Cells of the Hermitage of Camaldoli.
The hermitage of Camaldoli is a religious building located near the homonymous locality, in the province of Arezzo, diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro at about 1100 meters above sea level, inside the National Park of the Casentino Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna. It is very close to the administrative border between the Tuscan province of Arezzo and the Romagna one of Forlì-Cesena. It was founded by Saint Romualdo in the early 11th century and is the mother house of the Benedictine Congregation of the Romualdo had founded many hermit communities. Around 1012 he arrived between the Pratomagno and Monte Falterona in the middle of the Casentino forests and decided to found a hermitage in a clearing called Campo di Maldolo (Campus Maldoli). Encouraged by the bishop of Arezzo Teodaldo, under whose jurisdiction that locality was located, there erected 5 cells and a small oratory dedicated to San Salvatore Trasfigurato or the first nucleus of the hermitage. Subsequently 15 cells were added to the original core of the more :
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