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Italiano: Sorto in posizione strategica per controllare il passo omonimo, il borgo di Serravalle conserva ancor oggi una struttura urbanistica di chiara impronta medievale, dominata dai resti delle due fortezze, quella occidentale e quella più antica orientale. Prima dominio pistoiese, poi lucchese e poi, dopo alterne vicende, fiorentino dal 1351, l'esistenza del castello è attestata fin dal 1148, ma nell'aspetto in cui appare oggi è sostanzialmente trecentesco. La fortezza castrucciana, chiamata anche "Rocca Nuova" per distinguerla dalla parte più antica delle fortificazioni di Serravalle, fu costruita dai Lucchesi dopo la conquista del Castello da parte di Morello Malaspina nel 1302, e portata a termine da Uguccione della Faggiola e poi da Castruccio Castracani. Il castello, a pianta grossomodo triangolare, sorge all'estremità occidentale dell'abitato, caratterizzandone il profilo con i due bastioni angolari a base quadrata (uno dei quali anche accessibile, con un po' di prudenza) e la bella torre esagonale in conci ben squadrati restaurata a metà degli anni Novanta. Dalla parte opposta del paese svetta invece, seppur priva del coronamento, la massiccia Torre del Barbarossa in pietra calcarea, maschio della antica rocca del XII secolo costruita dai Pistoiesi nel 1177 per controllare il passaggio del valico. In antico, le due fortificazioni erano collegate tra loro dal camminamento di guardia della cinta muraria, e i resti del perimetro difensivo e delle torri della rocca orientale erano ancora ben visibili alla fine del Settecento. Dell'antica cinta muraria di Serravalle rimane oggi solo un breve tratto, nel quale si conserva anche la "Porta della Gabella", dalla quale si può scendere verso il piccolo borgo di Gabella Vecchia, antico posto doganale ai piedi del castello.
English: Built in a strategic position to control the pass of the same name, the village of Serravalle still preserves an urban structure of clear medieval imprint, dominated by the remains of the two fortresses, the western one and the more ancient eastern one. First of Pistoia, then Lucca and then, after various events, Florentine from 1351, the existence of the castle is attested since 1148, but in the appearance in which it appears today is substantially fourteenth century. The fort Castrucciana, also called "Rocca Nuova" to distinguish it from the oldest part of the fortifications of Serravalle, was built by the Lucchesi after the conquest of the castle by Morello Malaspina in 1302, and completed by Uguccione della Faggiola and then by Castruccio Castracani. The castle, with a roughly triangular plan, stands at the western end of the town, characterizing its profile with the two corner bastions with a square base (one of which is also accessible, with a bit of caution) and the beautiful hexagonal tower in ashlars. squared restored in the mid-nineties. On the opposite side of the village, however, is the massive Torre del Barbarossa in limestone, male of the ancient 12th century fortress built by the Pistoiese in 1177 to control the passage of the pass. In ancient times, the two fortifications were connected to each other by the guard walkway of the city walls, and the remains of the defensive perimeter and the towers of the eastern fortress were still visible at the end of the eighteenth century. Today only a short stretch of the ancient city walls of Serravalle remains, in which the "Porta della Gabella" is also preserved, from which one can descend towards the small village of Gabella Vecchia, an ancient customs post at the foot of the castle.
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