Buggiano

Buggiano is placed at the centre of Valdinievole in hilly area between the two provinces of Lucca and Pistoia. The town is bordering municipalities of Uzzano, Chiesina Uzzanese, Ponte Buggianese, Massa and Cozzile. The name of the name of Buggiano according to the assumptions of Baldesseroni, was inherited by the name of a Gallic people, "Galli Booj" changed over time in Bojanum "," Bojanum Castrum "or" Castrum Bojanum ", that castle of Booj, from which Buggiano result. In the past it was the first land crossing of the Ligurians and then for the Etruscans and Romans last of the second although other sources dates to the sixth century founded by the Romans. The castle seems to existing had been destroyed by the Romans in the war Marzia rebuilt then by Ligurian people to look into new territories. The castle was certainly a fortress with very ancient origins and certainly of great importance to strategic level, placed above a hill, to dominate the way that unites Lucca with Florence.