THE CZECH REPUBLIC ZŠ a MŠ Břeclav, Kupkova 1

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Wandering the Pálava Mountains

The Czech Republic Southern Moravia The Pálava Mountains

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DISTANCE TIME SURFACE SKILL LEVEL 10, 8 km 3 hours 40 mins Unpaved path medium

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Pavlov FINISH POINT

Mikulov

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

•Meeting point: Breclav bus station, 7:45 am, 20 September 2013 •Sports clothes •Good trekking shoes •Rucksack with snack and water •Money for traveling

WALK DESCRIPTION

The Pálava Mountains are the lime stone mountains located in the Southern Moravia

spreading from the town Pavlov towards the town Mikulov and going futher to the

Austrian frontiers. The mountains are the protected area and belong to the biospheric

reservation Lower Moravia which is registered on UNESCO list. This place is the driest

and warmest place of the Czech republic with special species of plants, herbs and

animals, rich fields and wineyards all around.

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Take the bus from Breclav bus station to the town Pavlov. Go along the green touristic

path towards the ruins of Děvičky – the Girlish Castle. These ruins of the gothic castle

are placed on the lime mountain 428 m above sea level. The first written records

related to this castle come from 1222. The view from this castle is amazing.

Take the red touristic path towards Děvín, the highest point of the mountains (549 m

above sea level). The path goes further to the town Klentnice.

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From Klentnice take the red path to the Orphans’ Little Castle, the ruins of the gothic

castle from the 13th century. These ruins you can find in the middle of the natural

reservation Pink Hill (458 m above sea level). There is an old legend related to this

castle. The castle owner’s wife was expecting a son when her husband was asked to

join the king’s army and go to the war. He refused because of soon coming baby and

asked the king to be the son’s godfather instead. The godfather came to the castle

and chose the name for the baby – Orphan. When he was born, the king killed the

father and all people in the castle. The Orphan’s mother died by sadness afterwards.

The king took and child and left. When Orphan came back to the castle as an adult

man, after hearing this story got mad and he is riding the horse from the cave Na

Turoldu to this castle every night.

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From the Orphan’s Little Castle take the path to the Table mountain. Its a flat

mountain with a very special and closed ecosystem, species of plants and animals very

different from neghbouring places.

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Take the path around the wineyeards to the town Mikulov.

Take the train from Mikulov train station back to Breclav.

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PAVLOV DĚVIČKY

DĚVÍN ORPHANS’ LITTLE CASTLE

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TABLE MOUNTAIN KLENTNICE

MIKULOV BŘECLAV

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The Lednice – Valtice Area Cycling Trip

The Czech Republic Southern Moravia The Lednice-Valtice Area

ROUTE FILE

DISTANCE TIME SURFACE SKILL LEVEL 35, 8 km 4 hours 40 mins Cycling paths Medium-difficult

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• Lednice Castle • Minaret • John’s Castle • Raisna Colonnade • Valtice • Pohansko

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Pohansko MAP

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

•Starting point: Lednice, Castle Square, 8:00, 9 April 2014 •Bicycle •Sports clothes •Good cycling shoes •Rucksack with snack and water •Money for entrance tickets

WALK DESCRIPTION

We started our cycling trip in the town of Lednice. We visited wonderful Lednice

Castle and the Royal Park which are both registered on the UNESCO list of cultural

heritage. We also visitied a unique Glass House next to the castle with a lot of exotic

plants. Afterwards we set off for a bike trip.

The first stop was in the Hunting Castle close to Lednice. Another stop was the

artificial Neo-Gothic ruins of John’s Castle. We could relax under the big trees at the

castle and then we went on. We visited Minaret and climbed on the top so we could

enjoy an amazing view of the landscape. This landscape was transformed during the

18th and 19th century by the Liechtenstein family into the huge landscape park with

numerous landmarks.

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From Minaret, a Moorish Revival structure 62 m high serving as an observation tower,

we cycled back to Lednice and set off for a way towards Valtice. On the way we could

see and visit many other landmarks spread in the Lednice – Valtice area: Belvedere,

Temple of Diana, St Hubert Chapel, Border House, Temple of Three Graces, Pond

House, New Farm – a Classisicist farm now used for horse breeding, Apollo Temple,

Hunting Lodge and Obelisk erected in memory of thepeace treaty of Campo Formio.

The Lednice-Valtice Area is called The Garden of Europe. It spreads in the warmest

part of the Czech republic. There are many cycling paths in this region. You can see

many architectural jewels, beautiful nature, unique nature reserves and also

wonderful folklore during your cycling trip.

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We ended our trip at Pohansko, an Empire-style hunting lodge. Nowadays it houses

and exhibition of Břeclav Town Museum. Close to the lodge there are both an

important archaeological site of Great Moravian remains and reconstructed parts of

the Czechoslovak border fortifications. Pohansko lodge is a favourite aim of cycling

trips and a great place for barbecue party at the end of the day. To get back to Breclav

takes around 15 mins.

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MINARET LEDNICE CASTLE

JOHN CASTLE REISTNA COLONNADE

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VALTICE CASTLE POHANSKO

ICELAND Stóru-Vogaskóli, Vogar

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Keilir

COUNTRY AREA LOCATION

ROUTE FILE

DISTANCE TIME SURFAVE SKILL LEVEL 379 (Height) 4 hours Lava and gravel Medium to difficult

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Keilir

MAP

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

Good hiking boots and clothes according weather Hiking staffs would also come in handy

WALK DESCRIPTION

Keilir is located in Vogar Vatnsleysuströnd on the Reykjavík peninsula in Iceland. Keilir

is an extinct volvano and is located in an area lava. It is rather difficult to walk and

although only 379 meters high the surface is very “loose and sandy” and it almost

seems as for each step you take up the mountain you slide down two steps!

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1. Picture is taken from Reykjavík the capital of Iceland which is some 40 km away.

3. From Oddafell there is a pathway that has been made from the many hikers that have walked up and

down Keilir. .

4. On top of Keilir

On top of Keilir there is a guestbook and hikers are expected to wriet their names and the date they are

there in the book.

2. The best way to get to Keilir is to drive by

car to Höskuldarhólar. From there the walk

begins and takes about 4-6 hours to climb

up the mountain and back down to

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e ag

ricu

ltu

rist

Pas

qu

ale

Vis

occ

hi

intr

od

uce

d t

he

Cab

ern

et w

ine

to t

his

are

a, in

augu

rati

ng

a p

rize

d v

iney

ard

wh

ich

to

day

p

rod

uce

s b

ott

les

of

do

c

win

es.

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

We

descen

d fro

m A

tina an

d at th

e jun

ction

or ro

un

dab

ou

t we

turn

left to th

e SR5

09

in th

e directio

n San

Do

nato

goin

g straight o

n fo

r abo

ut 4

km. W

e pass a

series of fu

rnitu

re stores, restau

rants, p

ub

s, ice cream b

ars and

sup

ermarkets, an

d b

efore arrivin

g in th

e tow

n w

e p

ass the M

on

um

ental C

emitary.

San D

on

ato V

alle di C

om

ino

is an an

cient to

wn

wh

ose n

ame d

erives from

th

e patro

n Sain

t’s nam

e Do

nato

. Its histo

ry

goes b

ack to th

e Mid

dle A

ges, the to

wn

is best see

n o

n fo

ot as th

e ston

e h

ou

ses are in little alleys fo

llow

ing th

e gentile

hillsid

e slop

es on

wh

ich it w

as bu

ilt. On

arriving w

e see

a small p

ark from

w

hich

we

can h

ave access to V

illa Gran

cassa a

wo

nd

erful

Villa

wh

ich w

as

a p

rivate

residen

ce, an

d

later b

ecom

ing

a Sem

inar fo

r the D

iocesis o

f Sora. To

day it is a

ho

tel an

d restau

rant. N

earby th

ere is the C

hiesa d

el Co

nven

to a geo

logical

mu

seum

, and

a you

th h

oste

l, mo

ving o

n w

e

have a recreatio

nal area w

ith sch

oo

ls, bars an

d a large p

ub

lic park w

ith

games an

d attractio

ns.

As w

e m

ove o

n w

e arrive

at the p

iazza del M

on

um

ento

or p

iazza Della V

ittoria an

d fo

llow

ing th

e up

hill ro

ad w

e go th

rou

gh

suggestive

alleys

that

lead to

the

Ch

iesa Mad

re adjacen

t to th

e clock To

we

r of th

e 16 th

centu

ry and

furth

er on

we

get to th

e San

tuario

o

f San D

on

ato.

The to

wn

is famo

us fo

r its

sto

ne

cutte

rs so th

e tow

n h

as m

any

beau

tiful

keysto

nes o

n th

e arches

that

orn

ate th

e do

ors.

On

leaving th

e tow

n w

e fo

llow

th

e d

ow

nw

ard

road

to

ward

s A

lvito

crossin

g a

flat p

lain

called

Cam

po

Gu

errano

SS77 w

here

a fam

ou

s

battle to

ok p

lace du

ring

the

To

day

it is the lo

cation

wh

ere h

and

gliders lan

d

and

m

eet,

descen

din

g fro

m th

e mo

un

tainsid

e of A

pp

enn

ino

Laziale from

the

locality called

Tre

Po

nti1

. Furth

er on

we fin

d th

e Ch

urch

of San

ta Maria d

el Cam

po

of 1

09

0, o

ne o

f the o

ldest o

f the to

wn

with

a w

oo

den

statue o

f

the M

ado

nn

a del C

amp

o o

f 149

6. W

e arrive in A

lvito p

assing alo

ng V

ia Del Litto

rio w

here th

ere is the To

rre C

olo

mb

aia

The

"Palo

mb

ara", a do

vecote to

wer o

f the (X

Vth

Ce

ntu

ry) partially co

llapsed

on

the 2

3rd

of Jan

uary 2

014

.

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

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INTS

OF

INTE

RES

T O

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POINTS OF INTEREST

Palazzo Ducale or Palazzo Gallio Monastery and Church of San Nicola

It was the residence of the Gallio Family it houses the administrative offices of the town, and the offices of the Local Action Group of the Parco Nazionale of Abruzzo ,Lazio and Molise , it was completed by comission of the Cardinal Tolome Gallio who had bought the Duchy of Alvito in 1595.

Church of San Nicola of the XI century and adjacent Benedectine monastary of the XVIth century The monastery houses the Istituto Tecnico Agrario since 1970’s

The River Melfa Ducal Palace of Atina

River Melfa which is crossed by the Bridge connetting upper and lower sections of the town of Atina.

The Ducal Palace of the Cantelmo Family of the XV cent. It was occupied by different nobel families Today it houses the Municipal Offices,and in its large halls the cultural events of the town

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San Donato Val di Comino The Ancient Church of Santa Maria del Campo

Ancient town in the Cominium Valley,It is has the privilidge of having been assigned with the Orange Flag of the Touring Club Italiana for the quality of the tourist facilities and evironmental awareness

The Church of Santa Maria del Campo is one of the oldest of the Comnium Valley it was part of the territories of the the Abbey of Montecassino from the Xth century

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

Castle

of A

lvito – C

astle o

f Vicalvi – To

wn

Ce

nter o

f Alvito

CO

UN

TRY

A

REA

LO

CA

TION

MA

P

RO

UTE FILE

DISTA

NC

E TIM

E SU

RFA

VE

SKILL LEV

EL

(in km

) 1

0 km

3 h

ou

rs trakking

Main

ly pave

d

-un

pave

d

gravel)

easy

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

ROUTE

STA

RT

PO

INT

FULL ITENERAY

AL

VIT

O lo

cali

ty c

alle

d B

org

o C

aste

llo

, B

oro

ugh

of

the

Cas

le ,

do

wn

war

d p

ath

th

rou

gh a

lley

s o

f th

e M

idev

il,

pat

hw

ays

do

wn

war

d

til

l w

e ar

rive

at

the

Cap

pel

lucc

ia d

i S.

