Inhabitants in 1991: 2.687
The
municipal territory of Minucciano in the Garfagnana, extends for
57 square kilometres in an area prevalently mountainous, underlying the
crest which marks the watershed between the basins of the Serchio and
the Magra.
Minucciano – which tradition has it takes its name from
the consul Minucio Termo, occupied at the beginning of the II century
B.C. in the war against the Liguri Apuani – is recorded since the
times of the Franchi domination. Possession of the Malaspina from 875,
in the personages of Opicino and Corrado, in 1270 it was sold to
Gerardo, Count of Gragnana. Subjected to Lucca in 1287, in 1315 it
returned to a Malaspina – Spinetta – expelled from there
shortly after by Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli (1319). At whose
death in 1328, the caste again fell into the hands of the Malaspina who
in 1346, sold it to the Firenze republic. Occupied then by Pisa
and successively by the Visconti di Milano, it again returned to Lucca
in 1369. In 1431, at the time of the war for the domination of the Garfagnana,
the Malaspina, allied with the Estensi managed to take it from Lucca who
were occupied against the Fiorentini. It again passed to Lucca
and again to the Malaspina, in 1447 Minucciano definitely became part
of the Lucca dominion becoming Vicariate Seat. Gravely damaged
in 1745 by the Spanish invasions commanded by Francesco III d’Este,
it then followed the political events of Lucca until 1860.
Historical info reproduced upon authorization of Regione Toscana - Dipartimento della Presidenza E Affari Legislativi e Giuridici
Translated by Ann Mountford |