Horses on the Lagastrello Pass, near Lucca.
The Lagastrello Pass (1,200 m) is a crossing of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines which separates the Lunigiana Emilia. The pass is located along the main road 74 in the town of Comano, in the province of Massa-Carrara, and connects the Province of Massa-Carrara with the Province of Reggio Emilia, and the province of Parma. The step Lagastrello is within the territory of National Park of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Read At the pace stood the Hospital of Linari, built in the Middle Ages (tenth century), and rectum from the Order of Knights of Alton, a trace remains in the Tuscan side. In ancient times the pass was used for trade and pilgrimages to Rome and Lucca. The mountain that overlooks the pitch is called Mount Malpasso, perhaps from Latin Malus Passus, indicating a difficult access to the pass through from the road in the Roman period of one hundred miles, cited the "Itinerarium Antonini", linking Parma in Luni. Great was the importance of that road in Lombard times since for decades the only sure way between the Po Valley and Tuscany.
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