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Camugnano
Camugnano (Medial Mountain Bolognese: Camgnèin; City Bolognese: Camugnàn) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It lies in the Bolognese Apennines, in the upper basin of the Reno and along the valley of the Limentra di Treppio, between Lake Suviana and Lake Brasimone.
The municipality includes mountain villages and wooded landscapes within and around the Suviana and Brasimone lakes regional park. Its territory is also associated with hydroelectric power generation and energy research through the Bargi hydroelectric power station and the ENEA Brasimone Research Centre.
Camugnano borders Cantagallo, Castel di Casio, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Grizzana Morandi, Sambuca Pistoiese and Vernio.
Camugnano occupies a mountainous area of the central Bolognese Apennines, covering about 96.6 km2. Its territory extends from Monte Vigese in the north towards the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine ridge in the south, between the Brasimone area to the east and the Limentra di Treppio valley to the west. The chief town stands at 692 m above sea level.
The Suviana and Brasimone lakes regional park, established in 1995, extends across the municipalities of Camugnano, Castel di Casio and Castiglione dei Pepoli. It covers 2,096 hectares of parkland and 1,233 hectares of contiguous protected area around two artificial lakes created from the early 20th century for hydroelectric purposes. The ridge formed by Monte Calvi, at 1,283 m, and Monte di Stagno separates the valleys of the Brasimone and Limentra di Treppio streams, which feed the two lakes.
The municipal territory also contains the Natura 2000 site IT4050020, Laghi di Suviana e Brasimone, a 1,902-hectare special area of conservation and special protection area entirely included within Camugnano and the regional park. The site comprises broad-leaved woodland, chestnut woods, conifer plantations, shrubland and mountain grasslands between the two reservoirs.
Archaeological finds recorded in the municipal territory span several periods. They include a Bronze Age deposit of fourteen axes and votive statuettes at Burzanella, an axe from Baigno, evidence of Etruscan presence along the Limentra and Roman-period finds at Le Mogne.
In the early Middle Ages, the area lay near the frontier between Lombard Tuscia and the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna. From the 10th century, much of the upper Bolognese mountain area came under the influence of Tuscan feudal families, including the Alberti counts of Prato. Fortified settlements developed at Le Mogne, Vigo, Stagno and Bargi. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the rural communities of the Camugnano area gradually came under the authority of Bologna and of the Capitanato della Montagna, established in 1265.
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Camugnano
Camugnano (Medial Mountain Bolognese: Camgnèin; City Bolognese: Camugnàn) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It lies in the Bolognese Apennines, in the upper basin of the Reno and along the valley of the Limentra di Treppio, between Lake Suviana and Lake Brasimone.
The municipality includes mountain villages and wooded landscapes within and around the Suviana and Brasimone lakes regional park. Its territory is also associated with hydroelectric power generation and energy research through the Bargi hydroelectric power station and the ENEA Brasimone Research Centre.
Camugnano borders Cantagallo, Castel di Casio, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Grizzana Morandi, Sambuca Pistoiese and Vernio.
Camugnano occupies a mountainous area of the central Bolognese Apennines, covering about 96.6 km2. Its territory extends from Monte Vigese in the north towards the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine ridge in the south, between the Brasimone area to the east and the Limentra di Treppio valley to the west. The chief town stands at 692 m above sea level.
The Suviana and Brasimone lakes regional park, established in 1995, extends across the municipalities of Camugnano, Castel di Casio and Castiglione dei Pepoli. It covers 2,096 hectares of parkland and 1,233 hectares of contiguous protected area around two artificial lakes created from the early 20th century for hydroelectric purposes. The ridge formed by Monte Calvi, at 1,283 m, and Monte di Stagno separates the valleys of the Brasimone and Limentra di Treppio streams, which feed the two lakes.
The municipal territory also contains the Natura 2000 site IT4050020, Laghi di Suviana e Brasimone, a 1,902-hectare special area of conservation and special protection area entirely included within Camugnano and the regional park. The site comprises broad-leaved woodland, chestnut woods, conifer plantations, shrubland and mountain grasslands between the two reservoirs.
Archaeological finds recorded in the municipal territory span several periods. They include a Bronze Age deposit of fourteen axes and votive statuettes at Burzanella, an axe from Baigno, evidence of Etruscan presence along the Limentra and Roman-period finds at Le Mogne.
In the early Middle Ages, the area lay near the frontier between Lombard Tuscia and the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna. From the 10th century, much of the upper Bolognese mountain area came under the influence of Tuscan feudal families, including the Alberti counts of Prato. Fortified settlements developed at Le Mogne, Vigo, Stagno and Bargi. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the rural communities of the Camugnano area gradually came under the authority of Bologna and of the Capitanato della Montagna, established in 1265.
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