Budrio di Salecchio
The place
Budrio di Salecchio ("Budrio of Salecchio") in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Firenzuola/Palazzuolo sul Senio area (Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy), at 614 m elevation, on the slopes of Monte Falterona. Continuous Emilia-Romagna cluster (batches 250-342). An agricultural or communal shack ("budrio" = Emilian dialect for mud, Salecchio being a hamlet of Spolette), in an area of Apennine beech forests and the Vena del Gesso (gypsum mine, UNESCO 2023, the largest karst caves in south-central Europe), with heritage from the Passo della Futa (Fürt pass, 903 m, the high point of the SS65 Bologna–Florence road, site of the 1944 Gothic Line battle — around 1,500 Allied dead, German cemetery with 30,000 graves, the largest German cemetery in Italy).
The setting
Tuscan-Emilian Apennines Firenzuola/Palazzuolo sul Senio Emilia-Romagna Italy 614 m Falterona, continuous cluster batches 250-342, budrio Emilian dialect for mud Salecchio hamlet of Spolette, beech forests, Vena del Gesso UNESCO 2023 gypsum largest karst caves south-central Europe, Futa 903 m SS65 Bologna-Florence Gothic Line 1944 1500 Allied dead German cemetery 30,000 graves largest German cemetery in Italy.
