The best traffic-free bike rides around Sant'Ilario D'Enza

This trail is for walking, it's suicide to ride it with a gravel bike, too steep, too many potholes (chasms) and big rocks, if you're on a bike it's better to avoid it

La Chiesa di San Quintino è un luogo di culto cattolico in stile romanico e neoromanico situato in Piazzale San Quintino a Montechiarugolo, in provincia e diocesi di Parma.

Whether in love or heartbroken, here you can entrust yourself to the luminous soul of the beautiful Fairy Bema, who lived in the Castle of Montechiarugolo, in the province of Parma, a renowned court of humanists and artists. You enter the crenellated manor from the drawbridge. The impregnable fortress due to its high walls – defended by machicolations, loopholes, corbels – becomes an elegant Renaissance residence inside. Strolling through the ancient rooms of the Castle of Montechiarugolo, beyond the splendid gardens adorned with 18th-century statues from the ducal garden of Colorno, you can admire halls, tapestries, period furnishings, frescoes, and flower-scattering putti. The Annunciation attributed to the school of Pisanello stands out. Legend has it that every May 19th around midnight, the ghost of Fairy Bema appears on the castle walls, towards Parma, awaiting the return of her beloved Pio Torelli. A friendly presence that will bring you luck!

The main headquarters of the Municipality of Montechiarugolo is located in Piazza Rivasi 3, 43022 Montechiarugolo (PR). The municipality has a polycentric structure divided into 5 hamlets (Montechiarugolo, Monticelli Terme, Basilicanova, Basilicagoiano, and Tortiano), maintaining its administrative and municipal headquarters precisely in the least populated hamlet that gives its name to the entire territory. Montechiarugolo is an Italian municipality of about 11,400 inhabitants located in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. Location: It is located about 15 kilometers southeast of Parma, along the Enza river. What to See The Castle: It is a 12th-century fortress that dominates the Enza valley. The medieval village develops right around the castle.

Sacred place erected in memory of the battle between Matilda of Canossa and Henry IV

The Church of San Quintino is a Catholic place of worship with Romanesque and Neo-Romanesque architecture, located in Piazzale San Quintino in Montechiarugolo, in the province and diocese of Parma. It is the seat of a parish in the pastoral area of the Pedemontana. HISTORY The original Romanesque place of worship was built in the Middle Ages; the earliest evidence of its existence dates back to 1230, when the Ecclesie S. Quintini de Monte clerevulo was mentioned in the Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum of the Diocese of Parma among the dependencies of the parish of Santo Stefano di Basilicagoiano. Documents from 1494 testify that at the time the church was managed by the Hermit friars, but it was later annexed to the nearby monastery of Santa Monica. In 1602, the place of worship became the seat of a vicariate, while in 1694 it was assigned as patronage to the confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament and the Rosary. At the end of the 17th century, the sacristy was built adjacent to the bell tower. In 1901, based on a design by architect Camillo Uccelli, renovation work began in the neo-Romanesque style on the medieval church, which had deteriorated significantly. The temple was raised and the facades were rebuilt, preserving only the apse and the bell tower of the original building. The interior was decorated in the following decades. On December 23, 2008, a violent earthquake caused some damage to the place of worship, which was restored and structurally consolidated in 2014. SOURCE AND OTHER NEWS: https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Quintino_(Montechiarugolo)

Nice dirt track, very smooth

Badlands under the Canossa Castle