With Regional Law 5/85, the Tuscany Region has decreed the Park of the Alps Apuane. This mountaunous chain of the north-ovest, only Tuscany for its geo-morphologic and naturalistic characteristics, is developed for approximately 60 km along the coast of the mar Tyrrhenian in the areas of the Versilia, Lunigiana and Garfagnana.

The promotion of the safeguard of an imposing ecosystem therefore, becomes since the economic interests necessary that rotate around to the Apuane are considerable. The marbles of the Alps Apuane, only in order to make an example, are of extracted qualities much valuable one and sin from the antiquity; the extraction of this limestone cliff, known all over the world, is in fact the more flourishing and typical economic activity of the zone
The Alps Apuane are distinguished from Appennino for the morphology, with theirs it goes recorded them deeply and the imposing depositors and a lot it tilts to you. The Apuane is known for the beauty of own marbles and for the deep abysses and the great cavities.
The geographic position of the massive one, its exposure and the various nature of cliffs determine the contrasting atmosphere and the the floristic and fauna wealth of the territory.

Leaving from north the west towards east south, the Apuane begins with the summit of the Pisanino Mount surrounded from the spiky tops of the Peak of Uccello, the Grondilice Mount and the Roccandagia Mount. Coming down towards south we find the Tambura, the high Saddleback, the Sumbra Mount and the Highest Mount that confines with the group of the Corchia, of the Peak of the Saette, the Snare of the Cross and the Snare Sand bank. Still more to south we find the Mount Pierced and the Matanna from which it notices itself goes them of the Turrite Quarry in Garfagnana.

The Apuane mountainous chain is one morphologically complex; the geologic structure in fact, started in the Paleocene age has endured numerous which had changes to sedimentations, immersion and re-imersion that of it have characterized the constitution. We can say that the Apuane is composed from nucleus centers them with cliffs forms on the place for sedimentation and successive metamorphosis, from a stratum (said not metamorfiche cliff Tuscany) that encircles the nucleus centers them and from one frame formed from several cliffs like as an example the diabasi, gabbri and the coils.

Many characteristics are the various series of different coves depth and development often characterized from underground water course and spectacular stalactite and stalagmiti. Abundant is also the not covered mountain portion from vegetation to high stalk; the full of rocks surface and steep renders in fact these reliefs much similar to the Alps from which therefore has taken the name.

Instead the morphology of the land has concurred it, is deep-seated one luxuriant vegetation and, thanks also to put into effect them insufficient use of the lumber, chestnut trees faggi and oaks find their atmosphere favorable forming forests of rare beauty.

REGIONAL PARK OF THE ALPS APUANE
Extension: 20598 ettari
Main Office: Via Corrado del Greco,11
55047 Seravezza (LU)
phone +39 0584/75821
internet www.parcapuane.toscana.it

Pieve of Cappella
Getting here :
Escapes to the Versilia exit of the A12 motorway, head to us towards the Common one of Seravezza. Exceeded the Mediceo Palace, after the bridge on the Vezza river, on the left the panoramic road for Azzano, than, with several hairpin curves, one shows oneself on goes them of the torrent Greenhouse.

The asphalted road has been recently increased in some points burns and door to discover typical evocative angles to us of the High Versilia.

Old countries of cavatori dipped in fresh cestnut woods like precious stones in the amphitheater of the Alps Apuane, from where one seen wonderful from Livorno is enjoyed Marbles Strongly.
Exceeded the country of Giustagnana, Fabiano is caught up, whose lived in stone a Pò discosto from the provincial road is found, and little beyond, continuing on the asphalted way, raise the Pieve di S.Martino head.

As a lookout in reconnaissance the ancient one pieve shows oneself from one small smoothed on the western flank of the mount Horse, dominating

from its position to peak she goes it them.
To guard of the dirupi, in which the hollow ones of bardiglio are opened numerous, watch the wounded white woman of the Highest one, than erge against the blue its cyclopian size. From the opposite part it is opened, laughing and very large, wrap it of the sea ". (Therefore it describes our Don to it Florio Giannini)

Corchia Cave
The project of turistic benefict of Corchia Cave, is to reache the natural cave of Stallattiti, in the heart of carsic system of Corchia mount.