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Places

"This project is also the “hundreds-kilometers journey” made in weeks of walks.

Walks made through well marked path (but sometimes also through almost unknown paths) both walked and after accurately reported in maps.

Path of Appennino’s mountains, in Liguria and Tuscany: wild but friendly lands".

Path collects: handmade maps, drawings, notes, pictures about the paths walked during two year of researches through the Italian’s wood.

It’s mainly about northern side of the Appennino’s mountains (Liguria, Tuscany and Emilia Romagna)

2014/2015 Appennino Ligure: Monte Capenardo (GE), Area Protetta Punta Manara (GE), Golfo del Tigullio (Ge).

• “Monte Capenardo” (44°18'54"N / 9°24'2"E). This small mountain is part of a short ridge alongside the Ligurian cost (Levante) that faces the “Golfo del Tigullio” (Ligurian Sea) on one side and the interior (Appennino Ligure) on the other side. The place, as other similar places along the cost in the area, is very various for vegetation and landscape and it’s also crossed by the major routes of migratory birds.

• “Area protetta Punta Manara” is a little headland located at the end of the “Golfo del Tigullio” on the Ligurian Sea. The vegetation shows a beautiful

and very various example of Macchia mediterranea. Because of the particular position on the sea this area is crossed by different routes of migrant birds.

2014/2015 Appennino Tosco Emiliano: Parco dei Laghi di Suviana e di Brasimone (BO), Lago Tavianella, Montepiano (PO), Appennino Pistoiese (PT), Riserva Naturale Acquerino Cantagallo (PO).

• “La Storaia” (44°6'33"N / 11°9'34"E) is a small village located in the Appenino’s mountains between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna. At the end of the

village, where the wood begins, there is a red old house hidden by a big basswood. This old cottage (no hot water, no heating, no comforts) was the base camp of this area for about one month. The position was particularly lucky from different points of view: isolation (no tv, no internet) and closeness to

several interesting places easily reachable by walk.

• "Lago Tavianella" (44°6'15"N / 11°10'28"E) is a small artificial lake located in the northern side of the Appennino Bolognese between Tuscany and

Emilia Romagna. The lake is surrounded by the a forest of firs called "Foresta delle Cottede". This is a very quiet and siltent place: during a walk

through the forest it's possible to meet wild animals such as Roe deer (Caproelus Caproelus) and Deer (Cervus Elaphus) but also to spot

hunting cabins in the mddle of the trees becuase the Naturals Reserve covers only on the territory in Emilia Romagna.

• “Riserva Naturale Acquerino Cantagallo” (sorry no GPS data available: as agreed with our local guide this place will remain secret). Due to the very

rare presence of human beings this place looks almost untouched. The silence and the atmosphere give the idea that this place is magic. This is the

perfect habitat for the deer: here he lives, and here he fights his battle for life and death with his main predator: the wolf (Canis lupus italicus)