Visit Bagnone

Bagnone

Bagnone is a beautiful old town, it’s a perfect place to sit in a bar watching the world go by. They have a small theatre were the local talent put on productions, they have some restaurants and little shops the architecture is splendid to look at as you wander around the town. Bagnone is also a stop on the Via Francigena –the route from Canterbury to Rome. 

Malgrate  

Malgrate has a mediaeval castle, stands on a hill overlooking the Bagnone valley, from which one can have a magnificent view of this part of Lunigiana. The village and the castle are of outstanding historical and environmental interest. Today the two elements, village and castle are strictly connected to form a unique and attractive setting.

Virgoletta

This village developed along the main street on a spur of solid rock with the church and the piazza at one end and the castle at the other, where the archbishop of Canterbury stayed in the 10 century on his way to Rome.

Along the main street you will find doors, windows and other fine examples of medieval decoration. The castle has an elegant courtyard with an attractive double staircase. Virgoletta was a stop on the Via Francigena –the route from Canterbury to Rome.