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A fantastic parish church that's worth a visit. The interior, especially, is truly beautiful.

panoramic point

The place is cool and quiet during the week. Canoe rentals are available for lake excursions.

nature is alive

It can be reached both on asphalt and on a path. Always pleasant.

The parish church of Codiponte of Saints Cornelio and Cipriano is among the most fascinating and artistically rich in the territory of the ancient Diocese of Luni. With its figurative capitals and its artistic masterpieces, it is a true paradigm of the Lunigiana Romanesque. The parish church stands on the right bank of the Aulella, near a bridge beyond which, in the distance, you can see the ruins of the 11th-century Bianchi d'Erberia castle. The church has a basilica plan with three naves with columns and round arches and perfectly preserved notched cubic capitals, which bear figures typical of the medieval image system: the tree of life, lily, six-petalled daisy, serpent with feet, two-tailed mermaid and many others. The late medieval triptych with the Virgin on the throne, the SS. Cornelius and Cyprian, the church's patron saints, and the image of the Holy Face, a famous and venerated Lucchese relic, which recalls the passage of the Via del Volto Santo in these very places.

Beautiful view of Lake Vagli from above

From Piazza al Serchio you climb for 20 km with an altitude gain of 1000 m with fairly constant gradients.