CASENTINO MAP
a beautiful valley of eastern Tuscany that you can know in every detail with this site.
Texts and photos by Alessandro Ferrini ©
images in sequence of the Casentino to get to know this valley quickly. Click to enlarge
Where is the Casentino and how to get there
Casentino, the first land of the Arno, is located in the eastern part of Tuscany. To the north, the Falterona mountain separates this valley in the Province of Arezzo from Mugello. A road that starts from Stia connects these two territories. To the north east, the Apennine chain separates the Casentino from Romagna. Connection with this land are the Strada del Passo della Calla which still starts from Stia and the Via del Passo dei Mandrioli which passes through Badia Prataglia. To the east, the Alpe di Catenaia separates the Casentino from the Valtiberina of Arezzo. These lands are joined by the road that passes through Chiusi della Verna and the Via della Libbia, now near Arezzo. South of the Casentino is Arezzo, a city of art of Etruscan origin. From Arezzo the Regional Road 71 goes up the Casentino up to the Mandrioli Pass. To the west, the Pratomagno Massif divides the first land of the Arno from the Upper Valdarno. The connections between these two valleys are the Passo della Crocina that passes through Talla, a road that passes alongside Quota di Poppi and crosses the great mountain near its famous cross on the ridge, a third way that climbs from Montemignaio towards Monte Secchieta then descend to Vallombrosa and then to Reggello in Valdarno. To the north west of the Casentino is the Passo della Consuma road which connects the valley with Florence via Pontassieve. This pass can be reached from Strada in Casentino and from Pratovecchio Stia. The map of this page shows the above-mentioned roads and all those that connect the places of Casentino: villages, ancient churches, medieval castles, monasteries, sanctuaries, places of high naturalistic value.
THE MAIN COUNTRIES OF CASENTINO
Stia | Pratovecchio | Montemignaio | Strada in Casentino | Poppi | Ortignano Raggiolo | Raggiolo | Bibbiena | Chiusi della Verna | Chitignano | Castel Focognano | Talla | Subbiano | Capolona
SANCTUARIES, MONASTERIES, PLACES OF FAITH IN CASENTINO
Santuario Francescano della Verna | Santa Maria del Sasso, Bibbiena | Eremo e Monastero di Camaldoli | Pieve e Fraternità di Romena | Abbazia di Vallombrosa
ROMANIC CHURCHES AND CHURCHES OF CULTURAL INTEREST
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Stia | Pieve di Santa Maria, Stia | Chiesa di Lonnano, Pratovecchio Stia | Pieve di San Pietro a Romena | Pieve di Montemignaio | Pieve di Strada, Castel San Niccolò | Badia San Fedele, Poppi | Chiesa di Sant’Ippolito, Bibbiena | Santa Maria del Sasso, Bibbiena | Pieve di Socana, Castel Focognano | Pieve di Salutio, Castel Focognano | Pieve di Sietina, Capolona |
CASTLES OF CASENTINO
Castello di Porciano | Castello di Romena | Castello di Poppi | Castello di Valenzano
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES OF CASENTINO
Cetica, Castel San Niccolò | Quota, Poppi | Raggiolo, Ortignano Raggiolo | Serravalle, Bibbiena | Carda, Castel Focognano | Faltona, Talla | Capraia, Talla | Pontenano, Talla |
PLACES OF HIGH NATURAL VALUE
Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi | Massiccio del Pratomagno | Vallombrosa | Alpe di Catenaia
PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST AROUND CASENTINO
AREZZO | Pieve della Chiassa Superiore, Arezzo | Rondine, Arezzo | Castiglion Fibocchi | Laterina | Il Borro |Loro Ciuffenna | Pieve di Gropina, Loro Ciuffenna | Poggio di Loro | Rocca Ricciarda | Trappola | Anciolina | Badia di Soffena, Castelfranco | Castelfranco di Sopra | Le Balze del Valdarno | Pieve di Scò | Pieve di Cascia, Reggello | Reggello | Vallombrosa | Bagno di Romagna, le sue terme, la Romagna Toscana | Sansepolcro | Anghiari | Monterchi | Caprese Michelangelo |