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Sarzana – Piazza Matteotti square – Liguria Italy

Sarzana is a small Italian town on the Magra River in the province of La Spezia in Liguria with 22,148 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Two fortresses shape the image of the place: the castle Fortezza di Sarzanello by Castruccio Castracani on a hill above the city, on whose construction Matteo Civitali helped, and the castle Firmafede ( La Citadella ) in the historical center. The name Sarzana is mentioned for the first time in a document from Emperor Otto I from May 19, 963.In a sense, it takes over the succession of the ancient city of Luna , which was abandoned because of the gradual swamping and thus the malaria contamination and the Saracen incursions at that time . Sarzana experienced an upswing in 1163, when it was directly subordinated to the emperor (as lord of imperial Italy ) and was thus allowed to raise road tolls and surround itself with a protective wall. From around 1200 the Buonaparte family belonged to the patrician families of the city; In 1490 that branch went to Corsicathat Napoleon comes from. In 1474 the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta was completed. Sarzana belonged alternately to Pisa , Lucca , Genoa and Florence , from 1562 Sarzana finally fell under the rule of Genoa and Liguria . In 1921, Sarzana became the scene of violent clashes, the so-called Fatti di Sarzana , when around 500 armed supporters of the emerging fascism fought with Carabinieri , in which 18 people were killed and around 30 were injured.