Place of Lombard origin, testified by the toponym “Sala” and by a document dated 793 which attests the foundation of San Cipriano. The toponym “Capite Pontis” – current Codiponte – was on the way of transhumance of wayfarers who moved from Lunigiana to the Garfagnana and vice versa. The first mention of the church is found in the bull of Pope Eugene III of 1148. The building has a basilica plan and bi-apse and maintains the high medieval characteristics. Of particular artistic importance are the capitals inside with the figure of the so called “Orante”
