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Tourist Itineraries from Montepiano - Vernio - (PO) |
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On the Appennines Tosco-Emiliani (Tuscany Mountains), in the Province of Prato, tightened to the west from the Cattarelle Hill (1009mt) and to east from Mount of Calvana (916 mt) has elevated the country of Montepiano fraction of Common of Vernio that it boasts in its under earth the Longer Railway Gallery of Europe, the Vernio-S. Benedict V.d.S (18,510mt).Montepiano has dipped in the nature to a quote approx. 400 mt above sea level.
It enjoys from the typical atmosphere of a landscape mounts rich of vegetation and rich of animals in their naturally ambient.
Taking a walk along the paths, can admire characteristic Panoramas from Tuscany.
To approximately 1.5 Miles,( easy catching up on foot from our hotel), is localizated the Fiorenzo Lake that, than more in summer, is lend in order to make walks along its sides. The fishers men can dedicate themselves to their passion, beyond that in the Fiorenzo Lake, also in the Lakes: Tavianella and Suviana; and the Rivers: Brasimone, Setta, Bisenzio, Sieve and Arno.
From Montepiano the following Municipalities and fractions are easy coming in little time and miles: Vaiano, Cantagallo, Carmignano, Montemurlo, Poggio a Caiano (PO) Barberino of Mugello (FI), Agliana (PT), Calenzano (FI), Campi Bisenzio (FI).
They are moreover accessible in a maximum of the 35 Miles the following ones province: Florence, Lucca, Pistoia.
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La Badia (The Abbey)- Montepiano Vernio (PO)
The lovers of the history can visit The Ancient Abbey (Church) of Saint Mary of Montepiano. Kind around the 1095 in a glade on the torrent Setta near the territory of the blessed soul Peter, was widened before 1138, when it came consecrated solemn from the bishop of Pistoia.The Abbey had immense possessions till the Mugello , was left from the friars in XVI century, passing to secular clergy. During a restructure, in 1843, it came seriously damaged from an earthquake, that it pulled down part of the complex.
The church conserve the beautiful vestment in sandstone of XII century, operates of Lombardic Artist, that they equipped the facade of this refined crown with bows on little columns, the only one example knowing in the Pratese and Pistoiese Area, and carved the remarkable portal, adorned from archaizing reliefs on top. Inside the high, evocative ceiling (navata) with cover to capriate, conserve to right an important group of frescoes of 1260-1280: three paint pictures, that they join Lombardic and from Tuscany influences.
They represent the Born of Christo , The Annunciation, and Michele Archangel;
contiguous there are: The Saint Cristoforo, the giant patron of the piligrim and a rigorous Madonna with the Child, based on prototypes Bizantini.
On the opposite wall some fragments of XIII century with History of the blessed soul Peter and a refined series of Saints, of the end of the 1300's, approached to the pseudo-Ambrogio of Baldese.
Others fresco between XIV and beginnings of XV century are on the walls (attributed to Lorenzo di Niccolò and Pietro da Miniato). Under the altar is treads of the relief of Giroldo da Como (1262), realized for the Abbey, now exposed in the Museum of Work of the Dome in Prato, while on the bottom of the chorus a niche made in 1600 protect the reliquie of the blessed soul Peter
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La Rocca (Ancient Castle) - Vernio (PO)
In the Municipality of Vernio of which Montepiano is part has elevated the ancient castle named "La Rocca".
The complex is raggiungibile with a road asphalted that it is detached from The Principal Road coming from Saint Quirico, before entering in the territory of Sasseta.
This road guide to a open-door to the northern zone of the castle, where it was a door that was demolished in the post-war period and of which remains only the traces of the jambs.
The Rocca of Vernio gave the name to the territory zone and dominated over the lived ones of Saint Quirico and Sasseta; currently do not remain than the traces of the fortified structure , also people even continued to indicate like rocca the Common Palace and the group of surrounding houses, inside the castle.
Today private residence, the Rocca had military importance as it turns out from documents written from 1300.
In origin the castle was immense and very structured for the defense, but the military part was destroyed in more time between XIV and XV century during the fights that plagued the territory of Vernio.
The ruine are still visible and from these you can image the vastness of the complex.
The medieval homes near the Common House still instead intact and it is very conserved. There is also a Nail dedicated to Sant' Agate, constructed in 1556 and remarkablly restored in 1706.
It's' possible to visit the Rocca before agreements with the owners.
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La Rocca di Cerbaia (Tower Ruin) - Cantagallo (PO)
The Rocca di Cerbaia is a military little castle , today a ruin, that is localized to 400 meters height on a dominant hill on the Bisenzio River, in Carmignanello locality, the municipality of Cantagallo, in Province of Prato (approximately 5 Miles from our hotel.) Probably it was built up from "Conti Alberti" to the beginnings of XII century to guard of the road for the Lombardia Region , and used also like their Residence.
Here Adelaide of the Alberti encounter its spouse Ezzelino II da Romano. They daughter, Cunizza da Romano (about which of her Dante Alighieri speack in the Paradise Poem), from the enlivened loving life, lived until mature age; in 1278 she wrote up own testament in this place, after which her news was not had more.
It's probabily that she died in the Rocca and be buried in the contiguous cemetary.
In the 1361 the Alberti will sell the castle to Florence, than it maintained a military garrison, demobilized in the course of the 1400's. From then the building has been abandoned.
About the Rocca di Cerbaia wrote Dante Alighieri in XXXII of Hell Poem from Divine Commedy (vv.40-60) when it narrates the vicissitude of two brothers Napoleone and Alexander of the Alberti, sons of Sir. Alberto of the Alberti. The two people killed themselves mutually for inheritance issues and for this they come confined in the Caina, the infernal place where the traitors of own relatives are found.
Dante tells also the vicissitude of the son of Napoleone, Alberto II, which assassinated the cousinses Orso and their vicissitude is described in the Purgatorio (vv.19-21).
A legend been born to Florence, around XV the century, tells that the poet in a snowy night in winter of the 1285 was found in travel towards Bologna and reached The Rocca ask to the own hospitality for a night to the Sir. Alberti but him gave ita refused to him and so the poet had to repair in the hut of shepherds mails more down; the legend identifies this house with those today existing anchor, but in ruine, localized to the feet of The Rocca.
Of the fortified complex, realized in local sandstone, remain the traces of two town-walls building , the central part, and in the low site there are the rests of a medieval oratory.
In center has found the imposing pentagonal tower (in good part collapsed) with the lookout-post tower in center named "The Mastio", much higher time ago (with rests of windows and slits). It's probable that the building has been reconstructed in the second half of the 1200's, inspiring itself in the forms to the Emperor Castle of Prato.
To the feet of the rocca the Bridge of Cerbaia has found. |
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