San Godenzo

Tuscany, Italy

PERSONAGES WHAT TO EAT MUST-SEE PICTURES

PERSONAGES

Dante Alighieri

(1265-1321) On June 8, 1302, the Supreme Poet was in the Abbey of San Gaudenzio together with other exiles from Florence to sign an agreement with the great Ghibelline feudal families of Mugello.

Andrea del Castagno

(1421 ca-1457) Renaissance painter, born in the hamlet of Castagno. For this reason, in 1957 the village was named Castagno d'Andrea in his honor.

Pan di bosco e vin di nugoli

Translation: "forest bread and cloud wine"; This is what our mountain people once said describing their frugal diet, based on brown flour and water alone.

WHAT TO EAT

Tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms

Tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms is a typical autumn dish prepared with fresh pasta, usually homemade, and seasoned with local porcini mushrooms. This is the typical dish to prepare for a Sunday lunch with the whole family.

Castagnaccio

Castagnaccio, or baldino or pattona, is a typical dessert of peasant origin prepared with chestnut flour and enriched with raisins, pine nuts, nuts and sometimes rosemary.

Polenta with wild boar

The strong flavor of wild boar gives a unique taste to polenta, which can also be combined with other types of meat. It should be remembered that the cooking of wild boar meat, which must first be marinated for a long time, is long because of its hardness.

MUST-SEE

San Godenzo Abbey

The name comes from Saint Gaudentius, a hermit who had retired to these mountains to lead a life of prayer. In his name a Benedictine abbey was built at the beginning of the 11th century around which the first houses developed. From 1944 San Godenzo as well as much of Upper Mugello was invested by the Gothic Line, and was entirely mined except for the Abbey.

Andrea del Castagno virtual museum

In the National Park of the Casentinesi Monte Falterona and Campigna Forests there is the Visitor Center which has the function of an information point educational as well as a space dedicated to the virtual museum Andrea del Castagno.

Doccione and Calabuia waterfalls

For hiking lovers there are two must-see: in Castagneto there is the Doccione waterfall, while, just below the village of Castagno d'Andrea, there are the Calabuia waterfalls, along the San Godenzo stream.