Bia

gio

, Via

Tir

aven

to,d

esti

nat

ion

Vic

alvi

In V

ical

vi w

e w

alk

th

rou

gh t

he

an

cien

t b

ou

rou

gh le

adin

g to

th

e ca

stle

ru

ins.

ALV

ITO

FIN

ISH

PO

INT

ALV

ITO

MA

P

SUG

GES

TIO

NS

AN

D O

THER

INTE

RES

TIN

G D

ATA

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

Taking fo

od

or w

ater may b

e advisab

le b

ut th

ere are p

ub

lic fou

ntain

s available o

n th

e way, takin

g a rainco

at or so

me extra clo

thes m

ight b

e n

ecessary if the w

eather ch

anges.

In su

mm

er take a hat sin

ce it beco

mes q

uite h

ot an

d so

lar radiatio

n is h

igh.

It is also ad

visable to

wear co

mfo

rtable sh

oes sin

ce the visit in

the an

cient castle ru

ins in

clud

es climb

ing an

d d

escend

ing ro

cky path

ways.

There are b

ars, sho

ps restau

rants alo

ng th

e way.

WA

LK D

ESCR

IPTIO

N

We start o

ur to

ur in

fron

t of th

e ruin

s of th

e Castel o

f Alvito

, bu

ilt for th

e first time at th

e end

of X

I centu

ry, alon

g the A

lbeto

Mo

un

t slop

es. It was b

uilt b

y the

cou

nt o

f Aq

uin

o d

escend

ing fro

m th

e Lon

gob

ard d

ukes o

f Ben

evento

, At th

e end

of th

e XII cen

tury, east o

f Alb

eto M

ou

nt alo

ng th

e hill th

at is called to

day, th

e C

ivita, little by little b

egan to

be ab

and

on

ed b

ecause p

art of th

e po

pu

lation

establish

ed aro

un

d th

e castle near th

e place th

at becam

e the "C

ittadella" su

rrou

nd

ed

by its w

alls with

its three d

oo

rs. Oth

ers settled

alon

g the slo

pe b

elow

, tight aro

un

d

a chu

rch, th

at con

tribu

ted

to th

e form

ation

o

f Co

min

o V

alley. The m

edieval castle, ju

st as w

e can

see it

tod

ay is

wh

at rem

ains

of

the

rebu

ildin

g after

the

earthq

uake

that

in

the

year 1

349

had

d

amaged

th

e stro

ng

walls.

The

new

bu

ildin

g imm

ediately b

uilt in

the year

135

0 th

anks to

Ro

staino

Can

telm

o w

ho

se ancesto

rs had

arrived

in Italy am

on

g the su

it of C

arlo d

'An

giò. Th

e Can

telm

o en

tered in

po

ssession

of th

e castle becau

se h

e was related

with

the p

reviou

s lord

s, the co

un

ts of A

qu

ino

wh

o d

ied in

the earth

qu

ake . They h

ad b

een lo

rds o

f Alvito

till 1497

. Du

ring th

e XV

I centu

ry, the

Can

telm

o w

ere fo

llow

ed

by B

orgia, N

avarra, Card

on

a and

Gallio

families. Th

e latter, after beco

min

g du

kes ab

and

on

ed th

e castle and

bu

ilt the D

ucal P

alace and

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

rem

ain

ed t

her

e ti

ll th

e ye

ar 1

806

. W

e w

alk

do

wn

alo

ng

the

Med

ieva

l p

ath

way

s o

f th

e o

rigi

nal

B

org

o C

aste

llo

th

e h

ou

ses

her

e ar

e al

l aro

un

d t

he

nu

cleu

s o

f th

e b

oro

ugh

, we

pas

s in

fro

nt

of

the

chu

rch

of

San

ta M

aria

Ass

un

ta a

ch

urc

h w

ith

th

e re

lics

of

San

ta M

esia

Elia

.We

fo

llow

th

e SP

23

7

do

wn

war

ds

tow

ard

s th

e t

ow

n

bel

ow

ad

mir

ing

the

fan

tast

ic v

iew

. A

t th

e lo

calit

y ca

lled

il

Pes

chio

we

fin

d a

no

ther

Pal

azzo

an

d a

n a

dja

cen

t ch

urc

h a

nd

a b

eau

tifu

l d

ove

cote

to

wer

co

nti

nu

ing

do

wn

war

ds,

w

e ar

rive

at

co

bb

lest

on

e st

airw

ay

lead

ing

into

a d

ow

nw

ard

pat

h j

ust

bef

ore

Pal

azzo

M

aset

ti

,we

des

cen

d

fu

rth

er

and

ar

rive

at

th

e C

app

ellu

ccia

of

San

Bia

gio

fro

m h

ere

we

des

cen

d t

he

sto

ne

stai

rs t

o g

et o

n t

he

SP 2

37.

Follo

win

g th

e ro

ad w

e a

rriv

e a

t a

jun

ctio

n c

alle

d

Tira

ven

to

wh

ere

we

fi

nd

re

sts

of

a

larg

e m

ano

r h

ou

se,w

e tu

rn

righ

t to

war

ds

Vic

alvi

an

d

we

ca

n

alre

ady

see

th

e ca

stle

of

Vic

alvi

on

th

e h

illto

p.

We

follo

w t

he

rou

te V

ia A

ia S

an G

iova

nn

i t

ill w

e a

rriv

e

at a

sm

all

gard

en

and

fro

m h

ere

we

hav

e a

sple

nd

id

view

of

the

Lago

di P

ost

a Fi

bre

no

th

at i

s ju

st

bel

ow

o

n t

he

righ

t. T

urn

ing

lef

t w

e g

o u

p t

he

ste

ep r

oad

am

on

g co

bb

le s

ton

e ro

ads

lea

din

g to

th

e b

oro

ugh

o

f th

e C

astl

e o

f V

ical

vi.(

On

ap

po

intm

ent

on

e ca

n

hav

e a

guid

ed

tou

r in

th

e in

sid

e ch

amb

ers

rem

ain

ing

.)

Leav

ing

the

cast

le w

e c

om

e d

ow

n t

he

road

ag

ain

th

at w

ill l

ead

us

to t

he

low

er

par

t

of

the

bo

rou

gh

and

we

are

bac

k o

n t

he

road

to

Alv

ito

Th

e C

astl

e o

f V

ical

vi

is

si

tuat

ed

at

the

top

of

hig

h r

idge

of

rock

s l a

t th

e cr

oss

ing

of

the

Fib

ren

o a

nd

Co

min

o

valle

ys,

at

abo

ut

60

0

mt

. It

h

as

Lon

gob

ard

o

rigi

ns

and

w

as

erec

ted

st

arti

ng

fro

m

the

IX

cen

tury

, o

n

the

meg

alit

ic

rem

ain

s o

f A

lba

of

Equ

ico

li, a

San

nit

ic

tow

n m

ore

an

cien

t th

an R

om

e. I

n

11

91

it w

as v

isit

ed

by

emp

ero

r C

ost

anza

an

d i

n

12

08

by

the

Po

pe

Inn

oce

nzo

III

. It

w

as

run

fo

r m

any

cen

turi

es

by

the

Mo

nte

cass

ino

A

bb

ey,

then

it

w

as

pas

sed

o

ver

to

the

Can

telm

o f

amily

, d

uke

s o

f So

ra a

nd

Alv

ito

. It

is

kno

wn

to

hav

e re

sist

ed

th

e as

sau

lt

of

a p

ow

erf

ul F

ren

ch a

rmy

in 1

52

8.

At

the

end

of

Wo

rld

War

II,

the

villa

ge

was

o

ccu

pie

d

by

the

Ger

man

tr

oo

ps

, th

at i

nst

alle

d o

ne

of

thei

r m

ilita

ry h

osp

ital

s h

ere,

ver

y cl

ose

to

th

e fr

on

t lin

e (G

ust

av li

ne)

. Th

ey p

ain

ted

a b

ig r

ed c

ross

on

on

e si

de

of

the

cast

le t

hat

we

can

sti

ll se

e t

od

ay a

nd

th

is p

rob

ably

sp

ared

th

e vi

llage

fro

m t

he

hea

vy b

om

bar

dm

ents

b

y th

e B

52 t

hat

des

tro

yed

th

e n

earb

y ci

ty o

f C

assi

no

an

d t

he

Mo

nte

cass

ino

Ab

bey

. Rec

en

tly

it w

as p

arti

ally

res

tore

d T

he

tow

n o

f V

ical

vi h

as f

ew in

hab

itan

ts a

nd

in

th

e b

oro

ugh

ar

ou

nd

th

e c

astl

e t

her

e ar

e fe

w f

amili

es a

nd

th

e gr

eat

par

t o

f th

e p

op

ula

tio

n l

ives

in

th

e sl

op

es g

oin

g to

war

ds

the

mai

n r

oad

wh

ere

ther

e ar

e sh

op

s, b

ars

and

res

tau

ran

ts a

nd

mu

nic

ipal

bu

ildin

gs

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

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POI’s Ruins of the Castle of Alvito Borgo Castello Porta Lago

The castle of Alvito was built for the first time at the end of XI century, along the Albeto Mount slopes, where there were settlers it was built by the count of Aquino descending from the Longobard dukes of Benevento.

Porta Lago one of the three ancient doors of access to the Midevil bourough inside it we find a labirinth of stone houses,alleys small squares all tightly contained in the fortifications surrounding the castle,it was one of the ancient nucleus of the town a sort of fortified community for defensive purposes.

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta Locality San Biagio

A church dedicated to the Saint Mesia in the Borgo Castello the original church goes back to 9th century the actual one to the 17th cent. In it we find the relics of Santa Mesia Elia

A small chappel which was on the outskirts of the town’s perimitral Midevil walls a trail passing through here connected Alvito with Vicalvi passing along the mountain slopes The scenic trail has been almost entirely restored for naturalistic walks.

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Ruins of the Castle of Vicalvi

The Castle of Vicalvi is situated at the top of an hill at the crossing of the Fibreno and Comino Valley It has Longobard origins starting from the IX century, it was built on the megalithic remains o Alba of Equicoli, a Sannitic town more ancient than Rome.

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

Po

sta

Fib

ren

o –

So

ra –

Iso

la d

el L

iri

CO

UN

TRY

A

REA

LO

CA

TIO

N

RO

UTE

FIL

E

DIS

TAN

CE

TIM

E SU

RFA

VE

SKIL

L LE

VEL

(in

km

) 2

0km

30

min

ute

s ri

de

+ 1

ho

ur

for

wal

ks

Pav

ed

ro

ads

eas

y

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

ROUTE

STAR

T PO

INT

FULL ITENERAY

Po

sta Fib

reno

lake sid

e road

, Po

nte T

apin

o , b

ridge o

n th

e Fib

reno

River an

affluen

t of th

e lake V

ia Sferracavalli, So

ra,

Po

nte d

i Ferro

wh

ich cro

sses the L

iri River an

affluen

t of th

e Fib

reno

,

Co

rso V

olsci, P

on

te di N

apo

li,Via N

apo

li ,Viale San

Do

men

ico,

Isola Su

perio

re,Isola D

el Liri

PO

STA FIB

REN

O

FINISH

PO

INT

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DEL LIR

I

MA

P

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

SUG

GES

TIO

NS

AN

D O

THER

INTE

RES

TIN

G D

ATA

Taki

ng

foo

d o

r w

ater

may

be

advi

sab

le b

ut

ther

e ar

e p

ub

lic f

ou

nta

ins

avai

lab

le o

n t

he

way

, ta

kin

g a

rain

coat

or

som

e ex

tra

clo

thes

mig

ht

be

nec

essa

ry if

th

e w

eath

er c

han

ges.

