Rifugio Valdiccioli
The place
Rifugio Valdiccioli ("Val di Ciolo Refuge") in the province of Florence, Marradi/Palazzuolo sul Senio area (Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna, Tuscany, Italy), at 867 m altitude, on the northern slope of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Continuous cluster Tuscan Apennines (batches 250-370). CAI Firenze hiking-section refuge (Val di Ciolo, valley of a Lamone tributary stream + Foreste Casentinesi NP, 368 km², 1993, transnational Tuscany-Emilia + Falterona 1654 m, source of the Arno + heritage of the ancient beech forest, UNESCO 2017 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, 100,000 ha across 12 European countries, Sasso Fratino biogenetic reserve 1959, fully protected and unexploited + heritage of the Tuscans/Etruscans (pre-Roman Italic people, 900 BC + Etruscan language, a mysterious isolate now largely deciphered + twelve city-states, the dodecapolis, Fiesole/Volterra/Cortona + end with the Roman conquest, 264 BC, Volsinii + heritage of the Florentine Renaissance, 14th-16th centuries, the Medici, Cosimo il Vecchio 1434-1464, patronage of art, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo).
The setting
Florence Marradi/Palazzuolo sul Senio Foreste Casentinesi NP Tuscany Italy 867 m Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, continuous cluster batches 250-370, CAI Firenze Val di Ciolo Lamone + Foreste Casentinesi NP 368 km² 1993 Tuscany-Emilia + Falterona 1654 m Arno + ancient beech forest UNESCO 2017 Beech Forests 100,000 ha 12 countries Sasso Fratino biogenetic reserve 1959 unexploited, Tuscans/Etruscans pre-Roman Italic 900 BC + Etruscan isolate + dodecapolis Fiesole/Volterra/Cortona + Rome 264 BC Volsinii + Renaissance Medici Cosimo 1434-1464 Brunelleschi Michelangelo.
