San Pellegrino in Alpe – Radici Pass loop from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Castelnuovo Di Garfagnana

San Pellegrino in Alpe – Radici Pass loop from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

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San Pellegrino in Alpe – Radici Pass loop from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

06:35

115km

2,640m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 4, 2026

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16.0 km

San Pellegrino in Alpe

Highlight • Settlement

A town halfway between Tuscany and Emilia, San Pellegrino in Alpe is located just above the Radici pass and boasts an ancient history. Worth seeing here is certainly the sanctuary of the saints Pellegrino and Bianco, a place of worship as well as hospitable for wayfarers and pilgrims along the road between Tuscany and Emilia.

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17.2 km

View point at the top

Highlight • Summit

17.6 km

Passo del Lagadello

Mountain Pass

18.5 km

Radici Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

One of the highest border passes between Emilia and Tuscany, the Radici can be tackled both from Pievepelago (province of Modena) and from Castelnuovo Garfagnana (province of Lucca).

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45.4 km

Pyramids of Passo dell'Abetone

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The territory of Abetone has always been a crossing point of the Apennines, so much so that it is said to have also been used by Hannibal to enter Etruria. The construction of the road dates back to 1766 to unite the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with the Duchy of Modena. During construction, a fir tree was demolished so large that it could not be embraced even by six people and from which the name Abetone was born.

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47.0 km

Riserva naturale Abetone

Nature Reserve

58.3 km

View of Cutigliano

Highlight • Viewpoint

Mountain village that you cross to reach the top of Abetone, from which the most tiring part of the ascent begins

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74.9 km

Buca di Ponte Nero

Cave Entrance

84.9 km

Viewpoint

88.8 km

Ponte della Maddalena in Borgo a Mozzano, Lucca

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Ponte della Maddalena, which owes its name to the presence of a nearby Maddalena Oratory, is a nice stone bridge on the Serchio river near Borgo a Mozzano, in the province of Lucca.
Compared to the numerous other medieval bridges, this was of great importance because it represented a vital point of crossing the river on the Via Francigena.

Due to its shape and height (38 m.), its wide and particular arch, this construction, considered incredible and almost supernatural at that time, became the subject of many legends.

The Ponte della Maddalena is commonly known as the "Devil's Bridge" because, like many other artifacts that seemed impossible to the contemporaries, popular legend attributed its construction to the devil: the superintendent of the construction, desperate for the delay in the committed works, would have sold his soul to the devil, who negotiated the completion of the works in exchange for the soul of the first being to cross the bridge.
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88.9 km

Maddalena Bridge (Devil's Bridge)

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Bridge over the Serchio river, precisely in the town of Borgo a Mozzano, which allowed travelers and pilgrims to reach nearby Lucca and rejoin the Via Francigena that would have led them to Rome.

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