Aulla
Aulla sits pretty on a narrow strip of land where the Magra meets the Aulella, a plot of ground that proved pivotal for the civil and religious life of the Lunigiana immediately after the year 1000. At that time Aulla was already a little town and its importance was linked to its position: the centre was decisive in defending the bridges and streets that led from Lucchesia and Liguria to the Passo della Cisa. This was a central zone in what were years of great fortune for the Via Francigena, both as a pilgrim way and as a trading route.
