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Verrucola Fortress

Name: Verrucola Fortress
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Location: Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Pentagonal Tower of Arcola – Lunense Canal Cycle Path loop from Arcola

107km

07:20

1,810m

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2. Pradarena Pass – Passo dei Carpinelli loop from Piazza al Serchio

103km

08:06

2,900m

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3. Sarzanello Fortress – Lunense Canal Cycle Path loop from Forte Dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta

161km

10:30

2,050m

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Frank

August 31, 2023

The Verrucola fortress, whose first documented information dates back to the beginning of the 12th century, preserves all the elements of a medieval castrum with a true system of fortifications that responds to the military and legal organization of a feudal dominion. The castle walls include the courtyard, the chapel and several towers.

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i Biciklisti

June 11, 2025

In the center of the village, the Malaspina castle stands out in all its grandeur: towers of different sizes, shapes and heights joined to the central palace form a whole where the military function coexists with the residential one. Low houses outline a sort of wall on the perimeter of that “verrucula” (small wart) that rises between the Mommio stream and the Collegnago canal; a real dive into the Middle Ages.
Verrucola was embellished by the sculptor and painter Pietro Cascella with some works, especially fountains, placed to decorate the town at the end of a skillful restoration.

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Location: Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy

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Verrucola Fortress

1. Pentagonal Tower of Arcola – Lunense Canal Cycle Path loop from Arcola

2. Pradarena Pass – Passo dei Carpinelli loop from Piazza al Serchio

3. Sarzanello Fortress – Lunense Canal Cycle Path loop from Forte Dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta

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