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Unknown to most people, this small town, a hidden gem on the eastern side of the Montalbano hills, is the most typical, genuine and representative of an ancient Tuscan village. Its origins, very far back in time, date its construction back to the end of the 10th century as a castle or rather as a fortified village, appointed in the following centuries to guard the borders of the free municipality of Pistoia. This ancient walled village is located on the northern slopes of the Montalbano hills on the side that looks east, towards the city of Pistoia at an altitude of 264 meters above sea level.

Beautiful, tranquil place that invites you to linger!👍

The village, also called Sambuca Castello[2], gives its name to the entire municipality, even if the administrative headquarters is located in the hamlet of Taviano. (Source Wikipedia).

Cozzile was probably founded at the end of the 12th century around fortification works with lookout and extreme defense functions. Even at the beginning of the 14th century they hosted a castellan and a small garrison on behalf of the people of Lucca. Around the fortress a fortified town arose with a structure similar to that of Massa, organized in a "fishbone" pattern on both sides of the road that crossed it and which, exiting at the other end of the town, led towards the Apennines and towards Modena. The houses were grouped into two neighborhoods or "deeds" (Volata to the East, and Cessana to the West of the main road) with the square located to the north and the church to the south. In the city walls, of which important remains are still visible incorporated into the houses built above them, three doors opened: one to the east, corresponding to the entrance to the town of the medieval road from Massa (gate to Massa), one to the west , on the diametrically opposite side (Porta Vecchia)

Cozzile was probably founded at the end of the 12th century around fortification works with lookout and extreme defense functions. Even at the beginning of the 14th century they housed a castellan and a small garrison on behalf of the people of Lucca. Around the fortress a fortified town arose with a structure similar to that of Massa, organized in a "fishbone" pattern on both sides of the road that crossed it and which, exiting at the other end of the town, led towards the Apennines and towards Modena. The houses were grouped into two neighborhoods or "deeds" (Volata to the East, and Cessana to the West of the main road) with the square located to the north and the church to the south. In the city walls, of which important remains are still visible incorporated into the houses built above them, three doors opened: one to the east, corresponding to the entrance to the town of the medieval road from Massa (gate to Massa), one to the west , on the diametrically opposite side (Porta Vecchia)

Cozzile was probably founded at the end of the 12th century around fortification works with lookout and extreme defense functions. Even at the beginning of the 14th century they housed a castellan and a small garrison on behalf of the people of Lucca. Around the fortress a fortified town arose with a structure similar to that of Massa, organized in a "fishbone" pattern on both sides of the road that crossed it and which, exiting at the other end of the town, led towards the Apennines and towards Modena. The houses were grouped into two neighborhoods or "deeds" (Volata to the East, and Cessana to the West of the main road) with the square located to the north and the church to the south. In the city walls, of which important remains are still visible incorporated into the houses built above them, three doors opened: one to the east, corresponding to the entrance to the town of the medieval road from Massa (gate to Massa), one to the west , on the diametrically opposite side (Porta Vecchia)

The Towers of Popiglio are in a beautiful area in the heart of the Val di Lima which is absolutely worth a visit. To reach the towers, take a short, very suggestive path, with the ridge of the Open Book always in view, which leads to the first tower. The second tower is slightly more challenging as the path descends. These structures, located above the village, were an important defensive point of the Pistoia mountains until the fifteenth century, located on the border with the Lucchese state, therefore of great strategic importance both for Pistoia and subsequently for Florence.

Villa Castello Smilea stands at the entrance to the Agna valley along the Roman route of the Via Cassia Clodia. The building consists of two towers, one north and one south, and a lowered tower running along the north side.