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The Lunense Canal is an artificial system, built in the last century, which begins at the intake on the Magra River in Stadano di Aulla and from there, after a short tunnel section, flows open-air for 23 kilometers through the Magra Valley, connected to a distribution network consisting of 150 kilometers of various types of canals. (c) https://rivistanatura.com/il-canale-lunense-compie-100-anni/

A very easy and pleasant ride. Much of the route follows secondary roads with very little traffic. Splendid views of Fosdinovo Castle, the mouth of the Magra River, and the Bay of La Spezia.

Perhaps the best preserved in Lunigiana, high on the hill overlooking the Magra plain. Still belonging to the Malaspina descendants, it has dominated the town since the 12th century and is at the center of numerous legends. With a quadrangular plan, it has four round towers, a semicircular bastion, two internal courtyards, patrol walkways from which you can see the sea and an outpost in the direction of the village. It was originally protected by a drawbridge. The fortress appears as a medieval structure, in fact expanded in the 14th century by Spinetta and Galeotto Malaspina and renovated several times over the centuries. The main entrance welcomes us with a marble shield depicting a dog with a flowering thorn in its mouth, symbol of the friendship between the Malaspina and the Scaligeri of Verona. From the top of the castle you can see the elongated structure of the village, arranged along the hill. There are many legendary stories about the castle of Fosdinovo: from Bianca Malaspina to the Marquise Cristina Pallavicini The Marquise Cristina Pallavicini, who governed the fiefdom for a long time after the death of her husband Ippolito, seems to have been an evil and lustful woman and had the habit of throwing her lovers from the trapdoor at the foot of the bed in her trap room with the torture chamber below. Another legend linked to the castle of Fosdinovo and much older than that of the Marquise Bianca Maria Aloisia, daughter of the Marquis Malaspina, who fell in love with the stableman of the castle and, because of this feeling, was walled up alive together with a wild boar, a symbol of rebellion against the family, and a dog, a symbol of loyalty towards the beloved. Legend has it that, walking through the castle, you can still perceive the presence of the unfortunate princess! Another reason to visit the Malaspina castle is the fact that tradition has it that the “great poet” Dante Alighieri stayed in its rooms, called to Lunigiana in 1306 by the Marquis Franceschino Malaspina.

"Death is not the end, but only a very specific end: the end of a first, provisional period of life and the beginning of a new epoch that never ends. Jesus said: 'My kingdom is not of this world'. So there is another world. Not only his disciples believed in this other world, but also his opponents. The doctor of the law, for example, asks him what he must do 'to gain eternal life'. (...) Precisely because it lasts forever, this life is so precious that everything ... of the present world pales in comparison to it." (Text by Albino Luciani / Pope John Paul I)

Malaspina - Fosdinovo Castle, live an experience out of time, immerse yourself in the charm of the Middle Ages. Enjoy your time here because unfortunately you cannot hold on to time.

Starting from 1994, on the initiative of the ANPI of Sarzana and in agreement with the municipal administration of Fosdinovo, it was decided to use the building as a Museum of the Resistance of the provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara, decorated with a gold medal for Valor Military for the contribution given by the populations to the reconquest of freedom and democracy. (...) The Museum was inaugurated on 3 June 2000, and consists of a modern audiovisual installation and multimedia supports, which allow organic paths of historical investigation and in-depth educational study on the themes of the Resistance and the construction of democracy in Italy. (source: https://www.museodellaresistenza.it/home/)

The castle of Fosdinovo dominates the town of the same name located at the mouth of the Val di Magra towards the sea. Legend has it that Dante Alighieri also stayed in this castle, but in fact the event is historically impossible. Another legend is linked to the presence of the 'well of forgetfulness' in one of the rooms of the castle: it is said that the marquise Cristina Adelaide Pallavicino, wife of Ippolito Malaspina, lured her lovers into a room and once her instincts were satisfied they took them caused him to fall into the trap bristling with blades which then flowed into a nearby canal.

Great view