Cycling Route in Staggia, Tuscany, Italy

Borgo San Luigi.....Monteriggioni

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17 km
Distance

178 m
Ascent

175 m
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About This Route

This cycling route is ideal for: MTB

You will cycle on the following surfaces: Unpaved Gravel

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Highlights Along The Route

Point of Interest

Strove....... the Via Francigena is the common name of an ancient road and pilgrim route running from France to Rome, though it is usually considered to have its starting point much further away, in the English cathedral city of Canterbury. As such, the route passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy.

Point of Interest

The founding of the abbey of S. Salvatore all’Isola, which goes back to 1001, is owed to Ava, a noblewoman of the Lambardi di Staggia family. The place where the monastery stands - which, as its name suggests, was once surrounded by water - was chosen mainly for its strategic position controlling the Via Francigena, of which Borgonuovo (subsequently Abbadia Isola) already constituted a resting place at the end of the 10th century.

Point of Interest

Monteriggioni castle...situated at the northern end of the region, Monteriggioni occupies the peak of a small, rolling hill covered with cultivated slopes, vineyards and olives.The castle was founded in the second decade of the thirteenth century by the Republic of Siena, with the purpose of creating a defence outpost against its rival Florence.

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