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Northern view of the Pizzo d'Uccello. The Apuan Alps (Italian: Alpi Apuane) are a mountain range in northern Tuscany, Italy.They are included between the valleys of the Serchio and Magra rivers, and, to the northwest, the Garfagnana and Lunigiana, with a total length of approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi).
It lies to the north of the main ridge of the Apennines between Tuscany and Emilia, separated by the valley of the river Ozola. Abetina Reale Abetina Reale is a coniferous forest that grows on the eastern side of the Cusna, on the right side of the High Valley Dolo river, and extends to the Apennine ridge.
Map of Chianti Montefioralle. Chianti (Italian pronunciation:), in Italy also referred to as Monti del Chianti ("Chianti Mountains") or Colline del Chianti ("Chianti Hills"), is a mountainous area of Tuscany in the provinces of Florence, Siena and Arezzo, composed mainly of hills and mountains.
National and regional parks in Italy. The national parks of Italy are protected natural areas terrestrial, marine, fluvial or lacustrine, which contain one or more intact ecosystems (or only partially altered by anthropic interventions) and/or one or more physical, geological, geomorphological, biological formations of national and international interest, for naturalistic, scientific, cultural ...
FYI, there’s a collection of hamlets in northern Tuscany just outside of Lucca called “Bagni di Lucca” or “Baths of Lucca.” The area is famous for its healing thermal waters used by the ...
A number of long hiking trails wind through the Apennines. Of note is European walking route E1 coming from northern Europe and traversing the lengths of the northern and central Apennines. The Grand Italian Trail begins in Trieste and after winding through the Alpine arc traverses the entire Apennine system, Sicily and Sardinia.
The Raticosa pass (Italian: Passo della Raticosa) is a mountain pass in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines with an elevation of 968 m (3,176 ft) above sea level. [2] It is located close to the small town of Pietramala [3] in the municipality of Firenzuola, which forms part of the Metropolitan City of Florence (). [1]
Tuscany has created a €2.8 million ($3 million) fund to buy and renovate homes in towns with less than 5,000 residents to bolster the rural population in its mountainous municipalities.