The Rocca Nuova <\/b>watch over the village of Serravalle Pistoiese <\/b>from above.<\/p>\n
A fortification built in the 1300s after a long battle between Lucca and Florence, allies, and Pistoia.<\/p>\n
It was the people of Lucca who managed to conquer this fortification, and then they rebuilt it.<\/p>\n
The castle<\/b> was built to keep the population of the village under control from above thanks to its walls and tower.<\/p>\n
The Lucca people<\/b>, in fact, they were afraid that the inhabitants would have rebelled to return under the control of Pistoia.<\/p>\n
On the opposite side of the village there is a tower, this and the Rocca Nuova, in fact, were connected<\/b> to each other by an internal walkway for the guards<\/b> that guarded the walls.<\/p>\n
Serravalle is a village with a medieval setting <\/b>and the existence of the fortress dates back to 1100.<\/p>\n
The castle has two bastions<\/b> with a square base at the corners and a very nice hexagonal tower<\/b> renovated in the 90s.<\/p>\n
Paying attention, one of the ramparts of the fortress is still accessible.<\/p>\n
The remains of the fortress and of the tower make unique the town of Serravalle which still preserves so much history<\/b> and so much charm<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Photo: Jacopo<\/a>, Rocca Nuova<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rocca Nuova watch over the village of Serravalle Pistoiese from above. A fortification built in the 1300s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-surroundings"],"yoast_head":"\n