serchio river
The Serchio is the 3 rd Tuscan river after the Arno and Ombrone for length and 2 degrees for average. The Serchio during his tragiutto towards the sea, travels throughout the Garfagnana from north to south, up over Castelnuovo di Garfagnana to continue in the Media Valley in the territory of the Municipality of Barga. Arrivsti in Pina of Lucca, enters in the Province of Pisa to end its course gettandosi in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the area of the park of San Rossore, a few kilometres north of Pisa. Always the river was upset countless times over the centuries. Called initially Auser, was subsequently diverted to the west of Mount Pisano bringing to lead inside dell'Arno around Pisa.