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Monte Ceceri Summit – Walk through Olive Orchards loop from Fiesole

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Monte Ceceri Summit – Walk through Olive Orchards loop from Fiesole

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Monte Ceceri Summit – Walk through Olive Orchards loop from Fiesole

02:51

9.33km

280m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Area Naturale Protetta di Interesse Locale Torrente Mensola

Area Naturale Protetta di Interesse Locale Montececeri

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41 m

Maiano Church

Highlight • Religious Site

done the trail in 5 days alone in July 2023, no comment can give an idea of the feeling of happiness, freedom, tension..... I met many guys (and this gives me the idea that the future will be better than what we elderly people leave).... I cried upon arrival in Piazza della Signoria..... as I have already posted "if you have someone you don't love tell them to take the path, if instead you have someone you who you love tell them to do it... in any case they will thank you".

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1.34 km

View of the Montececeri Valley and Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Highlight of the excursion from Fiesole

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2.51 km

Stone carvings and views of Florence from Monte Ceceri

Highlight • Monument

Works of the stonemasons and very interesting view of Florence

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2.60 km

Piazzale Leonardo and the Monument to Leonardo da Vinci’s Flight, Monte Ceceri

Highlight • Monument

Monte Ceceri is known first of all because it was used by Leonardo Da Vinci as a "springboard" to test his Flight Machine in 1506. Tommaso Masini, known as Zoroastro da Peretola, one of the "familiars", personally experienced the machine. by Leonardo. That Tommaso was the driver of the car would be testified by a note by Leonardo himself, in his Codex of Flight. According to the testimonies, the Machine managed to glide for about a thousand meters, landing in Camerata, between Fiesole and Florence. It is not true, therefore, that Thomas would have broken his legs on landing (this was written by Merejkowski, in one of his novels on the life of Leonardo). A source, among other things, would give Tommaso healthy and active in Modena only a few months later. From Mount Ceceri, therefore, the first human flight in history would have been successfully attempted. The 500th anniversary of this exceptional event has recently taken place, with no celebrations of particular importance.

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Monte Ceceri Summit

Highlight • Summit

Top of Monte Ceceri. Great historical hangout spot where Leonardo Da Vinci tested his flying machine. There are some benches to sit and enjoy the surroundings/view.

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