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Foreste Casentinesi, Italy

cover photo by Bececcomanuelo

Location added by Daniel Carnevale

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 9.1 (average on 27 votes)

Coordinates : 43.867208,11.775084 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The landscape of the park is characterized by sedimentary rocks, mainly sandstones intercalated with marls, which appear frequently in Romagna with characteristics stratified slopes, ridges or bare. It is different conformation in the south-east of the Park, where Mount Verna, with its limestone cliffs, stands in a landscape with large rounded slopes interrupted by erosion gullies, indicating the presence of clays. The Park excels, from the point of view of nature as one of the most prized forest areas in Europe, the heart of which is formed by the Casentino State Forests, in which is located the Natural Reserve of Sasso Fratino, established in 1959. It is also an area with villages rich in history and artistic and architectural elements, which offer the visitor in a beautiful natural setting, rich in flora and fauna, among which the most important wolf population of the Northern and the exceptional presence of five species of ungulates: wild boar, roe deer, fallow deer, red deer and mouflon. There are two poles in the park of great charm and spiritual importance: the Sanctuary of La Verna and Camaldoli Hermitage. The park covers an area in which man has always lived and worked, and this is the reason for the presence of the many ruins and abandoned villages in its territory. Due to the massive exodus that has occurred since World War II, the number of the present inhabitants of the park is reduced to about 1,500 people. The protected area you can visit with pleasant hiking, mountain biking, horseback or, in winter, skiing hiking along the approximately 600 km of the trail network.

Recommended equipment : from macro to super-telephoto

Best months : the ideal is the spring and autumn, but it is beautiful all year round

How to get there : from forli follow the SS 67 for the northern part of the sp 4 to enter the heart of the park or exit at Cesena e45 to church Santo Stefano sp 208 for the southern part of the park

Visits : free

Notes : the northern part is the part I am most attached. is the waterfall of Acquacheta, and offers many photo opportunities.

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Sunrise: 06:28, Sunset: 19:57

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