Mount Fumaiolo () is a mountain of the northern Apennines range of Italy located in the southernmost corner of the Emilia-Romagna region, c. 70 km from the town of Cesena. It's at the border between Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany.
The Springs of the river Tiber
The source of the
Tiber River (
Tevere in Italian) originally consisted of two springs a few meters away from each other on the slopes of Mount Fumaiolo. Although nowadays only one spring remains active, the area is still called "Le Vene del Tevere";
is Italian for "veins". The active spring is located in a beech forest at 1,268 meters above
sea level on the southern slopes of Mount Fumaiolo, near the village of
Balze di Verghereto in the
Emilia-Romagna region. In 1927, under
Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, an antique
marble column from the Roman Forum was placed on the spot, with an inscription on it:
QUI NASCE IL FIUME SACRO AI DESTINI DI ROMA ("Here the river is born, sacred to the destinies of Rome"), to mark the association of the Fascist regime with the ancient Roman empire. A Roman
eagle stands on the top of the column, and three wolf heads, each holding a ring in its mouth, are visible on the sides.
In its first kilometers the Tiber runs through Emilia-Romagna; then it enters
Valtiberina in Tuscany before crossing
Umbria and entering
Lazio to flow past Rome. After 405 kilometers, the Tiber pours its waters into the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the third-longest Italian river, after the Po and the
Adige River, and the second in volume of water discharge, after the Po.
See also
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Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park
