Mulazzo
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Dante is the presence everyone talks about in Mulazzo, once capital of the Spino Secco branch of the Malaspina, the family that hosted the exiled poet around 1306. The village stands in the mountainous Lunigiana on the right bank of the Magra, and stayed a tiny sovereign marquisate until Napoleon's abolition of imperial fiefs in 1797. The navigator Alessandro Malaspina was born here.
Highlights
- Casa di Dante in Lunigiana museum, inside the last surviving tower house
- The Torre di Dante, an old tower from the Obertenghi period
- Arturo Dazzi's monument to Dante, the sculptor's last work (1965)
- Castello di Lusuolo, the Malaspina castle in the hamlet of Lusuolo (IT)
- The Dante Lunigiana Festival
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Mulazzo (IT), Mulazzo (EN)), Wikivoyage (Mulazzo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 2,284
Things to see
- Madonna del Monte (IT)
- San Martino church (Mulazzo) (IT)
- Sant'Apollinare (IT)
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Martin
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Mulazzo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Specialities of Tuscany
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- PanzanellaDish
- PiciBread and pasta
Lardo di ColonnataPublic domainLardo di Colonnata (IT)Cured meat- FinocchionaCured meat
Adapted from Wikipedia (Tuscan cuisine, Cucina toscana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
4 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 3
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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