Eremo del Viandante
The place
Eremo del Viandante ("Hermitage of the Wayfarer") in the province of Prato, Cantagallo/Vaiano sector (Alpe di San Benedetto, Tuscan Apennines, Tuscany, Italy), at 1135 m altitude, on the south side of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Continuous Tuscan Apennines cluster (batches 250-383). Hermitage/rifugio of the Amici della Montagna, a spiritual retreat for hikers (Viandante, wayfarer, iconic Franciscan pilgrim + Alpe di San Benedetto, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, 1000-1600 m + Prato, historically home to the wool textile industry, the oldest in Europe + Florentine Renaissance 14th-16th c., Medici, Cosimo 1434-1464, patronage of Brunelleschi and Michelangelo + heritage of the Etruscans, 9th c. BC, 12 city-states, the Dodecapolis, the mysterious isolate Etruscan language + Roman conquest 264 BC, Volsinii + Dante Alighieri 1265-1321, Florentine, Divina Commedia, iconic, shaping modern Italian + Petrarch 1304-1374, humanist, father of the Renaissance).
The setting
Prato, Cantagallo/Vaiano, Alpe di San Benedetto, Tuscan Apennines, Tuscany, Italy, 1135 m, south side of the Apennines, continuous cluster batches 250-383, hermitage/rifugio of the Amici della Montagna, spiritual retreat, Viandante Franciscan + Alpe di San Benedetto 1000-1600 m + Prato wool textile + Renaissance, Medici, Cosimo 1434-1464, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Etruscans 9th c. BC, Dodecapolis, isolate Etruscan language + Rome 264 BC + Dante 1265-1321, Divina Commedia, shaping modern Italian + Petrarch 1304-1374, humanist, father of the Renaissance.
