The Pratomagno is a mountain range, which has the Arno River on both sides: to the west is the upper Valdarno and to the east is the Casentino. [1] It lies north-west of the city of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. [2] [3]
Its highest peak has an elevation of 1,592 m.
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.
The province of Arezzo is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. The province is bordered by the regions of Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and the provinces Siena and Florence of Tuscany. It has an area of 3,233 square kilometres (1,248 sq mi), a total population of about 344,000 in 36 comuni
The Battle of Campaldino was a battle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines on 11 June 1289. Mixed bands of pro-papal Guelf forces of Florence and allies, Pistoia, Lucca, Siena, and Prato, all loosely commanded by the paid condottiero Amerigo di Narbona with his own professional following, met a Ghibelline force from Arezzo including the perhaps reluctant bishop, Guglielmino degli Ubertini, in the plain of Campaldino, which leads from Pratovecchio to Poppi, part of the Tuscan countryside along the upper Arno called the Casentino. One of the combatants on the Guelph side was Dante Alighieri, twenty-four years old at the time.
Bibbiena is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy), the largest town in the valley of Casentino. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Florence, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Arezzo, 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Siena, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Sanctuary of La Verna. There are approximately 11,833 inhabitants
The Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river Arno flows to Subbiano, Italy.
Reggello is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres southeast of Florence, between the north-western side of Pratomagno and the Upper Valdarno.
Bucine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Florence and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Arezzo.
Cavriglia is a comune (municipality) in the province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Florence and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Arezzo.
Pergine Valdarno is a frazione of Laterina Pergine Valdarno in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Florence and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Arezzo. The American architect Craig Ellwood died there on May 30, 1992.
Stia is a frazione of the comune of Pratovecchio Stia in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Florence and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Arezzo. It was an independent commune until it was merged to Pratovecchio in 2014.
Camaldoli is a frazione of the comune of Poppi, in Tuscany, Italy. It is mostly known as the ancestral seat of the Camaldolese monastic order, originated in the eponymous hermitage, which can still be visited. The name was derived from Tedald's diploma of 1027 in which he writes that the church is located "in loco qui dicitur Campo Malduli" - 'in a place which is named Maldolo's field'.
Vallombrosa is a toponym which indicates both a forest and a frazione, located within this forest, in the territory of the Commune of Reggello, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in the Italian region of Tuscany.
The Valdarno is the valley of the river Arno, although this name does not apply to the entire river basin. Usage of the term generally excludes Casentino and the valleys formed by major tributaries.
Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (Firenze).
Arezzo railway station serves the city of Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy. This station is the most important in all the province.
Rapale is a village located in south-western Arezzo within the municipality of Bucine in Tuscany, Italy.
Poppi Castle is a medieval castle in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy, formerly the property of the noble Guidi family.
The Guidi were a Tuscan aristocratic family prominent in the region during the Middle Ages. Descended from Tegrimo Guidi, the family practised partible inheritance and in the thirteenth century began to split into separate cadet lineages.
Canis arnensis, the Arno River dog, is an extinct species of canine that was endemic to Mediterranean Europe during the Early Pleistocene. The Arno River dog has been described as a small jackal-like dog. Its anatomy and morphology relate it more to the modern golden jackal than to the larger Etruscan wolf of that time. It is probably the ancestor of modern jackals.
Laterina Pergine Valdarno is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany.
