Borgo San Luigi.....Monteriggioni

A cycling route starting in Staggia, Tuscany, Italy.

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Duration
17.3 km
Distance
178 m
Ascent
175 m
Descent
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Gippo Bike
Gippo Bike

created this 8 years ago

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  1. Highlight 1 along the Bikemap route "Borgo San Luigi.....Monteriggioni"

    Point of interest after 1.9 km

    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.

  2. Highlight 2 along the Bikemap route "Borgo San Luigi.....Monteriggioni"

    Point of interest after 4.2 km

    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.

  3. Highlight 3 along the Bikemap route "Borgo San Luigi.....Monteriggioni"

    Point of interest after 8.9 km

    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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