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We are in Tuscany, a Tuscany which borders on Romagna, Umbria, Marche and the Republic of San Marino. It is a land of deep historical-cultural traditions. The nature, a landscape unique , is always different in every season, never the same. The municipal territory of Badia Tedalda is rich of glazed earthenware by Della Robbia School and in the St, Michael’s monumental church in Badia Tedalda you can admire some of the most recently restored glazed earthenware. 

ALPE DELLA LUNA NATURE RESERVE	ABBEY - SANT.MICHELE ARCANGELO - BADIA TEDALDA

 

The Cocchiola Oasi is obviously located in the middle of a centre of tourist, cultural, naturalistic and gastronomic interest. From there, during the day you can visit places of major attraction like:

 

NATURAL PARK OF SASSO SIMONE AND SIMONCELLO

• At about 5 Km. The Natural Park of Sasso Simone and Simoncello of 4847 hectares, is located in the province of Pesaro, on the border of the Tuscan nature reserve with the same name which belongs to the municipal district of Sestino (AR); included in the ancient territory of the Montefeltros, it is 40 km far from the coast of Romagna. The landscape, hilly and mountainous is characterized by the mountains of Sasso Simone and Simoncello, Monte Canale, Monte Palazzolo with height between 670 meters and 1415 meters above sea level, the altitude of Monte Carpegna which is the top of the park and the divide between the Valle del Foglia and the Val Marecchia.

LA VERNA SANCTUARY

• At about 30 Km. The mountain of la Verna enters the history of the greatest holy places of the world thanks to a meeting  between Francis of Assisi and Orlando Catani, the Count of Chiusi in Casentino in the spring of 1213. The Count found a sort of light in the Saint’s words and he wanted therefore to make an offer to him that seemed to be proper for his search of loneliness: “ I have in Tuscany a very devoted mountain which is called La Verna Mountain, it is solitary and wild and suitable to whom want to do penance in a repressed place or to make solitary life . If you like this place I would  give it to you and your friends with pleasure and  for the health of my soul”.  Francis liked this offer.  Later he sent two of his friends to see it and he had confirmation that what the count said corresponded to the truth and accepted the mountain with great joy. So la Verna became one of the hermitages ( solitary places) where every year he used to spend long periods of  retreat. We don’t know how many times he went there but we know that he went to La Verna for the last time at the end of the summer in 1224. He was tired and ill. At La Verna, during his moments of prayer he had the nerve to ask to experience the same  love and pain that Jesus Christ felt  during his Passion, Death and Resurrection. His prayer was answered  and on 14th September on occasion of the Veneration of the Cross he received final seal of stigmata and his body was marked by the same sores of Christ Crucified. Never before history  had told about such a fact. The Liturgy of Stigmata Celebration (17th September) attributes St. Paolo’s words to him: “ I was crucified with Christ and I don’t live anymore, Christ lives in me… In fact I have Jesus Christ’s stigmata in my body (Gal 2,20; 6,17)
  
   

 

SOURCES OF TIBER RIVER

• At about  16 Km. The source of the Tiber  originates at 1268 meters above sea level from two springs which are ten meters away from each other, they are called “Le Vene”. According to territories crossed by the river it assumed different names over the centuries, such as “Albula”, “Serra”, “Tarentum”, “Coluber” and “Rumon” from which maybe the names Romolo and Remo originated. Furthermore, according to an ancient  Roman legend the toponym Tiber comes from Tiberino, a descendant of Enea, who died drowned in this river. The Tiber has always been considered an historical  river, a sort of river-museum and it was a magnet for the first human settlements. Near its  banks very important towns rose and developed, among them there is obviously Rome. The first miles of the Tiber run through  the slopes of Monte Fumaiolo,  go  across Tuscany, Umbria and Latium and flows into the  Tyrrhenian Sea.  This river was of great importance also for Benito Mussolini. During the 1930’s in fact he placed a marble Roman column at the point where the river arises inscribed” Here originates the river  sacred to the destinies of Rome”. On the top of the column there is an eagle and it is adorned with three she-wolves (symbol of Rome). At the beginning it was decorated with three lictor’s fasces, then removed. The sources are immersed in a  beech wood  with age-old trees which make this place and its surroundings  even more magic .     

CAPRESE MICHELANGELO

• At about 28 Km.  It is situated on the ridge of the Appennine hills, in the most verdant area of the Tuscan Tiber Valley. The territory, which reaches an altitude of 1415 meters with the Alpe di Catenaia is crossed by many water courses which flow into the Singerna river. It meets the Tiber in the Montedoglio reservoir. Even today extensive beechwood, chestnut and oak woods make up an uncontaminated scenery and help keep the air particularly clean. The chestnut tree, always known as ‘the bread tree’, occupies a prominent place in the history and culture of Caprese. Chestnuts and mushrooms, together with truffles, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries are the genuine fruits of this land and are also important for its economy.  Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese on 6th March 1475, in the period in which his father Ludovico had the power of Podestà. In 1737 after the long period of  Medici’s power, the territory passed under the control of Asburgo-Lorena families with a short period of French domination ( 1799-1814). With the plebiscite of 1860, Caprese, as all the Tuscany, joined the Reign of Sardinia and then that of Italy. In this period a great  astronomer and mathematician, Giovanni Santini, Caprese 1787-Noventa Padovana 1877)  shed lustre on Caprese with his education and research. By royal decree of 9th February 1913 the name of Michelangelo was added to the other name because of the birthplace of the great artist.

 

ANGHIARI

• At about 35 Km.  The origins of Anghiari are very old. It looks typically medieval and is perched  up on a hillside, looking out over the Tiber and Sovara valleys.  If you look up at the town from the valley you can enjoy a wonderful view, but wandering in the streets of the old town is even more delightful. Visitors can walk along the lanes and admire the traditional stone houses, stairways and attractive small squares which reflect the varied history of the town over the centuries.  Although the first settlement had roman origins, Anghiari became much more important during the Middle Ages because of its strategic position; it was mentioned for the first time in a document dated 1048 which is still preserved in the archives of Città di Castello.  At first the town was under the power of the Signori of Galbino and then of that of  Camaldolesi. It had the highpoint of its histry with the Battle of Anghiari that on 29th June 1440 reinstated Florentine rule in Tuscany.

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