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Things to do in Pontremoli Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Pontremoli Italy. If you’are planning to visit Pontremoli for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Pontremoli and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Pontremoli and its territory.  Share and suggest a place you've visited.

Pontremoli, beautiful town in the Tuscan countryside

Pontremoli, museum of prehistory
Pontremoli, museum of prehistory
Pontremoli is a city to which I am particularly linked, thanks also to the memory of a pleasant school trip from elementary school. It is from that time that every time I hear about this beautiful town, panoramas, smells and flavors of other times emerge to my mind.

After several years, I decided to return to visit this characteristic Tuscan village. Located on a gentle hill in a raised position, from here you can enjoy the typical views of Tuscany rich in woods full of excellent mushrooms, olive groves and vineyards with sweet scents.

City with a typically medieval morphology, it had a great economic and cultural flowering already since the period of ancient Rome. Every year an ancestral tradition is repeated in Pontremoli, a challenge between two parishes and two patrons who compete for the largest and most durable bonfire, stacking wood and shrubs in quantity.

The medieval rivalry between Guelphs and Ghibellines is still reflected in the glow of the two bonfires. Two magical nights that illuminate the night in Pontremolese and reverberate on the houses of the historic center.
An event of a magical and enchanting suggestion.
written by Andrew Russell - Last update: 14/09/2021
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What To See near Pontremoli

Filattiera (7 Km)

Castello Malaspina di Filattiera

The castle of Filattiera is a fortress built entirely of stone, of Byzantine origin and extends on both sides of the main square of the city. The fortified structure is a building dating back to the 13th century and has been subject to various renovations. Strong of the feudal Malaspina, it has, inside, three large salons. Today there is very little left and it is a private property. Access and visits to the property are only allowed by appointment.

Aulla (20 Km)

Castello di Bigliolo ruderi

The castle of Bigliolo was one of the fortifications of the great Episcopal Court of Lunigiana, which suffered from various events related to wars in the thirteenth century such as those between the Bishop and the Malaspina in Val by Aulellà, who passed the castle into the hands of the Marquises of Filattiera. In 1412 the Biglioli Dynasty became extinct and in 1418 Bigliolo passed under the rule of Florence. Bigliolo was attacked in 1523 by Giovanni de' Medici. In 1568, the sons of Lazarus I divided the marquisate into two parts.

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