In s

um

mer

tak

e a

hat

sin

ce it

bec

om

es q

uit

e h

ot

and

so

lar

rad

iati

on

is h

igh

.

It

is a

lso

ad

visa

ble

to

wea

r co

mfo

rtab

le s

ho

es s

ince

it is

a p

leas

ure

to

wal

k al

on

g th

e la

ke a

nd

in t

he

tow

ns

of

Sora

an

d Is

ola

del

Lir

i

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

WA

LK D

ESCR

IPTIO

N

Ou

r jou

rney b

egins th

e Mu

lino

ad A

cqu

a the W

ater Mill fo

r the grin

din

g of grain

It l was b

uilt in

1810

in th

e locality o

f Sorgen

tina b

y the Lo

rds Lecce an

d R

uggeri.

The M

ills and

dep

end

encies w

ere acqu

ired b

y the Ferran

te fam

ily of A

lvito in

1851

.

At th

e begin

nin

g of th

e twen

tieth cen

tury ( 1

905

-1908

) next to

the o

riginal b

uild

ing , G

iovan

diego

Ferrante

mad

e a small h

ydro

electric po

we

r plan

t than

ks to w

hich

it was p

ossib

le to illu

min

ate

electrically Alvito

. The sam

e dyn

amo

, miracu

lou

sly spared

from

Germ

an arm

y attacks and

destru

ction

tow

ards th

e end

of th

e occu

patio

n , p

rovid

ed en

ergy for m

any m

on

ths to

ten

neigh

bo

ring

mu

nicip

alities of th

e Co

min

ium

Valley

The

mill

wo

rked

regu

larly u

ntil

the

begin

nin

g o

f th

e 1

98

0s

it w

as

later

bo

ugh

t by th

e mu

nicip

ality of P

ost

Fibren

o

In

the

early years

of

this

centu

ry the p

rop

erty was resto

red an

d

the o

riginal m

achin

es (turb

ines , gen

erators w

ere emp

ow

ered

to ru

n again

for ed

ucatio

nal p

urp

oses.

Ad

jacent to

the m

ill there is p

icnic area fro

m w

hich

, via a small p

ath , yo

u can

reach th

e left ban

k of

the lake " .Th

e mill can

be visite

d as p

art of a p

rocess o

f guid

ed to

ur, b

oo

ked at th

e offices o

f Riserva

Natu

rale Re

gion

ale Lago d

i Po

sta Fibren

o.

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

Fro

m t

he

Mill

w

e a

rriv

e at

th

e N

atu

ral

Res

erv

e o

f P

ost

a Fi

bre

no

, w

e f

ollo

w t

he

road

alo

ng

the

rive

r Fi

bre

no

an

d w

e a

rriv

e a

t a

reso

rt a

rea

on

th

e la

ke w

alki

ng

alo

ng

the

lake

.W

e ca

n a

dm

ire

its

exte

nsi

on

an

d s

ee t

he

ott

ers

,du

cks

and

wild

life

. It

is p

oss

ible

to

hir

e a

ped

alò

or

typ

ical

sm

all r

ow

bo

at t

o h

ave

an e

xcu

rsio

n

on

th

e la

ke.

Ther

e ar

e b

ed a

nd

bre

akfa

sts,

res

tau

ran

ts a

nd

pic

k n

ick

area

s an

d b

ars.

A

lon

g th

e w

alk

we

ca

n

visi

t th

e LA

B.T

ER

Lab

ora

tori

o

Terr

ito

rial

e d

i Ed

uca

zio

ne

Am

bie

nta

le

an

ac

qu

atic

m

use

um

of

the

par

k an

d a

dja

cen

t vi

sait

ors

cen

tre.

La

ke

Po

sta

Fib

ren

o

off

ers

an

o

pp

ort

un

ity

to

un

der

take

in

tere

stin

g ex

curs

ion

s in

a

nat

ura

l, ev

oca

tive

se

ttin

g,

dis

cove

rin

g a

man

y-fa

cete

d l

and

. O

ne

feat

ure

, p

erh

aps

un

iqu

e in

Eu

rop

e, a

nd

alr

ead

y m

enti

on

ed b

y P

liny

in h

is

"Nat

ura

lis H

isto

ria"

, is

rep

rese

nte

d b

y th

e p

rese

nce

of

a fl

oat

ing

isla

nd

cal

led

La

Ro

ta T

he

"Ro

ta”

form

ed b

y rh

izo

mes

, pea

t an

d r

oo

ts, a

ble

to

mo

ve i

n d

iffe

ren

t p

arts

of

the

year

du

e to

gen

tle

bre

eze

s o

r t

o t

he

incr

ease

in

th

e fl

ow

of

the

spri

ngs

th

at f

low

nea

rby

. Per

hap

s th

e ch

emic

al c

om

po

siti

on

of

the

isla

nd

tre

es

that

are

fo

un

d o

n t

he

surf

ace

do

no

t d

evel

op

as

they

do

on

lan

d

they

gr

ow

lit

tle

mo

re t

han

mer

e sh

rub

s W

ith

its

hig

h-q

ual

ity

wat

er,

the

lake

is h

om

e to

a r

ich

nat

ura

l lif

e: h

ors

etai

l an

d m

acro

ph

ysit

s, r

eed

s an

d m

arsh

fer

n a

ll ab

ou

nd

. Th

e la

ke’s

wat

er,

sin

ce i

t is

co

nti

nu

ou

sly

exch

ange

d,

mai

nta

ins

a vi

rtu

ally

co

nst

ant

tem

per

atu

re (

10

-11

°C).

Hig

hly

oxy

gen

ated

, it

is

the

idea

l h

abit

at f

or

nu

mer

ou

s sp

ecie

s o

f fi

sh.

Wit

h i

ts c

old

, cr

ysta

l cl

ear

wat

er,

the

lake

is

an i

dea

l sp

ot

for

scu

ba

div

ing.

Vis

ito

rs c

an e

njo

y th

e p

edal

os

or

ped

al b

oat

s w

hic

h m

ay b

e re

nte

d

– a

n e

xcel

len

t so

luti

on

fo

r a

bri

ef o

uti

ng

on

th

e la

ke..

Th

e en

tire

par

k is

eas

ily a

cce

ssib

le.

Nat

ure

pat

hs

are

con

ven

ien

t, a

nd

th

e b

ird

wat

chin

g is

ex

celle

nt.

Th

anks

to

a s

yste

m o

f w

oo

den

wal

kway

s, t

he

Nat

ure

pat

h c

ross

es t

he

ree

d t

icke

t,

reac

hin

g th

e b

ird

wat

chin

g h

ut

fro

m w

hic

h t

o o

bse

rve

the

anim

al l

ife

that

po

pu

late

s th

e la

ke .

A

vari

ety

of

anim

al li

fe l

ives

in

th

e la

ke a

nd

riv

er,

th

e re

serv

es r

eal s

tar

is a

fis

h u

nkn

ow

n t

o m

ost

, an

d t

hat

in

th

e en

tire

wo

rld

liv

es o

nly

her

e: t

he

Fib

ren

o t

rou

t an

d t

he

Its

hab

its

are

lit

tle

kno

wn

to

th

is d

ay,

this

fis

h

a cl

ose

rel

ativ

e o

f th

e co

mm

on

tro

ut

– a

no

ther

str

ange

fis

h is

th

e Sp

inar

ello

a

smal

l fis

h w

hic

h h

as a

dap

ted

to

livi

ng

and

rep

rod

uci

ng

in t

he

dar

k en

viro

nm

ents

of

un

der

wat

er

cave

rns.

Fro

m t

he

lake

we

mo

ve o

n t

he

road

an

d b

y ca

r o

n V

ia C

arp

ello

we

reac

h t

he

loca

lity

calle

d P

on

te

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

Tapin

o righ

t in th

e directio

n B

rocco

stella on

the

SS62

7

for ab

ou

t 5 km

Passin

g thro

ugh

B

rocco

stella we

have an

examp

le of an

oth

er fortified

tow

n B

rocco

the h

igher p

art of th

e tow

n an

d

Stella the lo

we

r mo

re recent co

mm

un

ity thu

s the n

ew n

ame B

rocco

stella .We

con

tinu

e on

till we get

to So

ra.

Sora is a city o

f abo

ut 30

tho

usan

d in

hab

itants . It is

bu

ilt in

a

plain

o

n

the

ban

ks of th

e Liri River it

was a b

it differen

t in th

e p

ast bu

t a great part o

f the

tow

n w

as destro

yed in

the earth

qu

ake that in

1914

destro

yed A

vezzano

and

the

tow

ns in

the area. So

ra was d

eclared a " R

oyal C

ity " by th

e Kin

g of N

aples C

harles I

An

jou

in th

e 14

th centu

ry , later it becam

e a fief of th

e Tom

acelli of C

antelm

i , Della

Ro

vere and

Bo

nco

mp

agni fam

ilies.

In th

e late eighte

enth

and

early nin

eteenth

centu

ry it was th

e scene o

f fierce incid

ents

of

ban

ditry

, in

clud

ing

military

occu

patio

ns

b

y B

ou

rbo

n

Sanfed

ists an

d

French

o

ccup

ation

. There are n

um

erou

s places o

f wo

rship

in th

e tow

n b

ecause o

f its im

po

rtance as D

ioceses tied

to R

om

e that co

uld

be p

art of a real religio

us itin

erary . A

mo

ng th

e imp

ortan

t chu

rches th

ere are the cath

edral o

f Santa M

aria , bish

op

's seat b

uilt o

n th

e site o

f a Pre

-Ro

man

Temp

le The o

riginal cath

edral, o

f Santa M

aria was

con

secrated b

y Po

pe

Ad

rian IV

in 1

15

5,

it w

as destro

yed b

y the earth

qu

ake o

f 1

63

4.,th

e chu

rch o

f the p

atron

saint St. R

estituta w

ith th

e fou

rteen

th-cen

tury p

ortal ,

the ch

urch

of San

Francesco

,and

man

y oth

ers just in

the m

ain street o

f the to

wn

the

Co

nven

t of th

e Passio

nist Fath

ers etc., and

finally th

e the A

bb

ey of St. D

om

inic w

hich

u

sed to

be o

n th

e tow

n b

ou

nd

ries tow

ards Iso

la del Liri.

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

Am

on

g th

e ve

stig

es o

f it

s p

ast

rem

emb

er

the

rock

sh

rin

e o

f th

e go

d S

ilvan

us

( II

cen

tury

A

D)

, th

e

po

lygo

nal

w

alls

an

d

the

rem

ain

s o

f th

e C

astl

e o

f S.

C

asto

o

f th

e 1

0th

Cen

tury

on

th

e m

ou

nta

in

wh

ich

ca

n

be

reac

hed

o

n

foo

t th

rou

gh

the

Med

ieva

l co

bb

lest

on

e p

ath

s an

d a

nd

sta

irs

th

at le

ad t

o it

fro

m t

he

old

wal

led

to

wn

bo

rou

gh .

