Camaldoli e il Sacro Eremo

Camaldoli’s story begins a few years after the fateful anniversary of the year 1000 and is associated with the figure of San Romualdo, a monk from Ravenna who preached the Rule of San Benedetto. On his way to the Badia di Santa Trinità, located on the slopes of Pratomagno, he took a break around 1012 in a clearing not far from the Apennine ridge. There, fascinated by the solitary beauty of the forest and stimulated by the concrete possibility of building a refuge for pilgrims and travellers who frequented the area, he decided to build a hermitage there. The hermitage was consecrated in 1027; in 1080 the hospice became the monastery. From the beginning of its centuries-old history Camaldoli became one of the most significant examples of how monastic management contributed to the conservation and propagation of environmental and naturalistic values.