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Upezzinghi Tower (Caprona Tower)

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Upezzinghi Tower (Caprona Tower)

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Upezzinghi Tower (Caprona Tower)

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Location: Calci, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Lucca City Walls Loop – Medieval Towers of Vicopisano loop from San Giuliano Terme

61.7km

03:36

260m

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2. Santallago Meadow – SANTALLAGO loop from Navacchio

47.1km

04:25

1,270m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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3. Sentiero dello Zambra di Calci – Caprona Tower loop from Cascina

47.4km

04:24

1,060m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Marco Salvadori

May 21, 2023

The profile of the fortress that joins the steep wall ... a unique spectacle with the Pisan mountains in the background. the fortress of Caprona is a destination absolutely to be reached. The road to get there is not long and can be traveled on foot or by MTB.

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Giuseppe Martino

June 3, 2020

The real name is Torre degli Upezzinghi, which is what remains of a castle built in more recent times that dominated the Arno valley up to Pisa and the mouth of the river.; the medieval one was dismantled in 1433 by the Florentines, after they had seized Pisa.
But it wasn't the first time that Florentines fights for the possession of Caprona.
In the August 1289, a battle took place between the army of the Guelph league of Tuscany, formed mainly by Lucchesi and Florentines, and the Ghibelline troops of the municipality of Pisa. Dante Alighieri took part in this battle: the poet was one of the four hundred knights and 2000 pedestrians of the Florentine militia who laid siege to the Pisan stronghold. Himself cites the circumstance in the twenty-first song of hell of the Divine Comedy

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June 5, 2020

The Torre di Caprona seen from below, represents one of the most suggestive glimpses of the Pisan mountains and is connected to the Rocca della Verruca through a beautiful path. Together they represent the fulcrum of most excursions on the Pisan side. Once at the top, the view is breathtaking

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Elevation 50 m

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Location: Calci, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

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Upezzinghi Tower (Caprona Tower)

1. Lucca City Walls Loop – Medieval Towers of Vicopisano loop from San Giuliano Terme

2. Santallago Meadow – SANTALLAGO loop from Navacchio

3. Sentiero dello Zambra di Calci – Caprona Tower loop from Cascina

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