The Pieve di Sant'Andrea, reopened in 2011 after careful restoration, is located in the Municipality of Podenzana, in the hamlet of Montedivalli. The earliest records date back to 963 A.D., when Emperor Otto I recognized the Bishop of Luni's authority over the castrum Sancti Andree, but it was in 1148 that the building was first referred to as a “parish.”
This parish church, a significant monument in Lunigiana, features Romanesque sandstone columns with capitals carved in phytomorphic and anthropomorphic designs.
On the façade, a mysterious figure is believed to possibly represent Bishop Venantius, Bishop of Luni in the 6th century. Inside, the church holds several locally venerated objects, crafted by artisans from Sampling: the baptismal font—characteristic of ancient churches—and three 14th-century marble sculptures of Saint Peter, the Madonna with Child, and Christ in Piety.
