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	The best way to discover the Casentino valley
		A green oasis within the Appenine chain between Tuscany and Romagna, Casentino boasts a long artisan tradition within the fields of woodwork, wrought-iron work, stonework and "woollen cloth"; there is a special blend of charm and values in which mankind still maintains its harmonic relationship with the environment.
		Casentino stretches for approximately 700 km2 and has a population of 35,000 inhabitants.
		The Casentino Forest National Park was set up in 1992 in the forests which cover the mountains in the northen valley.
	www.welcomeincasentino.it /ilcasentinouk.htm (197 words)

	Study Abroad in Tuscany-Welcome to the Tuscan countryside !
		Casentino is the name of area within Tuscany that identifies the upper valley of the Arno, through which the river flows from its source in Mt Falterona as far as the city of Arezzo.
		The Casentino is indeed the Arcadia of Tuscany, and in the middle of it rise the hill-towns of Poppi and Bibbiena, which epitomise the typical Central Italian hill-towns.
		The National Park of the Forests of Casentino, of Mount Falterona and Campigna extends on a surface of 36,000 hectares, between the regions of Romagna and Tuscany.
	www.casentinostudyabroad.net /4.htm (1063 words)

	Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in casentino Italy
		La Gravenna is a place where traditions and charm of the ancient times are guarded, where the fire of the great eighteenth-century fireplace is always burning, ready to welcome every vacationer or wayfarer may stop.
		The hotel is situated in the 'Casentino' valley, among the Grave...
		The "Alto Casentino" area is rich in castles, hermitages, monast...
	www.bbplanet.it /st_en.asp?localita=CASENTINO (332 words)

	Casentino
		Casentino is the high part of Arno valley, that the river covers from che il l Monte Falterona up to Arezzo, where the narrow street of Appennino ends and the river flows in the plain and goes in a smaller river towards Florence.
		Closed to the west by Pratomagno mountains and to the est by Alpe di Serra and Alpe di Catenaia, Casentino is a wide plain, full of turistic summer localities (Badia Prataglia, Chiusi della Verna) and winter localities (La Burraia), ancient feudal castles (Romena, Porciano, Valenzano), romanic pievi (Socana, Romena) and monasteries (La Verna, Camaldoli).
		Among the main places to visit in Casentino are: Stia, Camaldoli, Pieve di Romena, Castello di Poppi, la Verna, i Palazzi di Bibbiena and Pieve di Sietina.
	www.tuscany.la /area/casentino.php (219 words)

	Castel S.Niccolò \| Casentino \| Tuscany
		Castel S.Niccolò dominates the modern suburb of Strada in Casentino, it is reachable from the SS70 Umbro-Casentinese.
		The most important part of the fortification is the 'Palace' that was residence of the Guidi family first and later of the Florentine Podestà (medieval term for chief magistrate or governor) endowed with mullioned windows with two lights and a beautiful gothic portal, all surmounted by the high and mighty keep.
		What we see today is due to the patient work of restoration undertaken by the owner, that cleaned the historical vestiges from all the modern additions erected in the modern times, bringing them to the ancient shine.
	www.castellitoscani.com /sniccolo.htm (634 words)

	Casentino accommodation - SweeTuscany ©: Accommodations in Casentino : hotels lodgings farm holidays bed and ...
		Casentino: very nice accommodation in small valley, with wide view on the hills, nearby Suvereto.
		Casentino: beutiful accommodation in the center of the city, with Room Service, nearby Pisignano.
		Casentino: funny accommodation with adsl connections and Course.
	www.sweetuscany.net /Acc_Casentino/Casentino.htm (402 words)

	Italian Language School and Courses in Italy at CCIC. Learn Italian in Italy, Tuscany, Casentino, Poppi, Arezzo
		The two great monasteries of the Casentino: Camaldoli, founded in the 11th Century, and La Verna, founded by San Francesco of Assisi in the 13th century.
		People from all over the world come to Casentino to learn the Italian language and to study the Italian culture and way of living.
		Poppi, the seat of our school, was in ancient time the capital of an historical region of Tuscany called Casentino, today is an ideal base for excursions into the National Park of the Casentino Forests.
	www.parlital.it (931 words)