Alo

ng

the

way

, o

ne

can

sto

p a

t th

e ch

urc

h o

f S

ain

t’ A

nto

nio

bu

ilt o

n t

he

mo

un

tain

to

p

and

go

ing

up

fu

rth

er a

no

ther

Ch

urc

h d

edic

ate

d t

o t

he

Vir

gin

Mar

y an

d y

ou

can

en

joy

swee

pin

g vi

ews

of

the

en

tire

cit

y

This

par

t o

f th

e va

lley

is t

he

seat

of

som

e im

po

rtan

t m

anu

fact

ure

rs,

esp

ecia

lly o

f p

aper

-mill

s.

It h

as a

lway

s b

een

th

e m

ost

flo

uri

shin

g to

wn

in

th

e ar

ea a

nd

in

th

e p

ast

it w

as t

he

co

mm

erci

al

cult

ura

l an

d

po

litic

al c

ente

r o

f th

e o

f th

e V

alle

y o

f d

el L

iri

Riv

er.

Th

e d

istr

ict

aro

un

d S

ora

is

fam

ou

s fo

r i

ts

seco

nd

ary

sch

oo

ls,

cult

ura

l ac

tivi

ties

an

d

for

farm

ing.

We

arri

ve i

n t

he

tow

n c

ross

ing

th

e b

rid

ge c

alle

d

Po

nte

Di

Ferr

o

nea

r th

e V

illa

Co

mu

nal

e w

her

e w

e al

so

fin

d

the

tow

ns

P

ub

lic L

ibra

ry

an

d w

e go

alo

ng

we

arri

ve

at t

he

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

road

th

e

Co

rso

Vo

lsci

. O

n t

he

righ

t t

ow

ard

s V

ia S

anta

Luci

a w

e h

ave

La C

atte

dra

le d

i Sa

nta

Mar

ia

and

th

e V

esco

vato

th

e Ep

esco

pel

ian

bu

ildin

g.

Turn

ing

left

we

fo

llow

th

e C

ors

o V

ols

ci

wit

h

sple

nd

id

bu

ildin

gs

and

a b

eau

tifu

l ce

ntr

al

pia

zza

Pia

zza

San

ta R

esti

tuta

an

d t

he

Ch

urc

h

of

San

ta R

esti

tuta

pat

ron

sai

nt

of

the

tow

n.

We

follo

w

th

e C

ors

o

Vo

lsci

p

assi

ng

so

me

of

the

nu

mer

ou

s c

hu

rch

es

of

the

tow

n t

he

Ch

urc

h o

f Sa

n F

ran

cesc

o ,

th

e C

hu

rch

of

San

to S

pir

ito

an

d t

he

chu

rch

of

Sa

n B

arto

lom

eo a

nd

th

e To

wn

Hal

l o

r

Mu

nic

ipio

. We

arri

ve a

t P

iazz

a Es

ed

era

an

d w

e cr

oss

Th

e P

on

te d

i Nap

oli

cal

led

so

bec

ause

it g

oes

in s

ou

th in

th

e d

irec

tio

n o

f N

aple

s .

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

Follo

win

g Via N

apo

li we

get to V

iale San

D

om

enico

wh

ere th

ere are

imp

ortan

t

furn

iture

stores

since

Sora

is an

d

was

famo

us

for

its

furn

iture, w

oo

d w

ork an

d o

ther

man

ual

crafts w

e

see

a

large in

du

strial plan

t C

artiera del So

le

pap

er in

du

stry

no

w

part

of

the

Bu

rgo In

du

stries wh

ich w

as on

e of th

e mo

st imp

ortan

t ind

ustries o

f the to

wn

an

d w

e re

ach o

ne o

f the o

ldest an

d m

ost im

po

rtant testim

on

ies of So

ra is the P

on

te M

arron

e a brid

ge of ( II sec B

C) ,

no

t far from

the A

bb

ey of St. D

om

enico

wh

ere there are sain

t is bu

ried , th

e chu

rch w

as almo

st entirely d

estroyed

b

y Frederick II in

12

29

. Here w

e also

find

the site o

f the Fiera d

i Sora w

here fo

ur tim

es a year there is a b

ig co

mm

ercial even

t for exp

ositio

ns o

f local p

rod

ucers

and

lo

cal facto

ries and

craftsmen

. Pro

ceed

ing o

n

the

SS82

fo

r ab

ou

t 6 km w

hich

we fin

d th

e ind

ustrial

zon

e of Iso

la del

Liri w

ith

its fam

ou

s p

aper

mills

,wo

ol

mills

,felt m

ills th

at we

re there sin

ce of th

e 18

th centu

ry

We

con

tinu

e and

w

e

arrive in

via

Bo

rgon

uo

vo

w

hich

h

ou

sed

the

factory w

orkers an

d it re

presen

ted

an

inn

ovatio

n

in

ho

usin

g for w

orkers at th

e time. W

e can

see

th

e ex

Cartiere

Merid

ion

ali, th

e

Lefebrve

Man

or

ho

use

and

th

e fam

ou

s Lefebre

P

aper M

ills. Iso

la del Liri is also

called th

e "citta' della m

usica" an

d fo

r this

stand

ing is a tw

in city o

f New

Orlean

s,

Lou

isiana. It's fam

ou

s for its an

nu

al Blu

es Festival, the b

iggest of its kin

d in

Italy, a 25

-year traditio

n th

at takes place every Ju

ly and

attracts big n

ames fro

m th

e jazz

and

blu

es wo

rld. W

e arrive into

Viale G

aribald

i and

we

are in Iso

la del Liri th

e tow

n itse

lf is in fact an

island

situate

d 7

0 km in

land

from

the sea. Th

e tow

n is to

tally su

rrou

nd

ed b

y water fro

m th

e river Liri wh

ich fo

rks ou

t no

rtheast o

f the city o

nly to

merge again

a few kilo

meters fu

rther so

uth

. The islan

d h

as been

kno

wn

from

p

re-Ro

man

times. It h

as been

men

tion

ed b

y Plin

io th

e Elder an

d D

ante. So

me claim

Cicero

, had

his villa righ

t ou

tside to

wn

. An

d fo

r man

y years it was th

e centre o

f p

aper in

du

stry.

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

Sad

ly, t

he

tow

n a

nd

th

e ar

ea s

uff

ered

sev

ere

des

tru

ctio

n d

uri

ng

WW

II, b

ut

Iso

la d

el L

iri h

as b

een

to

tally

rec

ove

red

. In

20

08

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fam

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init

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pro

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arch

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POINTS OF INTEREST

Natural Riserve of the Water Park Fibreno Panorama of the Lake Fibreno

Water Mill for the grinding of grain on the Fibreno built in

1810 in the locality of Sorgentina by the Lords Lecce and

Ruggeri. The Mills and dependencies were acquired by

Ferrante family of Alvito in 1851. The mill can be visited as

part of a process of guided tour, booked at the offices of

Riserva Naturale Regionale Lago di Posta Fibreno.

Lake Posta Fibreno offers an opportunity to undertake interesting excursions in a natural, evocative setting, discovering a many-faceted land with bird watching routes, boat excursions , scuba diving lessons, and nature walks

The Central Church of Santa Restituta The Ponte di Napoli on the River Liri

Central church of Sora in the Corso Volsci the main street which derived its name from the Volsci, ancient inhabitants of the town. The saint was martyred in 275 B.C. in Sora by the Romans and is patron saint of the town .

Ponte di Napoli ,Bridge on the River Liri which gives access to the town and leads to the southward direction towards Isola del Liri

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The Abbey of San Domenico The Cascata Grande ,The large Waterfall

The Abbey of San Domenico with adjacent Benedectine Monastary of the Xth centuty founded in 1011 , By Saint Domenico. Built on the ruins of the Villa of Marco Tullio Cicerone (106 BC 43 BC, ) born in a nearby town of Arpino,where each year the Certamen Ciceronianum brings students from all of Europe to compete in latin translations.

Cascata Grande with a vertical fall of 27 metres from Isola Superiore to the lower part of the town Isola del Liri at the top of the waterfall there is the Viscoglosi Boncompagni Castle.

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th

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ts o

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n D

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ato

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di C

om

ino

.

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ori

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s o

f th

is

nu

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to

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29

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s o

f

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me,

wh

ich

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uld

be

loca

ted

in

th

e

Co

min

o V

alle

y ,

par

ticu

larl

y in

th

e ar

ea

mar

ked

to

day

by

the

tow

ns

of

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ito

,

Vic

alvi

an

d,

of

cou

rse

, Sa

n D

on

ato

.

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terr

ito

ry

bel

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ged

to

th

e

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min

ese

, f

ollo

win

g th

e Lo

mb

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s; s

ub

seq

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t ev

ents

are

rel

ate

d t

o t

he

ou

tco

me

of

the

bat

tle

of

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iglia

no

of

91

5,

fro

m w

hic

h

ther

e w

as

mig

rati

on

of

the

peo

ple

s o

f th

ose

ter

rito

rie

s, t

hey

hea

ded

to

war

ds

the

mo

un

tain

s o

n t

he

bo

rder

bet

wee

n L

azio

an

d A

bru

zzo

. It

w

as p

art

of

the

D

uch

y

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an

d f

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d t

he

fort

un

es o

f th

is f

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al d

om

ain

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nte

d t

o

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uin

as,

pas

sed

to t

he

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telm

o, t

o C

ard

on

a an

d t

he

galli

um

to

be

tran

sfer

red

to

the

Stat

e ,

and

fin

ally

,

in

18

06

, i

t w

as f

inal

ly

rele

ased

fr

om

the

feu

dal

se

rfd

om

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n

Do

nat

o is

div

ided

into

tw

o

area

s.

The

hig

hes

t p

art

of

the

tow

n i

s kn

ow

n a

s th

e C

astl

e,

still

su

rro

un

ded

by

a ci

rcle

of

wal

ls :

th

ere

are

thre

e d

oo

rs,

and

tr

aces

o

f th

e

tow

ers

of

the

cast

le ,

th

ere

are

the

ruin

s o

f th

e h

igh

to

wer

-

wh

ile

the

wal

ls

of

the

fort

ress

w

ere

in

corp

ora

ted

in

to

the

new

ho

use

s. T

he

area

is

char

acte

rize

d

by

nar

row

, w

ind

ing

stre

ets

and

al

leys

,

oft

en

rin

g-sh

aped

an

d

con

cen

tric

u

p

to

the

fort

ress

, st

ill p

aved

wit

h

loca

l st

on

e.

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the

seco

nd

ar

ea

,

ther

e a

re

new

bu

ildin

gs.

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tow

n

ce

nte

r is

ch

arac

teri

zed

b

y

seve

ral

wo

rks

in l

imes

ton

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ed

by

loca

l st

on

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wh

o b

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ble

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ers,

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rati

ve f

riez

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key

segm

ents

w

ith

co

ats

of

arm

s an

d h

eral

dic

fig

ure

s. W

alki

ng

thro

ugh

th

e n

arro

w s

tree

ts t

o t

he

valle

y yo

u g

et t

o t

he

hig

hes

t p

art

of

the

villa

ge w

ith

th

e Sa

nct

uar

y an

d t

he

Tow

er

The

San

ctu

ary

of

San

Do

nat

o V

al d

i Co

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o T

he

san

ctu

ary

was

ere

cte

d a

s a

smal

l Ben

edic

tin

e A

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ey

fro

m t

he

Ab

bey

of

Mo

nte

cass

ino

. Th

e fi

rst

do

cum

ent

in w

hic

h it

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Ro

ute B

oo

k

is nam

ed in

77

8 A

D , th

e year in w

hich

the D

uke

of Sp

oleto

, Hild

ebran

d, gave th

e chu

rch an

d th

e area of San

Do

nato

to th

e Mo

naste

ry of San

Vin

cenzo

al Vo

lturn

o.

