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Gorga Nera Pond

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Gorga Nera Pond

Recommended by 64 hikers out of 66

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Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna

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Location: San Godenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Monte Falco – Monte Falterona loop from Stia

16.1km

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2. Monte Falco – Passo della Calla loop from Stia

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3. Borbotto Spring and Shelter – Gorga Nera Pond loop from Stia

6.52km

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340m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Sam Cardell

November 6, 2025

An interesting pool/lake, generated by spring water,
I hypothesize that it owes its name (Nera) to the fact that its waters have an apparently blackish color, both because it is located in a basin covered by nearby cliffs and because the reeds covering its edges darken its color even further.

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Davide

August 28, 2020

The term "black whirlpool" indicated the places where thunder or roars originated (or were thought to originate) which occurred with the approach of atmospheric disturbances, generally such noises were also considered harmful. Furthermore, it seems that the source of the Arno and the area of the Gorga Nera were connected with a tunnel inside which Dante, upon visiting it, imagined the "dark forest". The pond originated from a series of landslides and currently hosts a population of reddish frogs, whose males during the reproduction period emit guttural sounds from which, according to some, the name of the pond may have originated.
(Source: touringclub.it/destinazione/localita/natura/292864/stagno-della-gorga-nera-san-godenzo)

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Christian Lorenz

October 11, 2020

Marshy habitat of significant natural interest, home of the Rana temporaria.

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Elevation 1,310 m

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