Tourist Consortium A.P.M. - Abetone Montagna Pistoiese

Fiumalbo is a perfect example of medioevale, elect village for its artistic fascination and architectonic "CITTA' Of ART". The territory of the common one introduces one remarkable morphologic variety, with an altitude that varies from 800 meters until to the 2165 of the Cimone mount. The wealth of waters assures one rigogliosa nature, from the forests of oaks to the castagneti, to the faggete, until the praterie. The interest of the surrounding atmosphere resides is in its intrinsic beauty, is in the possibility to space from natural balconies until the Alps and to the Tyrrhenian one. The name of the country, situated to a height of 970 meters, alludes to waters of the two torrents that embrace it. Its origins are much ancient: it is documented in the 1038 its donation to the bishop of Modena from part of Bonifacio of Tuscany, father of Matilde di Canossa. Fiumalbo always has had cultural relationships and trades them with the Tuscany, of which it is remained trace in dialetto and the last names of the many families fiumalbine. The historical center still intact conserve the medieval architecture; of the duecentesca church of S. Bartolomeo is urbanistico fulcrum, strongly modified in the course of the centuries. Like the other churches of Fiumalbo, it is equipped of organ. Equally important are the rinascimentale Oratory of S. Rocco, that it rises to the doors of the country, from the inner ones frescoes to you, the Oratory of Immaculate and the that one of Caterina Saint, where are from signaling also the recent inauguration of the Museum of Sacred Art. To remember the evocative celtiche huts with the typical structure of the scale roofs "" in the village of the Valdare. There are very visible traces of the passage of the Celti also to Shower, to the feet of the Cimone Mount. Tourist center of ancient tradition, already in 1932 boasted presence very 4 lodges beyond to the center of the Touring Italian Club (the common one then counted approximately 2500 inhabitants). Old traditions and antichi trades endure thanks to the craftsmen of our mountains.