 The architecture
One of the main monumets of Massa is the Palazzo Ducale (the Ducal Palace), built in 1547 by order of Alberico the I Cybo in order to give a magnificent appearance to the city during the princely Italian Sixteenth century. Its beauty is undoubtedly emphasized by the famous hundred columns, a veritable marble triumph in all its magnitude. Tha facade rules the contrast among the white marble, the red cybeo and the splendid paints totally giving it armony and sumptuousness. The inner of this splendid palace framed these splendid masterpieces with a great artistic value of very famous masters such as Raffaello, Leonardo, Tiziano, Giorgione andf Guercino. As if that wasn't enough, here visitors can also find some artworks of the most famous marble masters and of some local workshops, such as the Charles the II's bay are still entire with all their beauty.
Another important historical of the town is the Malaspina's Castle, in the XIth century a princely residence, nowadays the site of a museum which important finds of various eras such as a Roman amphora are conteined in.
Moreover, you cannot miss: the ex Ducal fruit garden portal, a splendid portal of the Reinassance, of the XVIth century; the Martana Door in classical-style and the Redeemer's Arch, characterized by a rustic style which the Redeemer's statue centrally positioned on. | 
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