Castiglione di Garfagnana

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For centuries Lucca held on to this walled town as an outpost surrounded by Este territory, because it controlled the road to the San Pellegrino pass over the Apennines. Its 13th-century walls and great towers, the Torrioni, still ring the village on its spur above the Serchio valley, and two churches use wall towers as belfries. The brass band, the Filarmonica Alpina, dates from 1858.

Highlights

The 13th-century walls with their Torrioni, and the Rocca
San Pietro, founded in 723 by two Lombard brothers
The belvedere over the Serchio valley
Chestnut polenta served with boiled pork bones
San Pellegrino in Alpe, with its ethnographic museum

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Castiglione di Garfagnana (IT), Castiglione di Garfagnana (EN)), Wikivoyage (Castiglione di Garfagnana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,705

Things to see

Events through the year

Festa del Regalo Religious · First Sunday of the yearA local child offers gold, incense and myrrh to the Madonna
I Crocioni Religious · Holy ThursdayRe-enactment of the Last Supper, Judas's kiss and the Passion
Festa del Carmine Religious · Every three years, Sunday nearest 16 July · every 3 yearsProcession with the statue of the Madonna
Feast of Saint Roch Religious · 16 AugustAt Mozzanella in the municipality, blessed San Rocco rolls are handed out
Medieval festival Historical · AugustDaily life of the 1200s within the castle walls
October fair Fairs and markets · Second Sunday of OctoberMushrooms, truffles and chestnuts, plus goods, livestock and local produce

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Castiglione di Garfagnana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

Chestnut polenta with boiled pork ribsDishThe typical dish of the village
Thierry Wagner (Gruyere alpage)Fromage du jour CC BY-SA 3.0
Mountain cheesesCheeseMade by producers in the hamlets along the Passo delle Radici road

Adapted from Wikipedia (Castiglione di Garfagnana), Wikivoyage (Castiglione di Garfagnana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

4 places to stay within 3 km

B&Bs and guest houses 2
Hotels 1
Campsites 1

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Doccie basse · ~38 min by car

Nearby member villages

Barga · 10 km
Coreglia Antelminelli · 13 km
Fiumalbo · 19 km
Montemarcello · 37 km
Tellaro · 40 km