From the Cutting Room Floor 2018-173
Terranova di Pollino is one of the main destinations identified by hikers who want to discover the highest peaks of the park.
Because of its position, in fact, the country is an excellent access route to the Serra Dolcedorme (2267), considered the absolute roof of the park, to the Serra delle Ciavole (2127) and to the Pollino mountain (2248).
The luxuriant vegetation of beech and chestnut woods is typical in the territory where, moreover, you can admire the extraordinary specimens of the secular Pini Loricati, symbol of the Pollino park, visible above all on the summit of Serra di Crispo (2053), called the " Garden of the Gods "because it is considered one of the sanctuaries of this rare tree species with a twisted trunk.
In the Terranova di Pollino territory, within the more extensive protected green area of Italy (with its 192,000 hectares), the imposing rocky wall Timpa Falconara, which dominates the valley landscape, the high spur Timpa di Pietrasasso, over 50 meters of ophiolitic rock, and then Lake Duglia, on the northern slope of the Serra di Crispo, the Garavina gorge, a deep fissure on the bottom of which flows the Sarmento, right in the upstream part of the town of Terranova and, again the Fondo lake, on the slopes of the Serra di Crispo.
Of particular suggestion is the Catusa spring, close to the homonymous district in which there is the cave of the brigands, with the names of those who took refuge there.
From the Cutting Room Floor 2018-173
Terranova di Pollino is one of the main destinations identified by hikers who want to discover the highest peaks of the park.
Because of its position, in fact, the country is an excellent access route to the Serra Dolcedorme (2267), considered the absolute roof of the park, to the Serra delle Ciavole (2127) and to the Pollino mountain (2248).
The luxuriant vegetation of beech and chestnut woods is typical in the territory where, moreover, you can admire the extraordinary specimens of the secular Pini Loricati, symbol of the Pollino park, visible above all on the summit of Serra di Crispo (2053), called the " Garden of the Gods "because it is considered one of the sanctuaries of this rare tree species with a twisted trunk.
In the Terranova di Pollino territory, within the more extensive protected green area of Italy (with its 192,000 hectares), the imposing rocky wall Timpa Falconara, which dominates the valley landscape, the high spur Timpa di Pietrasasso, over 50 meters of ophiolitic rock, and then Lake Duglia, on the northern slope of the Serra di Crispo, the Garavina gorge, a deep fissure on the bottom of which flows the Sarmento, right in the upstream part of the town of Terranova and, again the Fondo lake, on the slopes of the Serra di Crispo.
Of particular suggestion is the Catusa spring, close to the homonymous district in which there is the cave of the brigands, with the names of those who took refuge there.