On May 10, 2009, Franco-Crosti 741.120
passed the Puente della Maddalena
with a special to Piazza al Serchio.
„Ein
Reisender, der feine Empfindung genug hat, um durch die Schönheiten,
woran die Natur in Italien so reich ist und welche die Kunst weit
übertreffen, gerührt zu werden, der trifft in diesem Lande eine
Menge von Szenen an, welche ihm die größte Abwechslung darbieten.“
Johann Jakob
Volkmann, „Historisch-Kritische Nachrichten aus Italien“
1770/71
"A traveler
sensitive enough to see all the plentyful natural beauties of Italy
that go even beyond its arts, may find quantities of sceneries that offer him
great diversity."
Ever since
the 18th century, when Johann Jakob Volkmann wrote this lines in his first travel guidebook for Italy
were visitors attracted by the beauty of the
Italian scenery, its arts and rich cultural hertiage.
The 900
year old "Puente della Maddalena"
in the Garfagnana in Northern Tuscany is
certainly a example of the country's many structures that connect
the present with the past. Once laying on a pilgrimate road to Rome, it is nowadays in a quiet
valley far off the crowds of Central Tuscany. Only few
set foot
to the
Garfagnana in the Apuane Alps, a remote region with unspoilt, tranquil
villages and genuine Italian towns where time still seems go at a much
lower pace.
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