The o

riginal " aecclesia " th

ere are no

traces , since n

um

erou

s chan

ges and

reno

vation

s have b

rou

ght to

its presen

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ctuary is co

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osed

of th

ree

naves , th

e central o

ne co

ntain

s frescoes rep

resentin

g the m

ost sign

ificant m

om

ents o

f the h

oly life. In

185

9 w

ork b

egan o

n th

e con

structio

n o

f the b

ell tow

er

adjacen

t , 17

meters h

igh , an

d w

ere co

mp

leted

in

192

1.

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91

5, th

e last restoratio

n w

as carried o

ut o

f the

sanctu

ary by th

e Fiorin

i Sora , led

by C

ano

n Lu

igi Ipp

oliti ,

creator o

f the p

op

ular d

edicate

d to

St. Do

nato

, Bish

op

an

d M

artyr. The San

ctuary, h

as bee

n rece

ntly resto

red,

makin

g a reinvigo

ration

of th

e colo

rs of th

e frescoes

and

in

terio

r d

ecoratio

n.

The

Med

ieval to

we

r ,

size

5.4

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2

high

, is

isolate

d

from

th

e rem

ainin

g h

om

es and

stand

s at the h

ighest p

oin

t of th

e village.

Bu

ilt on

a rocky o

utcro

p , it allo

ws a view

of a large

part o

f the C

om

ino

Valley an

d th

e surro

un

din

g area.

There is n

o access to

the to

wer fro

m th

e grou

nd

floo

r Th

e locatio

n, size an

d lo

cation

of th

e ob

servation

po

ints

make it an

auto

no

mo

us b

od

y used

to co

ntro

l the p

ass o

f Forca d

'Acero

, also o

ffering , in

the p

ast, a su

re

defe

nse to

tho

se wh

o " live

d it Th

e tow

er of San

D

on

ato , b

uilt an

d o

riented

accord

ing to

the d

eclinatio

n

of th

e sun

as if it we

re a com

pass, in

dicatin

g the fo

ur

cardin

al p

oin

ts, th

e lo

cation

o

f th

e A

bb

ey o

f

Mo

ntecassin

o an

d th

e po

sition

of th

e Sun

on

the d

ay of th

e Equ

ino

xes and

Solstices. C

on

tinu

ing alo

ng o

ur p

aths w

e fin

d Th

e min

es of San

Do

nato

Val d

i

Co

min

o. In

17

74

, the m

ou

ntain

s of th

e Valle d

i Co

min

o w

as fou

nd

a large qu

antity o

f raw m

aterials.In

tho

se years , on

the slo

pes o

f Mo

nt M

eta, was d

iscovered

rock rich

in iro

n o

xide , as a resu

lt of th

e excavation

s we

re carried o

ut. In

18

52

, Kin

g Ferdin

and

II of B

ou

rbo

n, p

oten

tiated th

e min

ing research

, in o

rder to

fill the

nee

ds o

f raw m

aterials and

metals in

the artillery facto

ries In th

e sprin

g of 1

85

2 , a

com

mittee

of

techn

icians,

fou

nd

in

th

e mo

un

tains

large am

ou

nts

of

limo

nite

(

iron

sesqu

ioxid

e ) and

bau

xite

. On

ce it

was

extracted

the m

aterial w

as bro

ugh

t

in

( C

apo

lavalle ),

the

curren

t P

iazza C

arlo

Co

letti, th

anks

to

the

baske

ts th

at w

ere

transp

orted

fro

m

qu

adru

ped

s. Wo

men

also

particip

ated

in

th

e

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test

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Ro

ute

Bo

ok

tran

spo

rt o

f m

iner

als

, lim

on

ite

in w

icke

r b

aske

ts.A

s so

on

as

the

mat

eri

al a

rriv

ed in

th

e sq

uar

e, it

was

we

igh

ed a

nd

pai

d t

o t

he

wo

rker

s an

d t

hen

was

tra

nsp

ort

ed

to t

he

" fo

un

dry

"

in A

tin

a w

her

e i

t w

as

tran

sfo

rmed

. T

he

raw

mat

eri

als

we

re m

ined

un

til

18

60

. Fo

llow

ing

the

un

ific

atio

n o

f It

aly

, an

d t

he

min

es ,

th

at

the

" fo

un

dry

" o

f A

tin

a, w

ere

fin

ally

ab

and

on

ed.

La T

orr

e d

ei T

edes

chi,

the

Ge

rman

’s R

ock

, a

sp

ike

that

sta

nd

s o

ut

fro

m t

he

sid

es o

f M

ou

nt

Piz

zutt

o (

the

mo

un

tain

th

at r

ises

ab

ove

San

Do

nat

o )

, i

t w

as a

mili

tary

ou

tpo

st

use

d b

y th

e G

erm

an a

rmy

in r

etre

at d

uri

ng

the

Seco

nd

Wo

rld

War

in

anti

cip

atio

n o

f a

def

eat

exp

erie

nce

on

th

e

war

fro

nt

of

Cas

sin

o ,

alo

ng

the

Gu

stav

Lin

e. W

ith

th

e la

nd

ing

at A

nzi

o

and

th

e fa

ll o

f C

assi

no

Fr

on

t ,

Ger

man

tr

oo

ps

beg

an

thei

r re

trea

t to

R

om

e,

usi

ng

the

V

ia

Cas

ilin

a.

New

Zeal

and

tr

oo

ps

arri

ved

to

h

elp

In

th

e C

om

ino

Val

ley

, an

d l

uck

ily a

fter

ab

ou

t 1

0 d

ays,

th

e G

erm

ans

beg

an t

o

retr

eat

n

ort

hw

ard

, le

avin

g w

eap

on

s,

amm

un

itio

n a

nd

fu

rnis

hin

gs.

In t

he

cen

ter

of

the

rock

alo

ng

a fr

actu

re ,

ther

e is

a c

her

ry t

ree

, p

lan

ted

th

ere

in

m

emo

ry o

f th

ose

so

ldie

rs.

The

pla

ce c

an b

e re

ach

ed t

hro

ugh

a r

ou

te

mad

e b

y th

e C

AI

Cen

tro

Alp

ino

Ita

lian

o o

f Sa

n D

on

ato

Set

tefr

ati

The

nam

e o

f th

e to

wn

co

mes

fro

m t

he

Ho

ly S

even

Bro

ther

s c

hild

ren

of

San

ta F

elic

ita

,

sist

er o

f Sa

int

Ben

idic

t S

he

was

m

arty

red

wit

h h

is m

oth

er d

uri

ng

the

per

secu

tio

n o

f

Ch

rist

ian

s in

th

e R

om

an E

mp

ire

. Th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

s o

f th

e vi

llage

dat

es,

bac

k to

VII

I th

and

XIX

th

cen

turi

es in

th

eir

curr

ent

form

, m

any

of

the

bu

ildin

gs s

till

hav

e th

e o

rigi

nal

med

ieva

l st

ruct

ure

s .T

her

e ar

e

rem

ain

s o

f ra

mp

arts

an

d a

to

we

r o

f

the

XII

an

d

XII

I th

. ce

ntu

ries

a

s w

ell

as

the

rem

ain

s o

f m

aso

nry

fr

on

t ,

per

hap

s ev

en

of

pre

-Ro

man

ti

mes

.

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cast

le

of

Sett

efra

ti

,

of

wh

ich

ther

e ar

e th

e re

mai

ns

of

the

tow

er

and

sca

tter

ed r

emai

ns

of

wal

ls, i

s d

ocu

men

ted

fro

m t

he

ten

th c

entu

ry

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grea

t im

po

rtan

ce i

s th

e C

hu

rch

of

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r La

dy

of

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ces

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of

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h c

entu

ry

, w

ith

car

ved

an

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co

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ed

ceili

ng

wit

h a

triu

m d

epic

tin

g th

e vi

sio

n o

f F

iar

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eric

o (

vis

ion

th

at w

ou

ld h

ave

give

n t

he

insp

irat

ion

fo

r D

ante

's

"Div

ine

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med

y "

) an

d t

he

inte

rio

r p

ain

tin

gso

f gr

eat

pre

stig

e.

The

Ch

urc

h o

f th

e M

ado

nn

a d

elle

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zie

, w

hic

h

ho

use

s a

fres

co in

th

e ve

stib

ule

rep

rese

nti

ng

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sid

e , a

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teen

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ry c

off

ered

cei

ling

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Ro

ute B

oo

k

with

b

eautifu

l p

aintin

gs o

f th

e XV

II centu

ry.

The

sanctu

ary o

f th

e go

dd

ess Mep

hitis w

here w

e fin

d typ

ical elemen

ts of w

orsh

ip, a sacred

wo

od

, a natu

ral water sp

ring

in a gro

tto o

r cavern an

d a w

oo

den

statue o

f a black go

dd

ess – It is the

Shrin

e o

f O

ur

Lady

of

Can

neto

( or th

e Shrin

e of th

e Black M

ado

nn

a , wh

ere a wo

od

en statu

e of

the

XIII

-XIV

cen

tury

is

prese

rved an

d w

orsh

ipp

ed ) it is lo

cated

in th

e heart o

f the N

ation

al Park

of A

bru

zzo, m

. 10

20

m at

the fo

ot o

f the m

ou

ntain

sub

grou

p o

f Meta, w

here fresh

sprin

g waters o

f

the M

elfa , river flow

do

wn

an

d p

ositio

n w

ithin

the p

icture

squ

e valley surro

un

ded

by w

oo

ds. In

19

58 ,

du

ring

w

ork

do

ne

to

canalize th

e water so

urce o

f the M

elfa ( Cap

od

acqu

a ) the rem

ains o

f the

tem

ple

of

a fem

ale d

eity w

ere fo

un

d, w

ith vo

tive coin

s and

po

ttery datin

g back to

the IV

- III centu

ry

BC

. The fin

din

gs con

firmed

th

e hyp

oth

esis of lo

cal scho

lars , that th

e area occu

pied

by C

hristian

shrin

e in p

agan tim

es there

was a p

lace of w

orsh

ip d

edicated

to th

e god

dess M

eph

itis , attend

ed b

y

peo

ple

of

the

same

area gave o

rigin to

the C

hristian

pilgrim

ages to th

is site, Po

pe P

aul II visited

this site d

urin

g his P

apacy M

eph

itis is a deity lin

ked to

water, p

raised fo

r the fertility o

f the field

s and

for fem

ale fertility , wh

ose cu

lt is attested

in vario

us

locatio

ns in

Italy (Crem

on

a , Lod

i, Gru

men

to N

ova, A

riano

Irpin

o , R

occa San

Felice) . Prio

r to th

e 195

8 fin

din

gs in th

e

sanctu

ary there w

as a votive co

lum

n , still p

resent in

the cryp

t , with

an in

scriptio

n d

edicate

d to

the go

dd

ess

Mep

hitis b

y two

freedm

en o

f the gen

s an

d gen

s Po

mp

on

ia

and

gens Satria; p

edestal , w

hich

pro

bab

ly fo

rmed

the b

ase for a

statue ,w

as fou

nd

in C

ann

eto , b

ut it w

as lo

ng

kep

t b

y th

e

family V

isocch

i of A

tina , w

here it w

as reco

vered in

1786

. It

was later exam

ined

and

catego

rized b

y M

om

msen

.

