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Montecoronaro
Montecoronaro is located on one of the steps of the Apennines and m.865 above sea level from which a time dominated and protected one of the main routes of communication between the north and the south of Italy, now easily reachable with the road E45. Numerous festivals enliven the Summer offering the possibility to enjoy the tasty local cuisine (polenta, tortelli etc. ), between these should be mentioned: the festival of the wild boar (3^ Sunday of July), the Feast of "mid-summer" (1ST sunday of August).Don't forget to pay a visit to the "sources" of the river Savio in the vicinity of the country on the monte Castelvecchio at 1126 m above sea level and is accessible through a marked path.
Landscape of Montecoronaro
History
The country takes its name from the characteristic conformity of the mountains which around make up the crown. Its origins date back around the year One Thousand with the arrival of that extraordinary event that is represented by the "Christian monasticism". It was then that the surrounding forests became reference point for the many monks who, abandoned the city, chose the woods as ideal places the ascetic life .As a result of this event, cells and cells for prayer was scattered in the woods and in lonely places. All around were flourishing centers of worship of most interest; one of the most popular, Camaldoli hermitage, and on the sides of the Monte Fumaiolo, the hermitage of the cell of ST. Alberico. Montecoronaro today is a country that is passed from one agricultural tradition to an activity mainly tourism, the village extends along the path that leads to Monte Fumaiolo allows you to spend a holiday in contact with nature in fact, pleasant and frequent and the contact with the local wild game ,deer hares, foxes, wild boars that are returned numerous to populate the neighboring territory.