The Medieval village of Castiglione di Garfagnana

The village of Castiglione di Garfagnana is still today surrounded by its fourteenth-century ring of walls equipped with towers. On the walls opens the only gate that once gave access to the town by a drawbridge.

Of its Medieval fortifications it is also possible to admire today the Fortress, whose around the village develops. It shows its ancient ring of walls equipped with loopholes and three towers.

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Inside the village of Castiglione di Garfagnana it is possible to visit two interesting religious buildings: the Saint Michael Church and the Saint Peter Church.

The Saint Peter Church is probably the most ancient religious building of the town, being this latter built during the XIII-th century. The church saves a policrome wood-made painted plate portraying Biblical pictures and some statues made by Matteo Civitali (1436-1502).

The Saint Michael Church, whose building goes back to the XV-th century, shows a rich facade of Late Gothich ornaments and inside it saves a fine fourteenth-century plate portaying an "Our Lady with the Child", painted by Giuliano di Simone, and a fine wood-made Crucifix.