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History of Versilia

The presence of man dates back to prehistoric times in Versilia. Many tracks were left in various places, from men of  the Neolithic. After them, the Apuan Ligurians fortified hills and steps. The Etruscans, touched the region without leaving many traces. The Romans first built roads (the `old Aurelia) and then colonized the area and built villas, farmhouses and small villages that still represent the oldest part of the territory. After the Romans came the Lombards, who occupied the Roman settlements and gave the territory a structure very similar to the current one.
The turning point of the `man-made structure in Versilia can be traced back to the middle of 1200, when the two cities were founded, which for centuries represented the references of the two parts of the territory: Pietrasanta and Camaiore to the north for the south.
At the end of the first half of the nineteenth century begins the interest in the sea as a place good for swimming  and sun therapy treatments, this is a phenomenon that gives rise to the interest towards the therapeutic and Versilia as a place of pleasant living phenomenon that is growing dramatically at the end of 1800 and has an `exponential expansion for the entire region, at the beginning of the twentieth century, bringing this location to the current reality. ... "Versilia" ..