Monte Calvano Summit – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Pieve Santo Stefano

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Monte Calvano Summit – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Pieve Santo Stefano

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Monte Calvano Summit – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Pieve Santo Stefano

03:44

39.9km

1,170m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 20.1 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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565 m

Pieve Santo Stefano Town Center

Highlight • Settlement

Pieve Santo Stefano is an Italian town of about 3000 inhabitants famous for having become the "City of the diary" in 1984. In fact, here is the National Diary Archive, a unique place in Italy created by the journalist and writer Saverio Tutino where more than 8000 unpublished testimonies and memories of ordinary citizens are kept. In 1944 the mines of the retreating German army destroyed the ancient town and erased the memory of the past of Pieve Santo Stefano. The agitated post-war reconstruction did not restore the architectural personality to the ancient village. Today, thanks to the archive, as a sort of compensation for the damage suffered, Pieve Santo Stefano has become the capital of memory.

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15.9 km

Trail to Passo Pratelle

Highlight • Trail

16.1 km

Mount Calvano (1,254 m)

Highlight • Summit

visit to the sanctuary.

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16.3 km

Mount Calvano

Highlight • Summit

16.4 km

Monte Calvano Summit

Highlight • Summit

Located at 1,254 meters above sea level, the top of Mount Calvano is characterized by an immense meadow between Casentino and Valtiberina. It is not far from the Verna sanctuary and it is not uncommon for you to come across grazing animals.

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17.3 km

Croce della Calla

Mountain Pass

19.0 km

The Icehouse of Cattiglio

Highlight • Cave

The name of this place is linked to the local tradition of using caves for food preservation. The rocks and the shade of the forest help to isolate the cavities from the outside, maintaining a constant low temperature. It was also common to fill the caves with snow during the winter to increase their cooling power during the warmer months. Even today it is possible to appreciate the difference in temperature between the outside and the inside, especially during the summer.

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20.0 km

La Verna Sanctuary

Highlight • Religious Site

The place where the sanctuary is located today was donated to Saint Francis by Count Orlando Cattani of Chiusi in 1213. First a hermitage was founded which became a recurring destination for Francis and his disciples for periods of meditation and prayer. Francis stayed here for the last time in 1224. It was precisely on the occasion of that last visit that the Saint received the stigmata. The complex includes the small church of Santa Maria degli Angeli built by Francis himself, the corridor and the Chapel of the Sacred Stigmata and the Basilica dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta where you can admire the Annunciation by the sculptor Andrea della Robbia. The sanctuary is surrounded by the monumental forest of La Verna, a forest of fir and beech trees cared for over the centuries by the Franciscan friars.

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20.8 km