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In the Park of Sasso Simone and Simoncello, the site extends along the upper side of the basin Valmarecchia, from Soanne to Miratoio. It includes from north a calcareous-marl plateau (Alberese) of Mount Carpegna, with extensive beech trees and overhanging edges of prairie and mountain, beyond the Marne's Roadhouse clays and bituminous del Fosso Paolaccio - Torrente Mass, the very interesting oak forest that, from Mount Channel will push on until it reaches the Sassi Simone and Simoncello. The right side of the basin Valmarecchia continues on clays of the homonymous with gravitational flow with the gullies of the stream Storena and vast grasslands and shrublands between Canal and Monte Serra Valpiano, bed of floating calcareous plates of San Marino, including the evocative rock of Miratoio. (taken from http://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it)

The site is forest par excellence. The central and southern part is characterized by oak forests; in gullies thrive formations related to the alliance Tilio-Acerion, while in the northern part thermophilous beech forests dominate with lime or more mesic with yew, holly and rich undergrowth. The forest fades up in the characteristic system of ledges rocky and crags that from Trabocchetto to the Pass of Thieves surrounds and supports the vast prairie summit of Mount Carpegna. (taken from http://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it)

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The site offers visitors the opportunity to discover a wide and diverse territory on foot, horseback or mountain bike, thanks to an extensive network of trails. In Pennabilli, the Visitor Center and Museum of Natural History is an important pole of information through the establishment of educational dioramas, the library, the classroom scientific media and the conference room.