Bagnone is located along the same Bagnone stream, on the left part of the Magra river. The territory has an essentially mountainous morphology, dominated by the Appennine circle. The village stands out on one rock, dipped in a forest of pines and oaks. In the Middle Ages and more recent ages also, Bagnone has had a great importance thanks to the strategic position, along important ways of communication.

In Bagnone there are many places of artisitic interest like the castle and its church, the Church of San Rocco and the church of Santa Maria. Nearby the beautiful medieval village of Castiglion of the Terziere with the castle, the castle of Treschietto, the ruins of Iera, and Corlaga and Corvarola. To visit also the parish of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano.

The first known settlings of the Val di Magra (the valley that runs through the Lunigiana along the A15 Autostrada) took place a thousand or so years before Christ. The standing carved stone stelae or statue-menhirs) found in the area attest to the earlier culture; we call them the Ligui-Apuani but don't know much more than they raised cattle.

The name Lunigiana is thought to have come from the Roman settlement at Luni, which is now actually outside the boundaries of modern Lunigiana. You can visit the ruins there, which date from 177 B.C. You can see originals of these statues at the six room Piagnaro Museum in the Castello del Pianaro, Pontremoli, about 10 km from Bagnone.

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