fiogf49gjkf0d CAMIGLIATELLO SILANO LYING ON THE NORTHERN SIDE
OF THE PLATEAU AT A HEIGHT OF 1,272 METRES, IS
ONE OF THE MOST TYPICAL AND FAMOUS CALABRIAN
WINTER AND SUMMER TOURIST CENTRES.
A SHORT DISTANCE FROM LAKE CECITA AND FROM THE
CALABRIA NATIONAL PARK *ABOUT 2 KM E*, THE SITE,
WHICH IS AN OUTLYING WARD OF SPEZZANO DELLA SILA,
IS LINKED BY A GOOD ROAD SYSTEM WITH THE CHIEF
TOWN OF THE PROVINCE AND WITH THE OTHER SILAN
CENTRES SUCH AS SAN GIOVANNI IN FIORE *30 KM SE*
AND LONGOBUCCO *35 KM NE*.
A SHORT WAY FROM HERE ARE TYPICAL, CHARMING
VILLAGES IMMERSED IN NATURE, SUCH AS FAGO DEL
SOLDATO, MOCCONE AND CROCE DI MAGARA, AS WELL AS
THE IMPORTANT BIOGENETIC RESERVES OF FALLISTRO
AND TASSO.
SURROUNDED BY THE PERENNIAL GREEN OF THE PINE
FORESTS, CAMIGLIATELLO OFFERS VERY MODERN HOTELS
AND EFFICIENT SKIING RESORTS WHICH INCLUDE
SEVERAL SLOPES, OF VARYING DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY,
SLOPES FOR CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING PATH AND
SKI-LIFTS. THE STARTING AND ARRIVAL STATIONS HAVE
BARS AND SHOPS WHERE ONE CAN BUY AND RENT SKI
EQUIPMENT.
IN SUMMER TOO, JUST AS IN AUTUMN AND SPRING,
CAMIGLIATELLO OFFERS ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
RELAXATION AND ENJOYMENT AS WELL AS THE
POSSIBILITY OF PRACTICING SEVERAL SPORTS AND
TAKING WALKS ALONG VERY INTERESTING ROUTES IN THE
HEART OF THE SILA GRANDE.
LAKE CECITA THE LAKES ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST
ATTRACTIONS ON THE SILA HIGHLANDS AND IN THE
PROVINCE OF COSENZA. THOUGH ARTIFICIAL BASINS,
THEY WERE FILLED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE
PRESENT CENTURY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE HYDROELECTRIC
POWER, AND LOOK EXTRAORDINARILY CONSISTENT WITH
THE LANDSCAPE AND THUS QUITE NATURAL. THE LARGEST
ONES ARE THE ARVO AND THE CECITA SITUATED NEAR
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND CHARACTERISTIC VILLAGES OF
SILA, LORICA AND CAMIGLIATELLO. THE LITTLE
ARIAMACINA AND VOLTURINO LAKES, NEAR CROCE DI
MAGARA AND SILVANA MANSIO RESPECTIVELY, ARE ALSO
AN EXTREMELY PICTURESQUE MUST. THESE MIRRORS OF
WATER ARE SURROUNDED BY MAJESTIC FORESTS AND ARE
RICH IN FISH SUCH AS THE TROUT *SALMO TRUTTA*,
THE PERCH AND THE EEL.
SEVERAL WATER SPORTS AS WELL AS FISHING MAY BE
PRACTICED ON LAKE ARVO.
CALABRIA NATIONAL PARK ESTABLISHED IN 1968, WITH
ITS 16,000 HECTARES IS ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING PROTECTED AREAS OF THE PENINSULA.
IT INCLUDES AREAS OF SEVERAL CALABRIAN PROVINCES
AND IS DIVIDED IN DIFFERENT NUCLEUS, THE LARGEST
OF WHICH COVERS PART OF SILA GRANDE, ON THE
TERRITORY OF THE PROVINCE OF COSENZA.
THE FLORA IS VERY RICH WITH THICK CORSICAN PINE
FORESTS MIXED WITH FIRS, TURKEY OAKS AND MAPLES,
WHEREAS ALONG THE RIVERS BLACK ALDERS, POPLARS
AND WEEPING WILLOWS PREVAIL.
BEECHES ARE FOUND ON THE HIGHER AREAS. MANY
SPECIES OF BUSHES AND RARE OR ENDEMIC VARIETIES
OF FLOWERS MIX WITH THE GREEN OF THE PASTURES AND
OF THE SURROUNDING FORESTS, ENHANCING THE BEAUTY
OF THE PLACE.
SAN GIOVANNI IN FIORE AND THE FLORENSE ABBEY
CLINGING TO THE IONIAN COAST OF SILA GRANDE,
WHERE THE RIVER NETO FLOWS INTO LAKE ARVO IS SAN
GIOVANNI IN FIORE *1,049 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL*,
THE OLDEST AND MOST IMPORTANT CENTRE ON THE SILA
HIGHLANDS.
IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY FAVOURABLE POSITION AND WELL
CONNECTED TO THE MAIN TOWN AND THE OTHER NEARBY
VILLAGES, IT IS A VERY INTERESTING STARTING POINT
FOR ALL THE TOURIST ITINERARIES THROUGHOUT THE
SILA TERRITORY.
THE HISTORY AND NAME OF THE VILLAGE ARE LINKED TO
THE WORK OF GIOACCHINO DA FIORE, FOUNDER OF THE
FLORENSES ORDER WHO, IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE
XII CENTURY, STARTED BUILDING THE PROTOCOENOBIUM,
AROUND WHICH THE LIFE OF THE INHABITED CENTRE
GATHERED AND GREW.
LONGOBUCCO ON THE SLOPES OF GREEK SILA 788
METRES HIGH, IS THE LARGEST VILLAGE IN THE
PROVINCE OF COSENZA.
ARTEFACTS RANGING FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE ROMAN
PERIOD FOUND ON THIS TERRITORY PROVE THAT A
CONSISTENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE SETTLED THERE.
PROBABLY OF MEDIEVAL ORIGIN - THE NAME LONGOBUCCO
GIVEN BY THE NORMANS OR THE SWABIANS, MEANS
DISTANT VILLAGE OR CASTLE - IT WAS KNOWN FOR ITS
SILVER MINES *NOW EXHAUSTED* SO RICH AS TO BE
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