Filettino: Campo Staffi 1779m - Campo Staffi
Campo Staffi has served as a mountain recreation area in Lazio since the mid-20th century. At 1,779 metres, it forms a high Apennine settlement above Filettino, close to Lazio’s boundary with Abruzzo. The ski area sits in the Monti Simbruini, a limestone range protected within the Regional Natural Park of the Monti Simbruini, established in 1983. Refuges, homes, local roads and lift infrastructure give the place the practical character of a small upland resort rather than a historic village. Open grazing ground alternates with beech woodland across these central Apennine slopes. Filettino, the municipality connected with Campo Staffi, remains a small mountain community shaped by its rugged terrain.
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Built around a medieval hillside settlement, Filettino grew into one of Lazio’s highest municipalities, at 1,063 metres in the Simbruini Mountains. The town stands near the sources of the Aniene, a river that continues through Subiaco before reaching Rome. Stone lanes and a compact historic centre reflect an Apennine community long shaped by pastoral life and mountain isolation. Filettino lies within the Monti Simbruini Regional Natural Park, an area of beech woodland, karst terrain and high plateaus. The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta is a focal point of the old centre. Continue with other webcams from the Aniene Valley to see how this part of Lazio connects regionally.
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