Village guide Casentino, Arezzo, Italy
Capolona
The valley opens its hand
Capolona is where the Casentino stops being a mountain valley and starts becoming the plain of Arezzo. The Arno widens, the hills step back, and there is a Romanesque abbey by the river that most people drive past at fifty.
- Comune
- Capolona
- Where
- Open in maps
What to see
- The abbey of San Gennaro A Romanesque abbey church by the Arno, plain and old and usually empty.
- The river Wide here, and walkable along in places.
- Castelluccio The hill hamlet above the town, with the view back up the valley you have just left.
- The gateway This is where the Casentino begins if you are coming from Arezzo. Stop, and look up the valley before you drive into it.
What to eat
Arezzo is close, so the cooking leans that way: Chianina beef, pici, and pecorino that is taken seriously.
When to come
On the way in or the way out. It is fifteen minutes from Arezzo and it is the valley’s doorstep.
The Arno leaves the Casentino here. It has come about fifty kilometres from a spring on Monte Falterona that you could dam with a boot.