Description

The landscape of the Tezze Valley, and more generally of Valnerina and Umbria, arises from the synthesis between man and territory where what seems natural to us is not; indeed, it is rather artificial: the ploughed meadows, the trees and the other plants regimented and laid out in an orderly fashion, the rivers confined to certain paths defined to a specific course, these and others, do not have the shape or form which they would naturally have.

A walk across the Tezze Valley provides a few interesting starting points to become acquainted with and appreciate the silent work of man in the Umbrian Apennines. Climbing back up the valley, on the left you walk alongside a long pit which runs parallel to the unpaved road.

The presence of man is not always harmful; in fact the presence of farming activities, also in the modern form of holiday farms, are essential for the hydro-geological balance not only of the mountain, but also of the plains. It is sufficient to remember that the water coming from here flows into the River Nera and later into the Tiber, and then into the city of Rome.