Refuge

Casale Piscini

Macerata · Italie0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Casale Piscini (Piscini Farmhouse) in the Monti Sibillini National Park, in the Ascoli Piceno/Norcia area (Marche/Umbria border, Italy), at 1136 m altitude. A former casale (traditional livestock farmhouse) converted into a refuge/agriturismo within the Sibillini's heritage landscape (Piscini = "small pools", referring to streams or ponds). Beech woodland, limestone pastures and Castelluccio DOP lentils, devastated by the 2016 earthquakes (magnitude 6.5).

The setting

Sibillini Park, Ascoli Piceno/Norcia, Marche/Umbria, 1136 m; converted casale; Castelluccio DOP lentils; 2016 magnitude-6.5 earthquakes.