The to

ur (itin

erary o1 th

e Natio

nal P

ark of

Ab

ruzzo

) starts from

the

shrin

e o

f th

e B

lack M

ado

nn

a

of

Can

neto

.Th

e ro

ute

will b

e accom

pan

ied b

y the ro

ars of th

e rive

r M

elfa an

d

pleasan

t cascate

ll ,

13

20

mee

ts th

e R

efuge o

f the B

lack

Wate

r an

d

a little

later a

beau

tiful

aban

do

ned

old

farmh

ou

se The p

ath en

ds at th

e place called

Tre

Fratelli , th

e trail dep

arts from

the ro

ute

05

of th

e Natio

nal P

ark wh

ich co

nn

ects the valley to

Pitch

fork

Resu

ini , w

hich

is a sadd

le that co

nn

ects the valley to

the b

asin o

f Can

neto

with

artificial lake o

f Barrea . O

n th

is rou

te yo

u can

see all the an

imals th

at live in th

e

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itar

e il

test

o]

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

par

k an

d t

ypic

al o

f th

e V

alle

y o

f C

ann

eto

: b

ears

, ch

amo

is, d

eer

and

wo

lves

.

The

Ab

ruzz

o N

atio

nal

Par

k w

as i

nau

gura

ted

on

pri

vate

in

itia

tive

in

19

22

an

d r

eco

gniz

ed i

n 1

92

3 b

y R

oya

l D

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e 2

57

of

11

Jan

uar

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. A

t p

rese

nt

terr

ito

ry

was

re

ach

ed a

fter

su

cces

sive

ad

dit

ion

s. T

he

man

agem

ent

of

the

Nat

ion

al

Par

k o

f A

bru

zzo

, La

zio

an

d M

olis

e w

ith

its

curr

ent

loca

tio

n in

Pes

cass

ero

li .

It

affe

cts

25 m

un

icip

alit

ies

in

the

pro

vin

ces

of

Fro

sin

on

e an

d

Iser

nia

L'

Aq

uila

. In

1

98

0

b

egan

lazo

niz

zazi

on

e o

f th

e p

ark,

n

amel

y it

s d

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in

to z

on

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f d

iffe

ren

t en

viro

nm

enta

l p

rote

ctio

n i

n

ord

er

to

reco

nci

le

the

con

flic

tin

g d

eman

ds

of

pro

tect

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o

f n

atu

re

and

th

e u

rban

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

loca

l p

op

ula

tio

ns.

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Ro

ute B

oo

k

1

2

3 4

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POINTS OF INTEREST Panorama of San Donato

Medieval village in the southern end of the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo Lazio and Molise-in the old town consists of narrow streets, stairs, gates and towers. Of particular interest are the Museum of civilization and the Geological Museum

Center medieval fortress with defensive function, containing many remains of ancient structuresand wonderful panoramic view The constructions of the village dates, back to VIII th and XIX th centuries in their current form , many of the buildings still have the original implant.

A Monument to Don Bosco Ancient Sanctuary of the Madonna of Canneto

John Melchior Bosco, better known as Don Bosco, was the founder of the congregations of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934, It is a meeting place for excursions and summer camps for young people.

The shrine dedicated to St. Mary is located at about 1000 m / asl. In pre-Roman times was a place of worship of the goddess Mefiti for the

presence of the source of the River Melfa. Numerous walking trails that start from this

location

Ro

ute B

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k H

ealth

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d in

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dy

Cassin

o - M

on

tecassino

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UN

TRY

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NC

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STA

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Po

lish

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us

N°

16

in o

pp

osi

te d

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tio

n

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loss

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rt M

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um

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tio

n

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PO

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TERESTIN

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ute

Bo

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lth

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ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

Cas

sin

o is

a m

un

icip

alit

y in

th

e p

rovi

nce

of

Fro

sin

on

e, I

taly

, at

the

sou

ther

n e

nd

of

the

regi

on

of

Lazi

o.

It i

s lo

cate

d a

t th

e fo

ot

of

Mo

nte

Cai

ro n

ear

the

con

flu

ence

of

the

Gar

i an

d L

iri r

ive

rs. T

he

city

is b

est

kno

wn

as

the

site

of

the

Ab

bey

of

Mo

nte

cass

ino

an

d t

he

Bat

tle

of

Mo

nte

Cas

sin

o d

uri

ng

Wo

rld

War

II,

wh

ich

res

ult

ed in

trem

end

ou

s A

llied

an

d G

erm

an c

asu

alti

es a

s w

ell

as t

he

nea

r to

tal

des

tru

ctio

n o

f th

e to

wn

its

elf.

It

is a

lso

im

po

rtan

t b

ecau

se S

ain

t B

enid

ict

is t

he

fou

nd

er o

f th

e

Ben

edic

tin

e Fr

iars

an

d

the

P

atro

n

Sain

t Sa

int

of

the

Euro

pea

n

Un

ion

. To

day

, C

assi

no

is

al

so

ho

me

to

the

Un

ive

rsit

y o

f C

assi

no

an

d

a FI

AT

auto

mo

tive

p

lan

t.

Cas

sin

o's

ori

gin

s lie

in

th

e V

ols

can

set

tlem

ent

of

Cas

inu

m,

site

d

ato

p

the

hill

o

f C

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no

n

ear

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nte

C

airo

, fi

ve

kilo

met

res

to t

he

no

rth

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inu

m p

asse

d u

nd

er t

he

con

tro

l

of

the

Sam

nit

es,

bu

t th

e R

om

ans

even

tual

ly g

ain

ed c

on

tro

l

of

Cas

inu

m,

esta

blis

hin

g a

fort

ifie

d c

olo

ny

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e in

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2 B

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leas

t o

nce

du

rin

g P

un

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ars,

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nib

al p

asse

d n

ear

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inu

m.

Cas

inu

m w

as a

lso

th

e si

te o

f a

villa

pre

sum

ed t

o

bel

on

g to

M

arcu

s Te

ren

tiu

s V

arro

. Th

e m

od

ern

to

wn

wh

ich

aro

se o

n t

he

site

of

the

anci

ent

tow

n o

f C

asin

um

was

cal

led

San

Ger

man

o,

bu

t o

n 2

8 J

uly

18

63

th

e n

ame

was

off

icia

lly r

ever

ted

to

"C

assi

no

". D

uri

ng

the

ren

aiss

ance

Cas

sin

o l

ay o

n t

he

no

rth

ern

fro

nti

er o

f th

e K

ingd

om

of

Nap

les,

wh

ich

was

do

min

ate

d b

y Sp

ain

. In

150

4,

du

rin

g th

e Se

con

d I

talia

n W

ar,

Fran

ce a

ttem

pte

d t

o c

aptu

re t

he

tow

n in

th

e B

attl

e o

f C

assi

no

, b

ut

faile

d.

The

dep

end

ence

of

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sin

o o

n S

pai

n l

aste

d u

nti

l 1

86

0.

Aft

er w

orl

d W

ar I

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e to

wn

w

as

reb

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sou

th-e

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of

its

pri

or

loca

tio

n i

n a

rel

ativ

ely

sho

rt t

ime.

Bec

ause

of

this

, th

e to

wn

has

a

som

ewh

at

dis

ord

erly

ro

ad n

etw

ork

.

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

W

e start o

ur jo

urn

ey

from

the C

entral R

ailway Statio

n o

f Cassin

o W

e m

ove alo

ng P

iazza Giu

sepp

e Garib

aldi w

e can

go to

Viale D

ante an

d at th

e end

of th

e road

we tu

rn left an

d w

e

are in C

orso

della R

epu

bb

lica we go

to th

e left wh

ere we fin

d th

e Villa C

om

un

ale wh

ere we take th

e Bu

s N° 1

6 wh

ich w

ill brin

g us u

pw

ards o

n - via B

on

om

i - via

Di B

iasio - SS 1

49 u

p to

the h

ill top

wh

ere we fin

d th

e Ro

cca Iano

la , Mo

ntecassin

o an

d th

e Ab

bey o

f Mo

ntecassin

o . Ju

st alon

gside M

on

tecassin

o o

ne can

visit the

Po

lish

War

Cem

etary

Ro

ute

Bo

ok

Hea

lth

y M

ind

in a

Hea

lth

y B

od

y

The

Po

lish

cem

ete

ry a

t M

on

te C

assi

no

co

nta

ins

grav

es o

f m

ore

th

an o

ne

tho

usa

nd

Po

les

wh

o d

ied

wh

ile s

torm

ing

the

abb

ey in

May

19

44

, du

rin

g th

e B

attl

e o

f M

on

te C

assi

no

. Th

e re

ligio

us

affi

liati

on

of

the

dea

d m

en is

mar

ked

by

each

gra

ve h

avin

g o

ne

of

thre

e d

iffe

ren

t ty

pes

of

hea

dst

on

e: t

he

Cat

ho

lic a

nd

Ort

ho

do

x h

ead

sto

nes

are

dis

tin

guis

hed

fro

m e

ach

oth

er b

y d

iffe

ren

t fo

rms

of

cro

ss, w

hile

th

e Je

wis

h h

ead

sto

nes

bea

r th

e St

ar o

f D

avid

. Th

e ce

met

ery

also

co

nta

ins

the

grav

e o

f G

ener

al A

nd

ers,

co

mm

and

er o

f th

e P

olis

h f

orc

es, w

ho

su

rviv

ed t

he

war

, dyi

ng

in L

on

do

n in

19

70

.Par

t o

f th

e P

olis

h m

emo

rial

at

Mo

nte

Cas

sin

o b

ears

th

e fo

llow

ing

insc

rip

tio

n, w

hic

h t

ran

slat

ed f

rom

Po

lish

rea

ds: W

e P

olis

h s

old

iers

Fo

r o

ur

fre

ed

om

an

d y

ou

rs H

ave

give

n o

ur

sou

ls t

o G

od

Ou

r b

od

ies

to t

he

soil

of

Ital

y an

d o

ur

hea

rts

to P

ola

nd

We

take

th

e b

us

in t

he

op

po

site

to

th

e to

wn

Cen

tre

and

we

can

vis

it t

he

area

cal

led

il C

olo

ssse

o. T

he

Co

loss

eum

, or

amp

hit

hea

ter,

is t

he

mo

st r

epre

sen

tati

ve o

f th

e

Ro

man

arc

hae

olo

gica

l el

emen

t o

f C

assi

no

. Th

ere

is l

ittl

e le

ft,

per

imet

er w

alls

an

d a

few

str

oke

s o

f th

e in

tern

al s

tru

ctu

re,

bu

t th

ey'r

e st

ill a

cle

ar a

nd

elo

qu

ent

test

imo

ny

to t

he

gran

deu

r, m

ajes

ty,

the

mag

nif

icen

ce o

f th

e R

om

an c

ivili

zati

on

. T

o t

he

wes

t o

f th

e C

olo

sseu

m,

wit

hin

th

e w

alls

of

the

Cas

inu

m,

we

can

see

th

e

Ro

man

Th

eatr

e o

f w

hic

h y

ou

can

ad

mir

e th

e re

mai

ns

of

sub

stan

tial

str

uct

ura

l co

mp

lex,

i

t is

sti

ll u

sed

fo

r p

erfo

rman

ces

and

eve

nts

of

vari

ou

s ki

nd

s.

