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Alfero
Alfero, picturesque country of the the Apennines, and the greater fraction of Verghereto Country, in the province of Forlì-Cesena. Located at 750 meters above sea level, has about 850 inhabitants, and is a favorite destination for summer tourism and winter. Alfero nestles in a beautiful valley, furrowed by clear fresh waters of the torrent Alferello is surmounted by an immense and luxuriant Castagneta , from woods of oaks and beech, from extended fir, the reign of hawks and roe .The pure air that descends from the mountains Comero and Fumaiolo, the traditional hospitality of its people, the tranquility of the environment, do Alfero' s an appointment obliged to anyone who wants to restore the body and the spirito . La nature has given to these places even a picturesque waterfall (the "cascade of trout") is a huge boulder of sandstone cut into two parts, called the "Stone Cut".Are reason to interest even the bridge in a Roman style, the medieval village of Castel d' Alfero, the sulfurous source and the Cippus in the Alpine region.
Landscape of Alfero
History
This beautiful valley was formed already in the Neolithic Era. It belonged to the Umbrian, the Etruscans, and forced passage of Roman legions, it was part of that empire in 266 B.C. . In 542 A.D. , was invaded by barbarian hordes of Totila, King of the Goths; in 560 it became part of the Empire of Byzantium, then becoming in 603 privileged properties of the Lombards, then passing to the Franks and the Church with Pepin the Short.In the ninth century arose the castles of Alfero, Montepetroso, Rocchetta and Corneto, rich in charm and storia.nel 1090 it was in the possession of the monastery of the cell: in 1250 it was privilege of the viscount Aguselli of Cesena and in 1300 supporting the vexations of gangs of William Novello of auditors Guidi.Nel 1500 the unforgiving nature upset the village with a huge landslide, and in 1527 this territory was trampled by the ferocity of the Lanzichenecchi.In the following centuries it was part of the Big Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal State and was once again bloodied in the course of the last folly world.
Cascade of Trout