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Another beautiful Tuscan hilltop village. Great coffee in the main square.

Church with rectory, where at the end of 1943 the pastor Don Sessi from Sillico hid escaped Allied prisoners of war and 13 escaped Jews in 1944/45.

Partisans were stationed here for a while in 1944.

This well used to be the most important place on which the entire community depended. Water was a source of life for humans and animals. Everyone knew the pump. This well was the central point within the fortress walls. Local facts and world news were shared here in the past. Now, between pot and pint or over a cup of coffee or tea, the gossip and worldly conspiracy theories are discussed on the nearby terrace.

Place where the church treasures are exhibited. When the location is closed you can still take a look through windows.

The first mention of a chapel in Castiglione di Garfagnana dates from 1168 and is recorded in a bull of Pope Alexander III from which we learn that it depended on the parish church of San Giovanni Battista. The church underwent a restoration in the thirteenth century and then again in the fifteenth century, when it received the baptismal font, giving it independence from the matrix. In the late 18th century, the parish church underwent several makeovers, including rebuilding of the apse: steps were taken in 1771 to consolidate the roof, in 1789 to consolidate a wall, and between 1791 and 1792 to to rearrange the church. presbytery, until in 1810, at the end of the works, the blessing was celebrated [1] . In the second half of the 1960s, in accordance with post-conciliar norms, the ambo and the altar were built opposite the congregation; in 1988 the church was restored again. Source Wikipedia

In the past, this old city gate Porta Nuova was a new gateway to the city.

This medieval tower is the bell tower of the nearby San Pietro church. On the terrace you have a beautiful view of the city and the surrounding countryside.