Castagno dei Cento Cavalli

Castagno dei Cento Cavalli

Considered the most famous and long-lived in Italy, it is a beautiful chestnut. The history of the Castagno dei Cento Cavalli merges with the legend of a mysterious queen and a hundred knights with their steeds, which, it is said, found shelter there.


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