Best known for the famous " Bancarella " prize hidden inside views and monuments of particular interest.

Site of the [*] Lunigiana region, at the confluence between the river Magra and the Verde stream, you can consider a land border between Tuscany, Liguria and Emilia, absorbing and then exporting disciplinary traditions, a phenomenon that is evident especially in the exquisite gastronomic production.

Highly we recommend it to those who follow the A15 motorway to make a detour to visit him, although, in our opinion, the amazing visual impact you are arriving from the Cisa main road.
He deserves at least one visit to appreciate what it offers the country and its surroundings.

[*] To get an idea of the fascination of this territory:
the fortress of the Brunella
the walled town of Filetto
the parish at Codiponte
casola and codiponte

A note :
to try for lunch the historic trattoria Norina where, besides the very nice welcome, enjoy your favorite testaroli pesto and other typical dishes.

A short history:
the first settlements are lost in the mists of time, a thousand years before Christ.
In Roman times it inhabited by the Ligurians.
In the high middle age subject to the Diocese of Bobbio (bobbio in trebbia valley) and became an independent republic between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Strategic junction of the Via Francigena was fought and won by several Italian and foreign dominions among which we can mention the Malaspina (1319) the veronese Mastino II of the Scala (1331), the Visconti of Milan (1339), the genoese Fieschi (1404), for return to Milan in 1433.
From 1650 to 1847 he annexed and, later, under the influence of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and then the Duchy of Parma.
In 1844 it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.

For more info:
wikipedia: Pontremoli
terre di lunigiana: pontremoli
premio bancarella