Capanna Grimaldi
The place
Capanna Grimaldi in the Foreste Casentinesi, Pratovecchio Stia/Camaldoli sector (Parco nazionale Foreste Casentinesi Monte Falterona Campigna, Tuscany, Italy), at 1331 m elevation, on the slopes of Monte Falco 1657 m (2nd highest peak in the park after Falterona 1654 m, source of the Arno). Continuous Tuscany Casentinesi cluster (batches 240-340). CAI Firenze SPES cabin or Pratovecchio municipal cabin dedicated to the Florentine researcher Grimaldi (historic Tuscan surname), area with the thousand-year-old fir forest of Camaldoli (Camaldolese monks, 1012, Saint Romuald, oldest protected monastic fir forest in Europe, continuous silvo-pastoral management), in the Foreste Sacre where Dante mentions the "silva antica" (Divine Comedy, Inferno canto XIII, Casentinesi wood of the suicides).
The setting
Foreste Casentinesi Pratovecchio Stia/Camaldoli PN Falterona-Campigna Tuscany Italy 1331 m Monte Falco 1657 m 2nd highest peak, continuous cluster batches 240-340, CAI Firenze SPES/Pratovecchio municipal Grimaldi historic Tuscan surname, thousand-year-old fir forest 1012 Romuald silvo-pastoral, Dante Inferno XIII Casentinesi suicides.
