Università degli Studi di Firenze
PARTICIPANT UNIVERSITY
OTHER PARTICIPANT INSTITUTIONS
CAI section of Firenze
There will be companions from CAI and Università di Firenze. Specifically, three experts of whom two in water resource management and one naturalist, from the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Science and Technology and Department of Biology, respectively.
PARTECIPANTS
33 persons
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EVENT
Loop trekking route, which from the center of Grassina develops on the nearby Fattucchia hill touching symbolic places of the territory and the centuries-old relationship between man and water: the launderers' district of Mestola, Villa il Riposo (formerly the country home of the Vecchietti family, which between 1587 and 1589 underwent a profound intervention by Giambologna), and above all the nearby Fonte di fata Morgana (or Nymphaeum of Giambologna), a unique example of garden architecture consisting of a system of pools, water features, fountains and wash-houses, built by Bernardo Vecchietti between 1571 and 1574 in honor of the famous Morgana, and now owned by the municipality.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Main focus of the path is: the secular and multifaceted relationship between man and water, an indispensable working tool and resource to be preserved and the protection of the natural environment.
WHEN
September 24, 2022
WHERE
Bagno at Ripoli/Grassina (Firenze)
