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The Ancinal River
Stream, river, fiumara... from the Serre to the Ionian Sea, the most characteristic sceneries of the inland side of Calabria
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A river mentioned by Greeks and Latins
The Ancinale is a watercourse that marks the Ionic slope of the Calabrian Serre. It originates from Mount Pecoraro, which, at 1423 meters high, is the highest elevation of the ridge. The fact that it is found mentioned as Ekinar by Hellenic writers and as Caicinos by the Roman Pliny suggests its relevance in the geography of Magna Graecia.
The upper valley, San Bruno's favorite hermitage
It is then said that St. Bruno, the one who had founded the Carthusian order in 1084, when he found himself establishing thehermitage of his last years, chose this valley among the Serres precisely because of its wealth of water. These, his words, "Of its amenity, its mild and healthy climate, the vast and pleasant plain that stretches for a long distance between the mountains, with its verdant prairies and flourishing pastures, what could I adequately tell you? Who will suitably describe the appearance of the hills that gently rise on all sides, the recess of the shady valleys, with the pleasant wealth of rivers, streams and springs?"
From spring to sea, all the landscapes of the Serre
In its 34 kilometers in length L'Ancinale changes its physiognomy considerably: at the top, torrential waters, crystal clear and well distributed all year round; placid bends in a sinuous bed in crossing the plateau of Chiaravalle Centrale; cascading in overcoming the step that separates it from the coastal plains; wide and gravelly, with the characteristics of the Calabrian fiumare in the final stretch.
In the most impervious recesses, a true botanical rarity.
Remarkable, especially in the highest stretch, is the accompanying flora, with an outstanding element in the presence of a rare fern, Osmunda regalis, a witness to the remote era when Pteridophytes dominated the terrestrial flora.
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