Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park

Ancient beech and fir forests along the Apennine ridge between Romagna and Tuscany

Forest covers most of this park, which runs along the Apennine watershed and includes Sasso Fratino, Italy's first integral nature reserve (1959). Its beech forests are part of a UNESCO World Heritage serial site.

1Sasso FratinoItaly's first integral nature reserve, created in 1959 and now World Heritage listed.
3CamaldoliA monastery set among chestnut woods.

Things to do

  • On footWalk among the white firs at Campigna
  • On footFollow the path to the Acquacheta waterfall, mentioned in Dante's Comedy
  • HeritageVisit the Camaldoli monastery and the chestnut woods around it
  • Try thisLook for the source of the Arno on Monte Falterona
Sasso Fratino
Sasso Fratino
Camaldoli
Camaldoli

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Italy · Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany Est. 1993 Size 368 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

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    Acquacheta

    A waterfall mentioned in Dante's Comedy.

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