Castelnuovo was born out of a war. At the end of the twelfth century the bishop of Luni, Gualtiero II, was at odds with the Malaspina marquises, and decided to plant between Fosdinovo and Carrara a garrison that would hold the roads of the fief, starting with the via Francigena.
The name of the town appears for the first time in a deed of 1203. Before it there had been the castrum de monte Leonis, mentioned in a document of 4 March 1096, and before that the countryside of Luni: the western edge of the Roman city's necropolis runs through here, and in the Colline del Sole the remains of an imperial farm villa have come to light. There are 8,269 residents.
chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena · castello di Castelnuovo Magra · Palazzo Amati Ingolotti Cornelio
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Next up: Saint Fidelis in the church of Santa Maria Maddalena, Wednesday 7 April
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📅 Every year, on 7 April
On 7 April Castelnuovo Magra celebrates Saint Fidelis; the parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena, built in the 17th century, holds a Crucifixion attributed to the circle of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena Three naves on eight columns of Carrara marble, under a portal carved in 1671. 
castello di Castelnuovo Magra Two towers and a stretch of wall: all that is left of the palace of the bishops of Luni. 
Palazzo Amati Ingolotti Cornelio A marchese rebuilt it for his duchess wife; its sixteenth-century cellars now pour the local wine. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Castelnuovo Magra, but an easy day trip away.
