The best cycling routes around Zignago

Pontremoli lies on the historic Via Francigena pilgrimage route, which leads from Canterbury/Southern England to Rome. A medieval gem in northern Tuscany.

A beautiful church with a huge dome and opulent baroque architecture

The Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta impresses inside with a huge dome and opulent Baroque architecture

The historic center captivates with stately Baroque palaces and elegant squares

Torre del Casotto (historically also known as Torre dei Seratti) is one of the ancient fortified structures of Pontremoli, located in the evocative region of Lunigiana. Built at the beginning of the 14th century by the noble Ghibelline family of the Seratti, the tower stands in a highly strategic position: it is located close to the confluence between the Verde stream and the Magra river. Together with the characteristic Ponte del Casotto (also called Ponte di San Francesco) and the nearby Porta di Imoborgo, this defensive structure supervised the western access to the medieval village and the commercial flows directed towards the Ligurian coast along the historic Via dei Monti. The combined image of the Tower and the Ponte del Casotto is so deeply rooted in the local identity that for centuries it has constituted the official core of the coat of arms of the Municipality of Pontremoli.

Il Ponte della Crësa is an ancient 14th-century stone bridge located in Pontremoli, Tuscany. It connects the medieval historic village and joins the Sommoborgo area to the Verde stream. It is also known as the San Francesco bridge Built in the 14th century (around 1219 as the original core near the church of San Francesco). Also called the San Francesco di sopra bridge because it leads to the nearby church of San Francesco. It united the ancient parts of the city divided by historical rivalries and served as access to the fortified village

small village but very suggestive and picturesque to pass by bicycle

During the Second World War, the Pra Bon area, located in the mountainous territory of the Municipality of Zeri (Massa-Carrara), played a strategic role in the supply network organized by the Allies for the partisan formations active in the Ligurian-Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. The location, a high grassy expanse located near the Foce di Prabono, was used as a launch field for materials intended for the liberation struggle. Due to its isolated position, difficult to access by land but visible from the sky and large enough to receive airdrops, Pra Bon was ideal for this purpose. Allied aircraft — generally taking off from southern Italy or from bases in Corsica — carried out night airdrops of weapons, ammunition, food, medicines and radio equipment intended for the partisan detachments operating in the area. The materials were parachuted and collected on site by the partisan brigades, who then took care of their distribution and protection. The operations were not without risks. The area was subject to continuous roundups by Nazi-Fascist forces, aware of the logistical importance of those places. In particular, on August 3, 1944, near the nearby Monte Picchiara, a violent clash took place between partisan forces and German troops during one of these roundups. The toponym "Pra Bon" or "Pra Bono", which means "good meadow" in the local dialect, still evokes the memory of that period: from a place of transhumance and summer pasture, it was transformed for a few crucial months into a clandestine hub of the Resistance, a meeting point between the mountains of Lunigiana and the liberated skies.