Information and Culture in the Apennines

Santa Severina (KR) and its castle

Santa Severina (KR) and its castle

By Redazione Published: 10/09/2013

A jewel perched on the uplands of the Sila, Santa Severina has been named one of the Borghi più Belli d'Italia (the most beautiful villages in Italy). The money from EU funds shows at once.…

Lago Ampollino in the Sila

Lago Ampollino

By Redazione Published: 10/09/2013

In the remotest, darkest heart of the Sila, Lago Ampollino stretches over more than five square kilometres, falling within no fewer than four municipalities and three provinces (Catanzaro, Cosenza and Crotone).It is in truth an…

Lago Laudemio (Remmo)

Lago Laudemio (Remmo)

By Redazione Published: 09/09/2013

Lago Laudemio lies in a moraine basin formed in the Quaternary when, during the ice age, the Sirino mountain group was covered by glaciers that shaped its forms.Lago Laudemio lies in a moraine basin formed…

Canyon Valli Cupe

Canyon Valli Cupe

By Redazione Published: 08/09/2013

We are in the province of Catanzaro, in the municipality of Sersale: the Canyon Valli Cupe...The "dark" side of the southern Apennines is in reality a play of contrasts and colours such as we rarely…

Fonte della Moscosa picnic area (Filettino)

Fonte della Moscosa picnic area (Filettino)

By Redazione Published: 27/08/2013

Not very well equipped, but if we like we can consider it a picnic area. Fonte della Moscosa lies at the end of a long mule track that is easy to walk. You need to…

Castello dei Magalotti di Fiastra

Castello dei Magalotti di Fiastra

By Redazione Published: 27/08/2013

On the road that leads from Cupi to the Lago di Fiastra, the little village of Fiastra keeps a small treasure surrounded by greenery. Now in ruins, the Castello di Fiastra is recorded as having…

Lago di Fiastra

Lago di Fiastra

By Redazione Published: 19/08/2013

On the northern edge of the Monti Sibillini National Park, set among the hills of the Marche, lies Lago di Fiastra, an artificial reservoir that fits well into the landscape, adding something that in fact…

Santuario della Madonna del Macereto on its plateau in the Monti Sibillini

The Santuario della Madonna del Macereto

By Redazione Published: 15/08/2013

A place to visit especially in the spring and summer season, when the colours of the Monti Sibillini reach their greatest splendour.The Macereto sanctuary is an octagonal building built in 1529 over an earlier small…

The Ristoro Mucciante on the road from Castel del Monte to Fonte Vetica

Ristoro Mucciante

By Redazione Published: 13/08/2013

A place that for some years now has become a true legend. The Ristoro Mucciante is a wooden building on the state road that leads from Castel del Monte to Fonte Vetica.A meeting place for…