FIUMALBO

FIUMALBO

Fiumalbo: Loc. Fiumalbo (Modena)

Fiumalbo is a perfect example of a medieval village, elected for his artistic and architectural charm "CITTA'D'ARTE". The territory of the town has a large variety morphological, with an altitude ranging from 800 meters up to 2165 of Mount Cimone. The wealth of water ensures a lush nature, the forests of chestnut oak, beech, to the prairies. The interest of the environment surrounding resides both in its intrinsic beauty, is in the possibility of natural ranges from balconies to the Alps and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The name of the town, situated at an altitude of 970 meters, alluding to the waters of the two rivers that span. Its origins are very old is documented in 1038 its donation to the bishop of Modena by the Tuscan Bonifacio, the father of Matilda of Canossa. Fiumalbo has always had cultural and commercial relations with Tuscany, which has been track in dialect and surnames of many families fiumalbine. The old town still intact medieval architecture, it is the urban core thirteenth-century church of St. Bartholomew, heavily amended in Corsican and ever. Like the other churches in Fiumalbo, has body. Equally important are the Renaissance Oratory of S. Rocco, which stands at the gates of the country, the interior frescoes, and of the Oratorio di Santa Caterina, where there is also worth mentioning the recent inauguration of the Museum of Sacred Art. Remember the charming Celtic huts with roofs typical of "scale" in the village of Valdare. There are still visible traces of the passage of the Celts to shower, at the foot of Mount Cimone. Tourist Center of ancient tradition, as early as 1932 boasted the presence of 4 hotels in addition to the seat of the Italian Touring Club (the town then had about 2500 inhabitants). Old traditions and ancient crafts will continue through the craftsmen of our mountains.

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