Sarzana

Sarzana is a metropolis, commune municipality and former brief lived Catholic bishopric in the Province of La Spezia, of Liguria location, northwestern Italy, 15 kilometers east of Spezia, on the railway to Pisa, at the point in which the railway to Parma diverges to the north. In 2010 it had a populace of 21,978. The function of Sarzana, at the entrance to the valley of the Magra the boundary among Etruria and Liguria in Roman times, gave it navy importance in the Middle Ages.

The first mention of the city is located in 983 in a degree of Otto I in 1202 the Episcopal see was transferred from the historical Luni, five kilometers southeast, to Sarzana. Sarzana due to its role, modified masters greater than once, belonging first to Pisa, then to Florence, then to the Bunco di S. Giorgio of Genoa and from 1572 to dogal Genoa itself. These adjustments left in Sarzana a conspicuous citadel, which stays a focus of enchantment for human beings inquisitive about army history and specially inside the records of fortifications. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the frontier among Liguria and Tuscany being now made to run among it and Carrara.