Ret

urn

ing

tow

ard

s th

e ra

ilway

sta

tio

n

we

can

go

to

th

e H

isto

rial

e

inte

ract

ive

war

Mu

seu

m

it is

20

0 m

fro

m t

he

trai

n s

tati

on

fr

om

Pia

zzaG

arib

ald

i .

We

turn

le

ft

Ro

ute B

oo

k H

ealth

y Min

d in

a H

ealth

y Bo

dy

on

Viale Iavan

on

e Bo

no

mi fo

r The H

istoriale o

f Cassin

o

the w

ar mem

orial m

useu

m Th

ere are no

w 4

,271

Co

mm

on

we

alth servicem

en o

f the Seco

nd

Wo

rld W

ar bu

ried

or co

mm

emo

rated

at Cassin

o W

ar Cem

etery. 2

89

of th

e bu

rials are un

iden

tified. W

ithin

the cem

etery stand

s the C

ASSIN

O M

EMO

RIA

L wh

ich co

mm

emo

rates over

4,00

0 C

om

mo

nw

ealth

servicemen

wh

o to

ok p

art in th

e Italian cam

paign

wh

ose grave

s are no

t kno

wn

and

this m

useu

m w

as created firstly to

celebrate th

e 60th

ann

iversary o

f the b

attle of M

on

tecassino

, with

the p

articipatio

n o

f the Italian

Min

istry of H

eritage and

Cu

lture an

d th

e Min

istry of D

efence Th

e HISTO

RIA

LE was

bu

ilt to h

on

ou

r all victims o

f all natio

nalities th

at lost th

eir life for p

eace an

d free

do

m sin

ce abo

ut 80

.000 am

on

g sold

iers of d

ifferent n

ation

alities, and

civilians

lost th

eir lives here.

Befo

re leaving w

e visit th

e CA

MU

SAC

Cassin

o M

useu

m o

f Co

ntem

po

rary Art a n

ew stru

cture fo

r con

temp

orary art, created

in 2

013

with

the ren

ovatio

n o

f the

Lon

go S.p

.A. in

du

strial bu

ildin

gs, at the fo

ot o

f the h

ill Mo

nte

Cassin

o. Th

e aim o

f the M

useu

m –

wh

ich h

old

s the p

rivate p

erman

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The Abbey of Montecassino The Polish War Cemitery

founded by Saint Benedict in 529, making it one of

Europe's oldest monasteries in the world. Destroyed during the WWII

Contains the graves of more than one thousad

Polish soldiers who died here in 1944 battle

Monumento della Pace The Ruins of the Colosseum

Monument for peace by Umberto Mastroianni

Just below the Montecassino remains of the past

Roman occupation of the town

The Historiale War Museum CAMUSAC Museum of Contemporary Art

THE NETHERLANDS Canisius RK Scholengemeenschap

Almelo/Tubbergen

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The Netherlands Overijssel Tubbergen – Albergen

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Albergen, Fraans Marie

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Albergen, Fraans Marie

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Taking food or water may be advisable if there is no drinking water available on the way, taking a raincoat or some extra clothes might be necessary if the weather is usually changeable… etc.

CYCLE DESCRIPTION

Start at bicycle node number 57

You pass bicycle node number 58 Bike on the Zuid Kanaaldijk in an easterly direction After 75 m go straight on the cycle path After 35 m go straight ahead on the Rikkenspoelsweg After 460 m (bicycle node number 81 ) straight onto the cycle path After 670 m (bicycle node number 81 ), turn left at the Putmansweg Bike on the Putmansweg northern direction (bicycle node number 81 ) After 510 meters turn left at the Fleringerveldweg After 1 km turn right onto the cycle path After 220 meters turn left you leave the cycle path en uses the normal road After 1 km (bicycle node number 44 ), turn right at the Oldenzaalseweg Bike on the Oldenzaalseweg southwards After 20 meters turn left at the Lansinksweg After 880 meters turn left at the Wieschertsweg You pass bicycle node number 39 After 1 km turn left on the Reutummerweg Bike on the Reutummerweg westwards (bicycle node number 39 ) You pass bicycle node number 31 After 1 km turn right at the Weleveldstraat Bike on the Weleveldstraat westwards After 30 m (bicycle node number 31 ) bear right at the Reutummerweg After 100 m straight on to the Bruno van Ommen Street After 390 meters turn left at the Uelserweg You pass bicycle node number 21 After 190 m turn right at the Hardenbergerweg After 240 m turn right onto Eeshoflaan After 90 m it is a home zone After 5 m right down the path Bike on the trail northward After 290 m turn left at the home zone After 5 m straight on the Eeshoflaan After 90 m ahead on the Huyerenseweg Follow Huyerenseweg, after 1km left (bicycle node number 20 ) Bike on the Huyerenseweg westward After 55 meters turn left at the Veldweg After 960 m turn right into the path After 1 km turn left on the Hunzeweg After 850 m straight on the Weversweg After 390 m (bicycle node number 22 ) straight to the streets After 760 m turn right at the Hagweg

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Bike on the Hagweg eastwards After 640 m back on the Peggenweg After 660 m turn right on Mountain Road Cream After 30 meters turn left at the Kemnaweg After 650 m on the cycle path Follow the bike path after 5 m (bicycle node number 23) left After 55 m turn right at the Zenderseweg

After 40 meters turn left at the Hobergenstraat

After 170 m turn left onto Philip Street on Robben

After 95 m go straight to the Monastery Esweg

After 5 m left the bicycle path

After 75 m turn right into the street

Bike on the street southbound

After 100 m turn left onto the cycle path

After 75 m turn right at the Monastery Esweg

After 5 m on the Philip Street on Robben

After 95 m turn right at the Hobergenstraat

After 170 meters turn left at the Zenderseweg

After 660 m diagonally left the cycle path

You end up with bike node number 57

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Node 81: The Rikmansbrug at Fleringen is one of the four drawbridges over the canal opened in 1866 Almelo - Nordhorn, which now no longer

used for shipping is.

In 1822 an oil mill was built on the present site by the family von Bönninghausen (the former

inhabitants of the Havezathe Herinckhave), it is build because the castle often had insufficient

water. In 1844 it burned down. In the same place was in 1846 on an increase, due to windmills drag

of surrounding trees, the current round stone ground sailor. The farmers had to drive on one side up the hill and on the other side down. The mill is

furnished as corn and hulling mill and is also known under the names: Grobben Möl or Fleringermolen. The name comes from the

Grobben Möl Grubbe family, who were formerly residents of Herinckhave.

In 1916, the external assets of the Herinckhave were sold. The former tenant, T. H. Miller Frielink bought the mill. He has earned a living there until 1931. After his death, the mill was operated by his

brother, Bernard and son John. In 1936 the mill was decommissioned.

In 1937 the mill was owned by the wool manufacterer Ten Bos from Almelo, to save the

mill from demolition. The already ruined mill was restored shortly after purchase.

In 1955 he transorted the mill to Tubbergen. The mill then underwent immediate restoration; in

1975, again followed strong recovery.In september 2009 restoration; in 1975, again followed strong

recovery. In September 2009 began a new

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restoration this mill is now been able to grind again. In the 14th century Herinckhave mentioned for the first time as the Court Vlederinghe. From 1385 the estate came into the possession of the Grubbe family. It is then a fief of the bishop of

Utrecht. Friedrich Christian von Bönninghausen and

Johanna Maria Antonetta Grubbe builded a new house, the present Havezate. Herinckhave grew

into a large estate. It consisted of heathland, woods, more than six hundred thirty-five acres of

farmland and farmsteads. In 1959 the house was burned, and in 1970 the

house was restored by the Overijssel Castles Foundation. The private estate is now occupied by the former pediatrician Charles Bijleveld and Lady

Gisela von Bönninghausen.

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You will pass the Kroezeboom (right), which probably is between 400 to 500 years old. Kroezeboom means cross-tree, a tree that

indicates a boundary or junction. In the 16th century there was a chapel and during the

Reformation Eucharistic celebrations were held in secret. The present chapel dates from 1944.

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The Eeshof Tubbergen is a manor. The old manor was destroyed in 1582. The present house was built around 1719. It was also called Eschede. The building was formerly surrounded by a moat, as will be seen in part. The downstairs area is partly 18th century. In 1844 the Eeshof Mr. Herman Schaepman born, known priest and politician. There is a statue of him just outside Tubbergen Aat the Almeloseweg. The house is currently a nursing home. Behind the existing façade is a newly built complex that was completed in 1965.

Between Almelo and Tubbergen is situated the domain Schultenwolde and the Hondeven. The land is privately owned and is part of the heirs

Ledeboer. This domain consists of some oak-beech forest and moorland. Hondenven is a geological monument: it is a pingo-ruin. A pingo-ruin is a remnant from the ice age. In that period, there was located a groundwaterbel. By freezing, the

bubble expanded and formed a hill in the country: a pingo. As the climate became warmer, the ice hill thawed slowly and mud slid over the years to the edge. Eventually, a water-filled trough remained,

surrounded by a wall of sand higher.

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The Netherlands Overijssel Enschede

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Visitors centre, ‘Koetshuis’ Hof

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Visitors centre, ‘Koetshuis’ Hof

Espelo, Enschede

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This visitor centre is the beginning from the route of Hof Espelo. Here you can find expositions of plant and animals. Here is also an organic shop with local products and you can drink here a cup of coffee.

Country house ‘Espelo’. Built in 1927 and is a monument.

‘Eschbeek’ stream

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Playground in forest ‘Klauterwoud’

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SCOTLAND Penicuik High School, Penicuik

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COUNTRY AREA LOCATION

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Take a bottle of water, a snack , good shoes and water proofs because it is Scotland.

WALK DESCRIPTION

The walk starts at valleyfeild pond , penicuik then passes the old mills , bowstring bridge and the firth

viaduct. Then goes on through the counrty park . After Onwards to dalkeith.

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2 bowstring bridge

3 Firth viaduct

4 lea farm

5 rosewell

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Near rosewell with tarmacked cycle paths

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river esk

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Take a bottle of water, a snack , good shoes and water proofs because it is Scotland.

WALK DESCRIPTION

This walk starts in Flotterstone near the pentlands at the flotterstone information centre . T he walk goes up the

hill past the Glencourse reservoir and back down the hill past the loganlee reservoir and then returnes to the

flotterstone information centre.

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Glencourse reservoir

Flotterstone information centre

Loganlee reservoir

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JOHN CLARK ESTATE

COUNTRY AREA LOCATION

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Take a bottle of water, good shoes and waterproofs in case of big puddles or flooding along the river.

WALK DESCRIPTION

A quiet peaceful walk in close by woods beside the river esk.

Walk goes past quiet ponds with lots of wildlife and ruined house which is being re-built.

Lots of greenery with beautiful views .

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Trees on side of hill

Penicuik house durning the summer

Road with trees on side leading to

penicuik house

SLOVENIA Osnovna šola Matije Valjavca

Preddvor, Gorenjska

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

Taking water may be advisable. Put on a helmet for your safety. Take some extra clothes.

WALK DESCRIPTION

Start your cycling tour in the centre of Preddvor, in front of TIC. If

you don't have your own bike you can hire it.

In front of TIC turn right and take the

main road. On the crossing after 800

metres turn left toward Jezersko and

cycle along the Kokra valley. After 1,5

km you can stop at Bee Museum Kokl

in Potoče. There you can see a beehouse and buy home honey

products.

