PRATOVECCHIO

Here is the venue of Casentino Forest National Park Falterona Mountain and Campina. Worth of a visit is the Abbey of St. Maria a Poppiena, the Monastery of St. John the Evangelist and the church of St. Romolo a Valliana.

Of great interest are: the Castle of Romena and Pieve of St. Pietro a Romena, intact example of XII c. Romanic architecture with a precious apse, wonderful capitals and the remains of an ancient X c. church.

BIBBIENA

This village is one of the most important centre of Casentino. There you may find Dovizi Palace of Renaissance time, the XV c. Church of St. Lorenzo - with two masterpieces by Andrea della Robbia -, the Oratory of St. Lorenzo, the church of St. Ippolito and St. Donato. In the nearby of the centre, worth a visit the Sanctuary of St. Maria del Sasso.

In the area of the council, there is the nice suburb of Serravalle, overloked by an ancient castle of XII c.

CHIUSI DELLA VERNA

It is a religious place, internationally renowned. Its notoriety is linked to the life of St. Francis of Assisi: indeed, here he received the Stigmata.

La Verna Sanctuary has a great heritage of artistic, historical and religious evidences: first of all, Andrea della Robbia's masterpieces. To visit: the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, the museum of the Sanctuary, the Basilica, the Church of Stigmata, the convent and Sasso Spicco.

Vallesanta as well is worth of an accurate tour: it is crossed by an upwards stream called Corsalone that stretches up to the underneath crest between Tuscany and Romagna. Its wild landscape, the country settlements interspersed among the woods, the ancient village of Corezzo with its historical evidences create an high-quality tour.