Massa, Tuscany
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Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa and Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, 5 km from the Tyr
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Duchy of Massa and Carrara
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The Duchy of Massa and Principality of Carrara was a small state that controlled the towns of Massa and Carrara from 1473 until 1836.
Massa, Tuscany
…Aemilia Scauri consular road from Pisa to Luni. From the 15th to the 19th century, Massa was the capital of the independent Principate (later Duchy) of Massa and Carrara, ruled by the Malaspina and Cybo-Malaspina families. Massa is the first recorded town in Europe in which the magnetic needle compass was used in mines…
Malaspina Castle, the main seat of the House of Malaspina, rulers of the Massa and Carrara state before 1563
The Ducal Palace in Massa, the principal residence thereafter