Loro Ciuffenna

Below the slopes of the Pratomagno, on the edge of the upper Valdarno, the village sits in the valley of the Ciuffenna torrent, whose Etruscan-sounding name was added to the old name of Loro, from the Latin for laurel, in 1863. First recorded in 1059 as a castle of the Conti Guidi, it came under Florence in 1293 and grew with Florentine and Aretine money.

Highlights

• The 12th-century Pieve di San Pietro a Gropina, a national monument
• The distinctive Balze del Valdarno on the land sloping towards the Arno (IT)
• Santuario della Madonna dell'Umiltà in the village
• Mountain country of the Pratomagno, from olive groves up to beech woods

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Loro Ciuffenna (IT), Loro Ciuffenna (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.