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The province of Massa Carrara, at the northern border
of Tuscany is a piece of land, where nature generously
bestowed its gifts profusely. Main figures of the
natural beauties are the sea and the Alpi Apuane.
10 Km of very fine sand: Marina di Carrara, Marina
di Massa, Ronchi and Cinquale di Montignoso are strands
rich in glamour, suitable for a family-tourism. To
the north among the hills, at the foot of the Apuane,
there's Massa, sixteenth-century rule of Malaspina,
that developed on the medieval nucleus dominated by
the Castle and still rich in valuable monuments: Ducal
Palace and Piazza degli Aranci, the Cathedral and
the gates of the old walls. Settled among hills and
olive-trees, there's Carrara, the capital of marble,
with the Romanesque-Gothic cathedral, the Building
of the Academy of Belle Arti and the seventeenth-century
palaces of Piazza Alberica. Behind the town, the mountain
hides a popular treasure for the sculptors of all
the times. Here came Michelangelo personally to choose
the marble. Here the cyclopean, millenary man's work
seems not to have even dented the richest marble-mountain
of the world. This material has been used for centuries
for celebrating the glories and triumphs of the populations
of the earth. A wonderful land opens between the Apuane
and the Apennines at the border of three regions,
Tuscany, Emilia and Liguria: the Lunigiana. An old
land, rich in history and traditions, where the numerous
castles, the villages and the Roman parish churches
are features that characterize a landscape with always
different, always pleasant and relaxing panoramas.
Massa, Carrara and Montignoso on one side, Lunigiana
on the other side, have an unique geographic position,
since they are connected with all the big towns and
the most famous art towns of Tuscany through a highway
network. Ten minutes to reach Versilia, half an hour
to the Cinque Terre, slightly longer to Pisa and Lucca;
one hour to Florence. The territory also offers other
tourism chances with the Congress Center in Marina
di Massa and the exhibition stands of the Fiera Marmi
e Macchine (Marble and Machine Fair) in Marina di
Carrara. Therefore, welcome in Massa Carrara for your
holiday. A holiday characterized by the binomial sea-mountains
and numerous attractions with a wide range of choices.
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