The best cycling routes around Castelnuovo Magra

Montemarcello the main panoramic point is located a few minutes' walk from the center of the village, behind the Relais del Golfo hotel.

From Montemarcello, a delightful village in the municipality of Ameglia, listed among the most beautiful villages in Italy, you can enjoy an extraordinary panoramic view of the Luni plain, the coast of Massa, and the majestic Apuan Alps.

The Port of La Spezia overlooks the eastern Ligurian Sea. It is a natural harbor that offers multiple advantages for maritime and land transport. Thanks to its strategic geographical position, it is one of the most important merchant ports in the Mediterranean and one of the strategic nodes within the TENT-T Core network, the central trans-European transport network, as a core port of the Scandinavia-Mediterranean priority corridor. The Port is an integral part of a vast port cluster that encompasses other important sectors of the maritime economy such as shipbuilding, recreational boating, tourism, and aquaculture, and represents one of the most significant economic entities present in the Ligurian territory.

The Magra river is an important watercourse in central Italy, 62 kilometers long, flowing between Tuscany and Liguria. It represents Liguria's main watercourse by average flow rate at the mouth. It originates at an altitude of 1,401 meters from Monte Borgognone, crosses the fertile Val di Magra, and flows into the Ligurian Sea at the locality of Bocca di Magra

The Citadel, also known as the Sarzana Fortress or Firmafede Fortress, was the first fortification in Sarzana, built in the 13th century. It was owned by the lord Castruccio Castracani, who made numerous significant modifications to its defenses. After its destruction by Florence in 1487, it was rebuilt on the orders of Lorenzo de' Medici. In 1494, the Republic of Genoa, having regained possession of Sarzana, completed work on the Citadel. The fortress is used as a venue for cultural events and exhibitions and also houses the Fortress Museum, an interactive exhibit that traces the history of Sarzana and the Lunigiana region.

Of the five gates that once provided access to the town, Porta Romana and Porta Parma remain on the opposite side. We are on the ancient Via Romea, and today's Via Mazzini is a vestige of it. Its current appearance, clad in white Carrara marble, dates back to 1783; on the exterior is the coat of arms of Genoa and, higher up, a statue of Mary.

It was built on the area where the parish church of San Basilio once stood, starting in 1204. Construction work ended in 1474 with the completion of the upper part of the façade by Leonardo Riccomanni. Following the completion of the work, in 1735 the statues of Saint Eutychiano in the centre, of Sergius IV on the left and of Nicholas V on the right were placed on the façade. The building, which represents the sum of all the historical-artistic production of Sarzana and the Magra Valley, has been elevated to a minor basilica. It preserves, among other works, the crucifix by Mastro Gugliermo (1138), the first dated example of a painted cross in the history of art.

The building of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, erected on the area occupied by the previous parish church of San Basilio, is consequent to the transfer of the bishop's seat from Luni to Sarzana in 1204. È assai probabile che i lavori siano effettivamente iniziati solo alla fine del secolo XIII. In 1355, the lower part of the façade was completed (as recalled by the inscription engraved on the marble architrave of the portal), while in 1474 Lorenzo Riccomanni da Pietrasanta created the rose window that adorns the upper part. The construction of the bell tower also dates back to the 15th century, while between the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, the two side bodies flanking the marble façade were built to open the six internal chapels. Also dating back to the 18th century are the statues placed at the crowning of the building depicting three important exponents of the Lunigiana church: Pope Sergius IV, St. Eutichiano and Nicholas V. The interior with three wide naves divided by octagonal pillars and covered by a valuable wooden coffered ceiling, created in 1670 by Pietro Giambelli from Pisa, preserves important testimonies of art and faith: among them, the Reliquary of the Precious Blood of Christ and the painted Cross by Mastro Guglielmo, a cornerstone of Italian Romanesque painting, signed and dated 1138. (c) https://visitsarzana.it/cathedral-santa-maria-assunta/