	Arno Valley Vacation Rentals, Casentino Rental Homes, Villas Vacations
		Castle of the 4 Towers The Castle is situated on a green hill, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, ii a pleasant place to stay near Siena.
		Casentino, situated in the upper Arno valley, is famous for its breathtaking scenery.
		It is a land of castles, Churches and Della Robbia terra-cottas.
	www.goin2travel.com /casentino.htm (866 words)

	Visit Casentino in Tuscany, Casentino Guide
		The river and its innumerable streams are running down in the area, generating amazing waterfalls which together with the mountains surrounding Casentino’s valleys are giving to this land the appearance of a large and wonderful plentiful green basket.
		The human presence in Casentino comes back from ancient times and the villages, towns, defensive structures, as well as the remarkable religious sites there located have been built up along its history in perfect harmony with the landscape, trying always to preserve its natural masterpieces.
		So the main features of Casentino are its dense wild forests, its valleys, its numerous and pretty localities, plenty of history culture and art, as well as the marvellous spiritual sites which keep on being the destination of thousands of pilgrims and visitors coming each year from everywhere in the world.
	www.holiday-apartment-tuscany.net /tuscany_travel_guide/casentino.htm (369 words)

	The Origins of Tuscan Landscape A fascinating travel report through the history and geography of Italy
		Casentino is the ancient name of the upper valley of the Arno, through which the river flows, after issuing from its source on Mt Falterona, as far as the city of Arezzo.
		The majority of castles in the Casentino begin to appear in the records from the 9th c., belonging to a family of Germanic origin from Ferrara, the Guidi, settled in Tuscany.
		The hostility of Florence manifested itself in all its determination when in 1440 the Casentino was invaded by the Florentine army with the help of the Guidi of Battifolle.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/JAN2006/Tuscan_Landscape.htm (1476 words)

	pc_arno
		The Casentino valley lies between the Apennines and the Pratomagno.
		Master Adam, the counterfeiter, condemned by Dante to dropsy and eternal burning thirst, is obsessed by "li ruscelletti che da’ verdi colli del Casentin discendon giuso in Arno" (‘the brooklets that descend the green hills of Casentino to the Arno’;).
		The Arno has always had an important effect on the lives of the people of Casentino, who shunned it in the days when it was unhealthy and unsafe, then sought it out when it became useful to trade, to economic survival.
	www.casentino.it /pag_english/parola_chiave/pc_arno.htm (358 words)

	Casentino Tuscany
		Poppi is the historic capital of an ancient region of Tuscany, the Casentino: a wide, oval-shaped valley carved by the first reach of the Arno river and ringed by mountains.
		The highest peaks are formed by Mount Falterona, the Pratomagno, which separates the Casentino from the Chianti region, and the mount of La Verna, which separates it from the upper Tiber valley.
		The mountains that ring the valley encompass the largest forests on the Italian peninsula: this too is a legacy of its long isolation, as is the presence of deer, badgers, wolves and many other wild animal species.
	www.parlital.it /english/tuscany-casentino.html (271 words)

	Casentino on line : Toscana
		Il Casentino, alta valle del fiume Arno, è terra di castelli, pievi romaniche, terrecotte robbiane, luoghi danteschi e luoghi dello spirito.
		Casentino on line ti offre l'opportunità di inserire in modo del tutto gratuito le tue offerte o le tue richieste di lavoro.
		E' l'inserto di Casentino on line accessibile 24 al giorno in cui potrai navigare per inserire ogni tipo di proposta o trovare quello che ti interessa
	www.casentinoonline.it (133 words)

	APT Arezzo - Guida alla ristorazione della provincia di arezzo
		The Casentino, the upper valley of the river Arno, is surrounded on the east by the mountains where La Verna, Camaldoli and Catenaia are situated, and on the west by the Pratomagno ridge.
		Capolona is the southernmost village of the Casentino, with the interesting parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena a Sietina.
		On the slopes of a hill is the imposing tower of the castle of Porciano.
	www.apt.arezzo.it /ristorazione/info.asp?inf=casentino (892 words)

