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The Valnerina is the valley of the Black River, which originates from the Sibillini Mountains in the Marches, Umbria through a mountainous area south-east, and then to Terni and from there flows into the Tiber near Orte.

The valley is characterized by its mountainous character; narrow and winding, is divided between the provinces of Terni, Perugia and Macerata. Among the most attractive centers are Ferentillo, Visso, Scheggino and Vallo di Nera, while the valley is easy to reach Norcia, Cascia and Spoleto.

The term "Valnerina" means, even from an administrative point of view, all of the municipalities gravitating around the high Nera and falling valley in the province of Macerata and Perugia and the "Valnerina Ternana" under that name fall municipalities the province of Terni.

The main tourist attraction is the waterfall Falls, at the end of the valley, 6 km from Terni; all the villages in the area, many of them in the process of depopulation, present characteristic medieval architecture. Located along an important road manager was at the center of the Duchy of Spoleto in the Lombard period, which dates from the abbey of San Pietro in Valle at Ferentillo, while in the sixteenth century developed in Preci an important surgical school. During World War II the area was affected by a strong movement of the Resistance, with the valley in the middle of the Garibaldi Brigade Antonio Gramsci, who in March of 1944 activities created between the Valnerina and the territory of Cascia and Leonessa the first free d 'area Italy.

from wikipedia