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Geography: Massa: altitude m. 65 s.l.m. kmq. 93,8; Carrara altitude m. 100 s.l.m. surface kmq. 71. The province of Carrara Mass extends on the tirrenian side of Alps Apuane covered from the Carrione torrent. The two cities offer various landscapes; Massa is characterized from, irregular street, and is rich of monuments, while Carrara has large elegant roads, houses, great public squares and garden. The ideal seasons to visit the province are the spring, period of flourish and the winter for the snow that covers the Appennino. Monuments: Palace Cybo Malaspina constructed in XVII the century (Massa). Rocca: medieval complex and palace in renaissance style (Massa). Theatre of the Animosi in Neoclassic style XIX century (Carrara). Palace of the Academy of Fine Arts: comprising construction of the ' 500 a medieval castle, frescoes and antiquity in the courtyard (Carrara). Museums: Botanical garden of the Alps Apuane (Pian of the Fioba, Massa). Permanent exposure of Archaeological (Malaspina Castle, Massa): collection of material of roman age and paleontological collection of the paleolitica and neolithic age. Pinacoteca of the Academy (Carrara): collection of works of from Tuscany artists from 1400 and chalks from 1800 to 1900. Tourist information: in the country of Villafranca in Lunigiana, in the flour mills of the country, we can find the museum etnografico: the tools, the customs and the things of the daily life.