In 963 a diploma of Otto I gives the castrum de Ameliae as a fief to Adalberto, bishop of Luni, and that is the first time the town appears in a document. From the eleventh century the bishops made it their residence, and to sleep soundly they strengthened its walls.
Long before there was a necropolis of the fourth century BC, and the objects that came out of it speak of a place of traffic, towards the sea and towards the passes; at Bocca di Magra the remains of a Roman maritime villa survive. In 1252 the fief went to Nicolò Fieschi, and from 1284 it returned to the bishops. There are 4,484 residents.
chiesa di San Vincenzo · monastero di Santa Croce del Corvo · villa romana di Bocca di Magra and 3 more
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Next up: Saint Paschal, patron of a village of castles and pievi, Monday 17 May
Nearest airport: Pisa Galilei, 55 km away
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📅 Every year, on 17 May
Ameglia celebrates Saint Paschal on 17 May; the village gathers around its 13th-century castle and its hamlets, each with its own parish church.
chiesa di San Vincenzo An early medieval pieve at Ameglia: a marble triptych of 1527 and a canvas signed by a woman 
monastero di Santa Croce del Corvo On the headland above Bocca di Magra, a monastery founded in 1176 and tied to a Dante story 
villa romana di Bocca di Magra A terraced maritime villa on the Magra: the calidarium keeps its turquoise-painted pool 
necropoli di Cafaggio Apuan Ligurian tombs with weapons from the Po plain and Etruscan pottery, below Costa Celle hill. 
castello di Ameglia Ameglia's town hall sat inside the bishops' castle on piazza Sforza until 2008. 
chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo A 1529 Holy Face altarpiece and a fifteenth-century triptych inside a pink parish church Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Ameglia, but an easy day trip away.
