Borgo di Fiumicello

Fiumicello is a nice village in the heart of 'Foreste Casentinesi' National Park, Falterona mount and Campigna. All the buildings are made of local stone.

Address: Fiumicello

Analytical text

In the past, it was a little agricultural community. It still has a fish farm for rearing trout and a company for rearing livestock. Fiumicello is also the departure point for many excursions in the 'Foreste Casentinesi' National Park, Falterona mount and Campigna.
A 400 mt.-long walk through the wood is worh doing, so that you can reach the ancient Mengozzi mill (still working), abandoned in 1963 after centuries of activity, and restored by the owners, the Mengozzi brothers; thanks to them, since 1993, it works again.

Accessibility

Fiumicello is reachable driving along the Rabbi provincial road number 3 for 6 km from Premilcuore's built-up area towards Florence and then turning left.

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Along the mule track, turning right before the Madonna delle Nevi parish church, you get to the Mengozzi mill, made of stone, which is the unique example of traditiona mill working and possible to visit.