NATIONAL PARK OF CASENTINO FORESTS
The national park of the Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna extends across Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, between the provinces of Arezzo, Forlì-Cesena and Florence and covers an area of almost 40 thousand hectares. An immense extension of woods and a natural oasis hidden for centuries by religious communities who have established hermitages and monasteries here.
In the landscape the signs of man have not disappeared, but frozen by abandonment: houses, majesties, bridges, mule tracks lead the hiker to the discovery of a civilization, that of the so-called "Tuscan Romagna" which has its own particular characteristics. The Hermitage and the Monastery of Camaldoli, the Sanctuary of La Verna and the natural environment in which they are immersed offer the visitor the most intense emotions.
The park is divided into 4 areas, identified by the letters A, B, C and D, in decreasing order of protection.
In zone A, the integral reserve, the natural environment is preserved in its integrity, and reaches up to zone D which includes urban and tourist centres.
Given the enormous extension of the park, flora and fauna are very varied, so much so that over 1300 species of plants have been recorded, of which over 1000 are indigenous. As for animals, here is the most important population of wolves in the entire northern Apennines, constantly monitored using non-invasive techniques by the State Forestry Corps. Roe deer, deer, fallow deer, wild boars and golden eagles also live here and it is not at all difficult to spot them, particularly in the evening hours.
In the landscape the signs of man have not disappeared, but frozen by abandonment: houses, majesties, bridges, mule tracks lead the hiker to the discovery of a civilization, that of the so-called "Tuscan Romagna" which has its own particular characteristics. The Hermitage and the Monastery of Camaldoli, the Sanctuary of La Verna and the natural environment in which they are immersed offer the visitor the most intense emotions.
The park is divided into 4 areas, identified by the letters A, B, C and D, in decreasing order of protection.
In zone A, the integral reserve, the natural environment is preserved in its integrity, and reaches up to zone D which includes urban and tourist centres.
Given the enormous extension of the park, flora and fauna are very varied, so much so that over 1300 species of plants have been recorded, of which over 1000 are indigenous. As for animals, here is the most important population of wolves in the entire northern Apennines, constantly monitored using non-invasive techniques by the State Forestry Corps. Roe deer, deer, fallow deer, wild boars and golden eagles also live here and it is not at all difficult to spot them, particularly in the evening hours.