	Casentino accommodations, Farmhouse, Apartments, hotels, arezzo accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This modern villa was built about 30 years ago and is located in the heart of Casentino valley, only 3 km away from Poppi village.
		This exclusive, independent villa, made of Tuscan stone, was built respecting Leopoldine villas’standards and it is located in Casentino, a wonderful valley which links the province of Arezzo to the province of Florence, in the heart of Tuscany.
		Casentino shire is famous for for its luxuriant forests, (National Park of Casentino), its monasteries and its typical villages.
	www.tuscanyvilla.it /arezzo_casentino (382 words)

	hints about casentino valley, in tuscany, italy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Casentino Valley is the valley of the river Arno in the italian region Tuscany (Toscana).
		The river Arno that flows in the Casentino valley before to arrive at Florence is the river Dante Alighieri named when he told by metaphor that he finished his language before use it for his lines.
		He said he had "rinsed dirty cloths at the Arno" to mean that between the various languages (dialects) present at that time in the central region of the future Italy he adopted as the cleanest the one of a particular area of the Tuscany, the area more near to Florence and his river Arno.
	www.agriturismocincinelli.it /tuscany_valley_casentino.htm (1690 words)

	Casentino accommodations - SweeTuscany © Holidays Rentals in Casentino
		Part of the uniqueness of the city is that it can offer a succession of completely different yet equally authentic aesthetic encounters: from the familiar idiom of some grey-toned, restrained church interior of the quattrocento to the unexpected one in white and gold from the early eighteenth century.
		Apartments with pool on the Casentino hills.Holidays houses in Casentino, Residences in Casentino.villas with swimming pool in Casentino area.
		Casentino: accommodation in the center of the city, nearby Castel San Niccolo.
	www.sweetuscany.org /accommodation_casentino_tuscany.htm (979 words)

	Tuscany Charming :::...::: Stia and Porciano Castle - Casentino - Arezzo
		The Municipal territory of Stia extends in the Casentino for an area of 62,71 square kilometres at the foot of Monte Falterona, and is crossed by the high course of the Arno.
		Recorded in a document of 1054, Stia belonged to the Porciano branch of the Counts Guidi and was for centuries the “mercatale” (marketplace) of the aforementioned Castle.
		It is raised between the rests of the fortified walled enclosure, two towers, the western transformed in bell tower of the church of the little town and two gates, one to north and another to south.
	www.tuscany-charming.it /en/places/stia.asp (1248 words)

	Terra di Toscana, tuscany, guide, tour, accommodation, Visiting Tuscany - Sightseeing - Sight-seeing in the area, ...
		The Casentino is situated in north-east Tuscany on the border with Romagna, its boundaries marked out by mountain ridges that give it the appearance of a amphitheatre, through the centre of which runs the river Arno (close to its source on Monte Falterona).
		The Casentino is in the province of Arezzo and includes the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, which can boast the most extensive and best-preserved woods in Italy and the greatest variety of fauna in the whole of the northern Apennines.
		It dominated the whole Casentino valley, and it's still possible to admire the layout of the castle and its well-preserved main towers and keep.
	www.terraditoscana.com /default.aspx?lpg=visitare_province_alturist_mst&obj=ar_lturist (929 words)

	Rete Civica Casentino - RCC - Italy - home page
		Comunità Montana del Casentino - Ecomuseo del Casentino
		Nell'ambito delle iniziative dell'Ecomuseo del Casentino, la Comunità Montana e il Consorzio Sviluppo e Turismo, presentano le iniziative 'Sapori d'autunno' e 'Tempo di castagne tempo di veglie', feste della castagna del Pratomagno casentinese.
		A cura dell’ufficio ambiente della Comunità Montana sono stati redatti progetti e realizzati lavori di “bonifica ambientale” di siti degradati (ex discariche di rifiuti) presenti nel Casentino.
	www.casentino.toscana.it (524 words)

