Casentino

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Valley located north of the province of Arezzo. It is the valley in which runs the first leg of the Arno River, which originates from Mount Falterona, which, together with the Monte Falco (1658 m above sea level), is the northern limit of the valley, on the border with Romagna. The Alpe di Serra and the Alpe di Catenaia separate, in the East, the Casentino from Val Tiberina. In the West the Pratomagno separates it from Upper Valdarno. The western elevations of the complex of Monte Falterona finally separate the valley from Mugello.

The Casentino was inhabited since prehistoric times farther away, they find themselves in the territory traces of the Middle Paleolithic. In Casentino include several points of interest, and especially religious art, from the castle of Poppi, with a dominating central valley from the heights on which stands the village of Poppi and north of the valley between the towns of Stia and Pratovecchio Castle Romanian , dating from the eleventh century, which is also in a dominant position, the Parish of Romena, a Romanesque church in the town of Pratovecchio, and important religious centers such as the Sanctuary of La Verna, the Monastery of Camaldoli, the Hermitage of Camaldoli and sanctuary -monastero of Santa Maria del Sasso, at Bibbiena.

Camaldoli is a town located in the municipality of Poppi, the National Park of Casentino Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna. Not far from the monastery you can visit a delightful artificial lake but now it is time to be naturalized: the Pond Traversari Camaldoli.

Pieve di San Pietro a Romena is a Catholic place of worship which is at the foot of the castle in the Romanian town of Pratovecchio.

the municipalities of Casentino

Bibbiena 
Capolona 
Castel Focognano 
Castel San Niccolò 
Chitignano 
Chiusi della Verna 
Montemignaio 
Ortignano Raggiolo 
Poppi 
Pratovecchio 
Stia 
Subbiano 
Talla