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SAMBUCA is a very small village in the municipality of San Romano in Garfagnana ; it'is located at 395 meters above sea level. Little is known of its origins, but it was mentioned for the first time in the papal "Bull" drawn up by Pope Alexander III on 23 December 1168 in Benevento. It stands on a lava promontory and was a stronghold of the Este family. Probably in 400 the church was erected using the base of the fortress abandoned for wars and plagues and the lookout tower was transformed into a bell tower. The building suffered damage following the seismic event of 1920 and was restored in 1927.
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The Tuscany, one of the most beautiful Italian regions, is known throughout the world for its Landscapes and for the Works of Art that it houses (It is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance). Six localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the Historical Center of Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Pienza, the Square of the Cathedral of Pisa with the Leaning Tower and the Val d'Orcia. It is in the central Italy and borders with Emilia Romagna (north), Marche and Umbria (east) and Lazio (South). The West coast is bathed from the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea; here we can find the islands of the Tuscan archipelago including the island of Elba. The regional capital is Florence and the other provinces are: Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena.