	Casentino Valley
		The Casentino is the name of the upper valley of the Arno, through which the river flows from its source in Monte Falterona as far as the vicinity of Arezzo.
		It then widens out as far Pratovecchio to from a perfect amphitheatre of gentle slopes rising to the Pratomagno ridges on the west and on the east to the heights dominated by Monte Falterona, in which Camandoli, La Verna and Catenaia are situated.
		Bibbiena and fertile lands in its vicinity belonged to the warlike Tarlatis and Ubertinis of Arezzo; and it was the plain of Campaldino, not far from Poppi, that fate chose as the scene of the bloody battle which ended the long standing struggle between the Guelph and Ghibellines (1289).
	www.tuscanholidays.net /villas-tuscany-casentino-valley.htm (549 words)

	Casamonti Bed & Breakfast
		Il Casamonti B&B si trova al confine estremo del Casentino verso Firenze, nei pressi del passo della Consumma, a 1000 metri circa di altitudine.
		The Casamonti B&B is located at the Casentino border on Florence side, close to the Consumma pass, at over 3.000 feet.
		Guests are lodged in rooms overlooking the Casentino Valley, rich of waters - here are the Arno springs - and woods, which houses invaluable historic, religious and cultural treasures.
	users.libero.it /firo/index.html (216 words)

	Casentino Hotels:SweeTuscany © Accommodation in Tuscany - Hotel in Casentino - hotels in wonderfull ancient villa ...
		Casentino: very sweet hotel in vacation house, with internet use convenient, (8 km aside) Lucciano.
		Casentino: euphonious fitted relays in holiday inn, with wi-fi connections, (19 kilometer by) Le Lastre.
		Casentino: engrossing hotel in punctilious villa with pool, with Computer services, (11 km apart) Stia.
	www.sweetuscany.com /Hotel_Casentino/Casentino_hot.htm (523 words)

	Ciboviaggiando - THE ROUTE OF FLAVOURS IN THE CASENTINO VALLEY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Casentino Valley is the northern part of the valley where Arno river, one of the most important rivers of our "boot-shaped" country, rises from its source.
		On an interesting initiative of "Comunità Montana del Casentino" along with the Province of Arezzo and the Toscana Region the ECOMUSEO DEL CASENTINO is born, in order to promote the memory of the place.
		The whole of "Casentino" ham is roundish, lightly long and flattish, and the weight is between 9 and 12 kgs.
	www.ciboviaggiando.it /genitin.asp?lan=E&iti=6 (2406 words)

	Ecotouring Tuscany-Environment Friendly Tours in Tuscany
		Ecotouring Tuscany is located in the Tuscan district of Casentino.
		This land is the home of a rare and privileged encounter between modernism and medieval, history, religion and nature, asceticism and good cuisine.
		The Casentino National Forests span across the Apennines range for an extent of 36,000 hectares between the Romagna and Tuscany.
	www.ecotouringtuscany.com /2.htm (586 words)

	Jacopo del Casentino
		The painting was at the beginning on the altar of San Miniato crypt, then in the 18th century it was said to be in the sacristy (as Cambiagi wrote in 1790) and in the 19th century it was on the right side of the apse (Cavalcaselle 1883).
		Furthermore it is really important to reconstruct the artist pictorial activity, making us know one of the most interesting personalities of the first half of the 14th century.
		Jacopo del Casentino was a prolific and eclectic painter and miniaturist and he had an important role in the Florentine painting evolution leading to Orcagna and the "Orcagneschi".
	www.flemingyouth.it /details.asp?ID=41 (509 words)

	Tuscany, Italy, holiday rental apartments and farmhouses between Florence and Arezzo.
		Guest accommodation at Fattoria Casentino comprises 8 individual apartments and 5 detached villas.
		All the apartments and villas have comfortably furnished living-rooms with traditional fireplaces, as well as central heating, fully equipped kitchens with 4-ring hobs and refrigerator, ovens and dishwasher in some apartments, and tiled bathrooms with shower.
		Comprises kitchen with cooking spot, fireplace and dining area, living-room with fireplace and divan bed, 3 double bedrooms, one twin bedroom, one single bedroom, three bathrooms with showers.
	www.rentinginitaly.com /print/fattcelli (1094 words)

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