Cecina | VisitLarciano https://visitlarciano.com/en/ Benvenuti a Larciano Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:11:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://visitlarciano.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Cecina | VisitLarciano https://visitlarciano.com/en/ 32 32 Cecina – The Medieval Square https://visitlarciano.com/en/cecina-en/cecina-the-medieval-square/ https://visitlarciano.com/en/cecina-en/cecina-the-medieval-square/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:11:20 +0000 https://visitlarciano.com/uncategorized/cecina-the-medieval-square/

A magnificent little square, of medieval origin, in which we discover on the one hand one of two gateways to the village, through 600 meters of the perimeter wall, and on the other hand the back and more ancient part of the Church of St. Nicholas. We draw your attention on the semicircular apse of Roman origin: about two metres off the ground, you can find two stones engraved with the Greek crosses and these can still be seen as evidence of a period of Byzantine-Longobard domination.

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With our back to the church of St. Nicholas in the background, the nearest hill is Montevettolini, part of the municipality of Monsummano Terme, in which the white of the Medici villa stands. On the next hill stands the tower of Monsummano Alto, and in the distance the province of Lucca and the Pisan mountains. This was the medieval Pistoia: a defence system linked to the Valdinievole, consisting of numerous fortifications located on as many hills. The plain below us was in fact a marshy area, then reclaimed by the Medici and the Lorraine, which for centuries has fostered the development of a belt of Castles and Churches on the top of hills, which characterise the attractive Montalbano.
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