Information and Culture in the Apennines
Swiss stone pine or cirmolo (Pinus cembra L.)
By Redazione Published: 28/06/2012
It plays an important role for the landscape, for nature and for protection. Its wood is highly prized and soft. It's used for wood carving or for interior panelling.The Swiss stone pine is one of…
Into Thin Air (Aria Sottile), the film
By Redazione Published: 27/06/2012
Hundreds of controversies have poured down on Jon Krakauer's book, and the events of the tragic 1996 climbing season on Mount Everest will certainly never stop being covered by rivers of words.We wanted to see…
Floristic overview: the basics
By Barbara Colaninno Published: 22/06/2012
Thanks to the mountain backbone formed by the Alps and the Apennines and to its latitudinal extent, Italy is characterised by a great variety of microclimates, subject to Mediterranean climatic influences in the central-southern areas…
The pass and village of Gioia Vecchio (AQ)
By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012
Abruzzo, a region rich in natural and artistic beauty, all too often hands us some small disappointment. Such is the case of the Valico di Gioia Vecchio, an enchanted place suspended on a wonderful balcony…
Alpinisti Sottaceto (Pickled Mountaineers) - Manuel Lugli
By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012
We bought it, yes, “Alpinisti Sottaceto” (Pickled Mountaineers) is a book that holds within it all the power of a packet of fruit sweets.The sweets are short mini-biographies of mountaineers, some better known to the…
Floristic overview and the montane belt
By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012
The characteristic forest species of the montane belt are the beech, the silver fir, the Scots pine, the black pine and the laricio pine.Accompanying these and sometimes forming stands of their own are the birch,…
Chiesa della Madonna Bianca, Ancarano
By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012
The church of the Madonna Bianca is a large country building a short distance from the village of S.Angelo di Ancarano, dating from the 14th century, built shortly after the destruction of Castel Franco, originally…
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano (the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines)
By Redazione Published: 21/06/2012
Often, when people talk about Italian mountains, their thoughts fly to the ranges of the far North, but important peaks are also found in many other parts of the "boot". Just think of the Ligurian…
List of the Apennine peaks over 2000 metres
By Redazione Published: 21/06/2012
Appennino.Tv officially recognises the Albrizio-Carusi-Osti-Rolle list of the Apennine 2000s. The list is adopted by the Club 2000m and certified by the Società Geografica Italiana (Italian Geographical Society). Many members of the Appennino.Tv Community are…