di Magra and…
Little remains today of the “rocca gagliardissima di muraglie” that constituted the “castle of Lavenza,” described in 1602 by Alberico…
In the northern resort of Marina di Massa, also known by the name of Partaccia, there is a cylindrically shaped…
Among the paths of the Apuan Alps there is a place immersed in nature and definitely unique: it is Cava…
Via San Piero is an alley in the center of Carrara, a few steps from the central Piazza Alberica and…
Via VII Luglio in Carrara commemorates a pivotal episode in the town’s history, the Carrara Women’s Uprising of July 7,…
Villa Schiff-Giorgini is a splendid 19th-century villa that now houses the headquarters of the Montignoso municipality and the Municipal Library,…
A walk through Renaissance Massa can only begin at the monumental Porta Martana, the ancient entrance, for those coming from…