メルカテッロスルメタウロの天然記念物・トップ7

Between Pomte Presalino and Badia Tedalda, turning off before the suspension bridge, you'll find a minor paved road on the left that also leads to the Presalino Waterfall. A pleasant road that passes through scattered ancient houses and through a beautiful forest that leads to the Presalino Waterfall. It's a charming natural waterfall located in the municipality of Badia Tedalda (Arezzo), within the Alpe della Luna State Nature Reserve.

Splendid Franciscan hermitage... well preserved and full of charm and history

The ruins of the Mondelacasa Castle (or Monte della Casa), called the Muracci, are located on the northern slopes of Mount Nerone, on the left bank of Val d'Abisso, at 707 m above sea level, about 1 km south of the historic center of Piobbico. (from COMUNE PIOBBICO 1999): Close to Mount Nerone stands a massive buttress whose base widens between the Biscubio torrent and the Petrello stream (Fosso di S. Maria) and carries the ruins of an ancient artifact on the summit. It was a castle, a primitive dwelling that the Brancaleoni, who arrived around the year 1000 in the Biscubio District, built and lived in until the mid-1300s. This is how our Costanzo Felici (1) describes it in a document from 1582:... climbing up to Monte Nerone a mile away on a rough and terrible hill and rock, there are vestiges of a superb, large and beautiful palace or fortress now in ruins, of which those (Brancaleoni) of Piobico were the owners. Built by Gentile Brancaleoni in the first half of the 13th century, it took the name of Mons Casa or Mondelacasa, today Muracci because of the ruins visible on the summit. Towards the middle of the 14th century, both because of the harshness of the place, difficult to reach when ... winter almost buried the tower under the snow, locked it under the grip of the ice, tormented it with the blizzard, confining it for months in isolation, and because of the need for other and more comfortable comforts, the two brothers Pazzo and Federico Brancaleoni decided to settle in the house that they had begun to build "in castro Plobici", on the hill to the right of the confluence of the Biscubio with the Candigliano, where there were already small houses piled up, that is, equipped with a watchtower with a Gothic arch portal to the north and a castle to the south-east. It is the place where the Brancaleoni Castle-Palazzo will develop and take shape over time. NOTE: (1) Costanzo Felici was born in the second decade of the 16th century in Casteldurante (now Urbania). However, he preferred to define himself as a native of Piobbico, where his ancestors had moved around 1330. He practiced medicine in Piobbico, Sant'Angelo in Vado, Pesaro, Rimini and Urbania. At the same time, he cultivated naturalistic and historical studies with notable results. He died in Pesaro on February 5, 1585. taken from: https://www.lavalledelmetauro.it/contenuti/beni-storici-artistici/scheda/11123.html

A suggestive place surrounded by greenery. Worth a visit

The flow of the water then or less rapid of that waterfall marks the period and the seasons. Passing by here it is almost obligatory to take a photo.

Beautiful to do by mountain bike or trekking in the seasons from spring to autumn without snow or ice

Sacred place of San Francesco d'Assisi, silence and peace reign supreme, stupendous panorama. Absolutely worth seeing, you can get there by car but you can appreciate it much better by arriving there after a trek.

The waterfall can be reached via Badia Tedalda, along an asphalt road that starts from the main square of the town and descends quite steeply towards the waterfall, or you can pass through Ponte Presale and follow the signs for "piscina nera" after 1 km, always on paved road with no slopes, you arrive at the waterfall. Much more beautiful in spring because it is richer in water.