Attractions and Places To See around Comano - Top 20

The Diga del Lagastrello (officially called Diga di Lago Paduli) is an artificial dam located in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, at an altitude of about 1,157 meters in the municipality of Comano (Massa-Carrara), very close to the Passo del Lagastrello which separates Tuscany from Emilia-Romagna. Built between 1906 and 1910 for hydroelectric purposes by damming the Enza stream, it creates the Lago Paduli, an artificial basin that collects over 3 million cubic meters of water. From an engineering point of view, it is a notable example of an earth-fill dam with a central impermeable clay core. In December 1909, during the final stages of its construction, it suffered a partial and disastrous collapse that devastated the underlying Val Cedra, fortunately without causing any casualties.

Beautiful route, with a stunning summit panorama

Very pleasant. There are hairpin bends alternating with fairly fast sections. Nice surface.

A charming lake located in a basin just above the small town of Ventasso Laghi, easily accessible from here via a forest road. It is of glacial origin and can be explored along a beautiful trail. From here, several trails lead to Mount Ventasso.

Medici Fountain

Fantastic view over the region.

Fivizzano, located at 326 meters above sea level. between the peaks of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the Apuan Alps, it is one of the most interesting centers in Lunigiana. It has ancient origins although it acquired importance first with the Malaspina family in the Middle Ages and then with the Medici in the Renaissance, the latter defined it as the 'beautiful corner of Florence'. In 1848 it was also elevated to a Noble City by Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany. The historic centre, surrounded by walls, is dominated by Piazza Medicea with its imposing fountain. The square is overlooked by numerous historic buildings and the Provost Church of Saints Jacopo and Anthony, Marian sanctuary of the Madonna of Reggio, Blessed Virgin of Adoration, since 1946. Perhaps it might surprise some, but Fivizzano has played a far from marginal role in the national humanistic culture, in fact it was here that Jacopo da Fivizzano opened one of the first printing presses in all of Italy, in which the first typewriter ever built was designed and used. The Printing Museum was set up in his honor inside Palazzo Fantoni, an ancient stately building recovered by an illustrious doctor and writer from Fivizza, Loris Jacopo Bononi. An important role in the cultural history of the city was then played by the Accademia degli Imperfetti, an institution founded in 1500 which continued its activity with fervor until it made possible the construction of the Teatro degli Imperfetti - inaugurated in 1807 and equipped with as many as six hundred seats. Lovers of literature will not fail to visit the Augustinian complex and its library, equipped with a beautiful collection of works from the adjoining church; the hostel and, outside, the bronze monument which recalls the Fivizzano origins of Nicholas V, the Pope who designed the Vatican library. (Source: https://www.visittuscany.com/it/citta-e-borghi/fivizzano/)

Of artificial origin created following the construction in 1911 of a dam on the Enza stream for the production of electricity, Lake Paduli is long and narrow and rises alongside the Lagastrello pass. At this point it is possible to observe the lake, the dam, the many paths that unravel towards the Apennine ridges and park the car along the road. Furthermore, it is a border point between three provinces: Parma (municipality of Monchio delle Corti), Reggio Emilia (Ramiseto) and Massa-Carrara (Comano).