Monte Falterona is a mountain in the
Tuscan-Romagnolo Apeninnes, in the
Casentino traditional region, standing at 1,654 m. It is part of the
Casentino forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park. The peak is crossed by the borders of the provinces of
Florence
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Arezzo and
Forlì-Cesena. The mountain, mostly composed of
sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
, is covered by
beeches and, from one of its sides, the
Arno River springs ( it, Capo d'Arno).
On the east is a grassy depression with the relic of an ancient lake known as the ''
Lago degli Idoli''. The lake has been important from an archaeological perspective as numerous
Etruscan statuettes have been found, now distributed across a number of Western museums, including the
Louvre
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,
Hermitage and
British Museum
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British Museum Collection
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Mountains of the Apennines
One-thousanders of Italy
Mountains of Tuscany
Mountains of Emilia-Romagna
Monte Falterona
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