Pistoiese Mountains

The Pistoiese Mountains (Montagna pistoiese or Appennino pistoiese) are a historical and geographical mountain region in the Province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. They occupy the southern side of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, north and north-west of the city of Pistoia, and include the upper valleys of the Reno, Lima, Sestaione, Maresca, Orsigna, Limentra and Ombrone Pistoiese. The region is not a single administrative unit. Its present administrative core is formed by the mountain municipalities of Abetone Cutigliano, San Marcello Piteglio and Sambuca Pistoiese, which belong to the Unione di Comuni Montani Appennino Pistoiese. In a broader historical and cultural sense, the Pistoiese Mountains are also commonly associated with Marliana and with the mountain areas of the municipality of Pistoia. Regione Toscana identifies the Montagna pistoiese as an Apennine landscape area extending from the Alpe Tre Potenze to Monte La Croce, near the Forest of Acquerino. Its landscape combines high ridges, extensive forests, dispersed villages, chestnut and pastoral areas, historic trans-Apennine routes, railway infrastructure, former industrial settlements and sites connected with mountain crafts and wartime memory. Historically, the region was shaped by forestry, chestnut cultivation, pastoralism, iron-working, natural ice production, road and railway links across the Apenn

Location: Italy.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.