{"id":10568,"date":"2021-12-15T11:09:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T10:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museofucecchio.it\/en\/?page_id=10568"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T10:31:51","slug":"padule-di-fucecchio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museofucecchio.it\/en\/padule-di-fucecchio\/","title":{"rendered":"Padule di Fucecchio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Fucecchio Marshes<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Fucecchio Marshes cover an area of about 1,800 hectares, divided between the Provinces of Pistoia and Florence.<\/p>

In spite of it being drastically reduced with respect to the ancient lake-marshes which once covered most of the southern Valdinievole, today it is still the largest inland marsh in Italy.<\/p>

The most naturalistically interesting area is situated mainly in the Communes of Larciano, Ponte Buggianese and Fucecchio.<\/p>

From the geographic point of view, the Marshes are a more or less triangular basin lying in the Valdinievole, south of the Pistoiese Apennines, between Montalbano and the Cerbaie Hills.<\/p>

The main water supply comes from the water courses of the pre-Apennine slopes.<\/p>

The only emissary from the Marshes, the Usciana Canal, runs more or less parallel to the River Arno for 18 kilometres and flows into it near Montecalvoli (Pisa).<\/p>

The value of this area is increased by its contiguity with other areas of great environmental value: Montalbano, the Cerbaie Hills and the little Sibolla Lake which is joined to the Marshes via the Sibolla Trench.<\/p>

The Natural Reserve “Padule di Fucecchio” is equipped with structures for visits, including three observatories (one of them converted from one of the characteristics Marsh cabins).<\/div>

As weIl as the richness of its landscape and nature, the Marshes have maintained the fascination of the historical events related to the great Medici and Lorena families.<\/p>

Here still remain important testimonies of the work of man, which over the centuries have shaped and changed the very structure of the wetland: the canals and port systems, signs of ancient and important waterways; the Medicean Bridge at Cappiano, the centre for controlling the water regime and fishing activities, as well as an important stop along the Via Francigena; the Capannone Farm complex, which was one of the main berthings of the Valdinievole; the buildings of industrial archaeology like the tobacco dryhouses.<\/p>

The commemorative plaques so often found on the cabins or along the banks tell a more recent story: the tragedy of the barbaric massacre committed by the Germans on 23rd August, 1944.<\/p>

A few skillful craftsmen still carry on residual activities related to the marsh grasses in the marshes: gathering and weaving “sarello” (tufted sedge) and “sala” reed-mace (False bulrush) (to wicker seats and cover wine flasks), “Gaggia” (False Indigo) and other typical wetland plants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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