Monte Falterona is a mountain in the
Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines, in the
Casentino
The Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river Arno flows to Subbiano, Italy.
It is one of the four valleys (alongside Valdarno, Valdichiana, and Valtiberina) in which the Province of Arezzo is divided. Mount Falterona, from w ...
traditional region, standing at 1,654 m. It is part of the
Casentino forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park. The peak is crossed by the borders of the provinces of
Florence
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Florence ...
,
Arezzo
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and
Forlì-Cesena. The mountain, mostly composed of
sandstone
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, is covered by
beech
Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ...
es and, from one of its sides, the
Arno River springs ().
On the east is a grassy depression with the relic of an ancient lake known as the ''
Lago degli Idoli''. The lake has been important from an archaeological perspective as numerous
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statuettes have been found, now distributed across a number of Western museums, including the
Louvre
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,
Hermitage and
British Museum
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.
British Museum Collection
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Mountains of the Apennines
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Mountains of Tuscany
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Monte Falterona
Monte Falterona is a mountain in the Apennines, Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines, in the Casentino traditional region, standing at 1,654 m. It is part of the Parco nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna, Casentino forests, Mont ...
Monte Falterona
Monte Falterona is a mountain in the Apennines, Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines, in the Casentino traditional region, standing at 1,654 m. It is part of the Parco nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna, Casentino forests, Mont ...
Monte Falterona
Monte Falterona is a mountain in the Apennines, Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines, in the Casentino traditional region, standing at 1,654 m. It is part of the Parco nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna, Casentino forests, Mont ...