The Public Natural Reserve Abbadia di Fiastra, established in 1984, is located between the Chienti and Fiastra valleys on a hill area in the province of Macerata. It occupies a surface of 1.853 hectares in the cities of Tolentino and Urbisaglia, between 130 and 306 meters. The natural environment is characterized by farmed lands, waterways (Entogge and Fiastra streams) with its typical fauna and flora, “le Vene” lake and by the Selva wood of over 100 hectares, which is almost intact until our days. This is thanks to the attention of Cistercian monks, later to the Bandini family and finally to the Marche region, which has declared it as “area floristica protetta”.