Rifugio Chiusitta
The place
Rifugio Chiusitta in the Parco dei Nebrodi, Cesarò/San Fratello area (northern slope of the Nebrodi, Messina, Sicily, Italy), at 1300 m altitude, in the Nebrodi range (Sicily's largest beech forest, an extension of the Ligurian Apennines). Continuous Sicily Nebrodi cluster (batches 240-359, 2 listings). CFRS (Corpo Forestale Regione Siciliana) rifugio on traditional pasture + Fagus sylvatica zone (southernmost limit of the beech's range worldwide) + Ilex aquifolium "vetusti agrifogli" 4 specimens 300 years old + semi-endemic Sanfratellano horse breed, 400 individuals + heritage of the Sanfratellani (last Gallo-Italic pocket in Sicily, 10th c. Roger II Normans, 500,000 speakers, Rome).
The setting
PN Nebrodi Cesarò/San Fratello north slope Sicily Messina Italy 1300 m Sicily's largest beech forest extending the Ligurian Apennines, continuous cluster batches 240-359 2 listings, CFRS Chiusitta pasture + Fagus southernmost limit + agrifogli 300 years + Sanfratellano horse 400 + Sanfratellani Gallo-Italic Roger II 500,000 10th c.