Contiunue along the Kokra valley and admire its

beauty. Pass the village Kokra, the longest village in Slovenia. There is 17 km

from one point to the other. You can rest at a new rest-point, arranged for

cyclists .

At the end of the Kokra village there are two 1,5 m

high provincial stones on the left side of the road,

showing historical border between Carinthia and Carniola.

Follow the main road and after a few kilometres there is a guest house

"Kanonir" on the left side. If you are already tired you can have a rest

there because the road goes uphill even more. Cycle toward Zgornje

Jezersko and when you come to the village continue along the main

road.Turn right to the lake (Planšarsko jezero). Have a rest there and

enjoy a beautiful view to the nearest mountains.

The name of the area (Jezersko) derives from a glacial lake near the

settlement of Zgornje Jezersko that started to disappear after an

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earthquake in 1348. "Lake" means "jezero" in Slovene language.

Take the road on the left and after 750 m you will notice

Šenk's homestead. It is the oldest in the valley, regarding the

layout of the buildings. It was built after the big lake had

disappeared and the engraved year of 1517 above the

doorframe of the main building tells us of its age. Today there

is a tourist farm. For the horse lovers guided horseback riding

tours are available, as well as tour of 500 years old farm.

There are a campsite for individual and group camping and space for

picnics at the farm.

Continue to Jenko's barraks. This building was built in the 15th

century as a boarding house for merchants travelling to the north.

There you can decide whether to cycle up to the Seeberg Saddle

(Jezerski vrh), a high mountain pass connecting Jezersko with Bad

Eisenkappel in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is at 1218 m altitude.

Otherwise turn left and take the main road. Take

the second exit on the right to Ank´s farm. You

can taste mineral water. You may continue on a

gravel road all the way to the farm. From there

follow the forest road, keep left at the crossroads

and continue for a few minutes. There are two

waterfalls, one after another dropping over the

rocks in the forest above Ank´s homestead. The waterfalls’ total height is

7 metres. They are located at the altitude of 1240 metres. Enjoy.

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POI’s KOKRA VALLEY

The Kokra valley is one of the most picturesque alpine valleys. The road leads you through beautiful gorges and across many bridges. After heavy rain there are little watefalls all around.

PROVINCIAL STONES

LAKE PLANŠARSKO JEZERO

The little heart-shaped lake was created by local inhabitants in memory of a larger glacial lake that has now drained away. In summer, it allows boating and in winter skating as well as the chance to enjoy tasty local food all year round.

On the main road from Preddvor to Jezersko, stand two 1,5 metres high stones. These are provincial stones showing historical border between Carinthia and Carniola. Their position tells us that Jezersko was once part of Carinthia. Distances in kilometres to Kranj in Carniola and to Klagenfurt in Carinthia are engraved into the stones. Even though they do not represent borders anymore, the stones are still very important cultural monuments of Jezersko.

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ŠENK'S HOMESTEAD

Šenk’s homestead is considered the only homestead in the area where original buildings and architectural style have been preserved; typical rural settlement can be seen here.

JENK'S BARRACKS

This high and architecturally peculiar building was built in the 15th century as a boarding house for merchants travelling from Tržič to Eisenkappel and further on towards the river Drava when this was the easiest trespass to the north. It got its name later, maybe after Napoleon´s military stayed overnight in the barracks. Today the barracks is ethnographical museum exhibiting items and equipment that were used in everyday life on the farm.

MINERAL WATER SPRING

There is a mineral water spring above the Ankova farmhouse called "Jezerska slatina”. This water has the highest magnesium content of all mineral waters in Slovenia. Deep in a woods above the spring there are hidden waterfalls where you can leave the worries of everyday life far behind.

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Preddvor - The Forest Educational Trail

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Taking water may be advisable. Walking shoes.

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WALK DESCRIPTION

In the forest educational trail in Preddvor there are trees which used to form the park

near the mansion Hrib.

The trail starts in front of the tourist office in the centre of Preddvor and goes past

Slančeva vila towards old stables, past castle Hrib, back to the hotel Bor, besides lake

Črnava, near Bistrica stream, towards valley Draga, where it finishes.

On the trail there are 28 different tree species marked with signs: Lawson's cypress,

hornbeam, beech, Canadian hemlock, Lebanon cedar, European larch, green pine,

American plane tree, cigar tree, Horse chestnut, avenue of American ash, giant sequoia,

White cedar, Scots pine, Black pine, Little-leaf Linden, poplar, common walnut, Oregon

pine, pedunculate oak, sycamore maple, black elder, black walnut, fir, Norway spruce,

common ash, hop hornbeam.

Most of the signed trees are foreign trees and were planted by former owners of the

manor. With these trees they formed a park. They wanted to have a collection of

unusual trees. Among them giant sequoias are the most interesting. They stand out

with their height and looks. Lawson's cypress and White cedar are related with giant

sequoia. The home of all three species is North America.

Lebanon cedar and American plane tree are very beautiful. Canadian hemlock is special.

These mentioned trees are between one hundred and a hundred and fifty years old.

On the trail we can recognize some of the tree species. We can compare white and

black hornbeam, spruce and fir, black and red pine. In the forest educational trail we

can gain a lot of knowledge. Not only about trees, but also about nature, that changes a

lot during seasons.

A Legend

There is a legend about the avenue of ash trees. Once upon a time there lived a

gardener in the Hrib Castle. He fell in a love with a young lady from the castle and she

loved him, too. They had secret meetings in the avenue. Only trees understood their

love. They covered them with their branches so nobody could see them. Finally, they

were allowed to get married. They lived happily for

fifty years, until the lady died. Even today it is

believed if the newly wedded walk through the

castle on their wedding day, they will have fifty

years of happiness and faithfulness.

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Lawson's cypress Beech (on the left)

Lawson's cypress (on the right)

Black walnut Sycamore maple

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Oregon pine Lebanon cedar

Bistrica stream Avenue of American ash

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WALK DESCRIPTION

Start your tour in the centre of Preddvor, in front of the church of St Peter.

Behind the church there is an old Dvor castle.

Take the main road, pass TIC centre and then turn right. At the bottom of the slope turn left and

then walk through the forest to the Hrib castle. You can rest near the lake and admire nice view to

the nearest mountains. There is a legend of the devil’s forest on the mountain Zaplata.

A long time ago lived two farmers in a village at the foot of Zaplata

mountain. There was a forest, divided with a border, on their farms.

The farmers were always fighting whose the forest was. One day,

one of farmers had enough of quarrelling and said: “Let the devil take

it!” And at night the devil came, took the forest and carried it on his

back to Zaplata. When he was in the middle of the slope, the church

bell started to ring in the morning. The devil lost his power, dropped

the forest and ran away. The forest stayed in the middle of Zaplata

forever.

Then walk through the alley of ashes behind caste Hrib, turn left and go the next

castle – Turn castle. There you can visit the memorial room of Josipina Urbančič

Turnograjska, the first Slovenian female writer, poet and composer.

Continue your walk to the shading with eight limes planted in a circle above the

castle. Josipina Turnograjska liked to sit there and admire the nature.

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The castle was first mentioned in the year

1147 when it was called Novi Dvor. The image

of the castle we see today dates from 17th

century. Monks turned the castle into

monastery where there was the first school in

the town. After the Second World War in 1945

children from Bosnia and Croatia who lost their

parents were placed at the castle. Later, there

was a Juvenile Centre for the primary school

children with behaviour and learning

problems. Now the castle is empty and it is

waiting for renovation.

HRIB CASTLE

Hrib castle was built in 16th century. It is located above the Kokra river, by the lake Črnava. Nowadays it doesn't look like the original, because many owners exchanged the castle and every one of them changed its look a little. In the year 1850 the castle was Fuschs manor. In the year 1924 the owner became Franc Dolenc, who reformed it into at tuberculosis hospital. But in the last few years it's mainly used for tourism. In the castle, there are also a marriage hall and a conference room.

The parish church of Saint Peter stands in the

centre of Preddvor, next to the Dvor Castle.

The first mention of a church was in year

1156, but it got today’s look in 1751. It was

reinforced during the Turkish invasions. The

belfry (1505) was preserved from this era as

well. The Church is baroquely decorated.

There are two paintings: the painting of Saint

Peter and Last Dinner from Janez Wolf (1825

– 1884). There is a shrine opposite the

church with frescoes from painter Leopold

Layer (1752 – 1828).

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TURN CASTLE

Turn castle was built in the 14th century The castle as we know it today was built in the 17th century by Adam Dienzel. His coat-of-arms was placed on the facade of the castle and is still there today. In 1793 the property was sold to Martin Urbančič who was the first Slovenian owner of the castle. His granddaughter Josipina Turnograjska was the first Slovenian female writer, poet and composer. Today it is used as a home for the elderly.

JOSIPINA TURNOGRAJSKA SHADING

On a viewpoint ascent right above the castle

there is a shadding with 8 limes planted in a

circle.

SPAIN Colegio San Ignacio, Oviedo

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Highlights: The wonderful river The weather of the autonomic comunity

How to get there: Drive on the A-319 between

Cazorla and El Tranco to the Torre del Vinagre´s

visitor centre (Centor de Visitantes Torre del

Vinagre), by the kilometre post 48. By this centre you find a narrow asphalt road

signposted to "Picifactoria" and

"Centor de Visitantes Río Borosa". Drive 1.5 km on

this road to the Río Borosa information

centre

FINISH POINT

You return to the start point

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Some water, chocolate or something with sugar...

WALK DESCRIPTION

Right from the gate of the centre starts a track (675 m) that leads to an aspalt road (1min)

(680 m). Turn left and walk past the fish farm over a bridge and pass a fountain to the

information panel on this walking route (3min) (675 m). By the panel starts a

sand road closed to traffic. The Borosa river rushes on your right. On your left, water

keeps trickling along the rock walls to the road lined by fountains. The creek

ofGuardahornillos joins the Borosa from the right hand slope. Tall pines with black trunks

grow half way horizontally on the opposite side of the river.

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When this gently ascending road forks after crossing a bridge (23min) (725 m), go left

following the sign for "Laguna de Valdeazores". You cross another bridge (30min) (740

m) and encounter a wooden pole with a white arrow pointing right to a path (38min) (750

m). Follow this charming path that goes over threebridges before entering a narrow

passage (Cerrada de Elías) where the river brawls between sheer rock walls (52min) (775

m). Wooden railings protect you along this passage.

The path takes you to a track (58min) (785 m). Turn right. The track crosses a bridge and

continues uphill lined by magnificent rock walls towards the peaks of rising in front of

you. You pass a fountain and a number of brooks running down from the slopes.

The track ends after a bridge by a small group of buildings (1h35min) (915 m). On the

right hand side of the house you see a wooden pole waymarking a path. After crossing a

bridge (1h37min) (920 m) go straight ahead towards the cliffs with spraying water.

You ascend along the path between green mountainsides with old oaks passing

a waterfall to a tunnel (2h05min) (1220 m). A headlamp or a torch is helpful when you go

through this more than 100 meters long tunnel. A couple of minutes after the exit of this

tunnel, you meet another, much shorter tunnel (2h13min) (1220 m). Shortly after this one

you reach thereservoir with a bridge over the dam wall (2h20min) (1230 m). Return on the

same way back to the start point.

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SIMPLY THE SCENERY

The awesome river Bordosa

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“Ruta del Alba”

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DISTANCE TIME SURFAVE SKILL LEVEL

7 km. 2 h. and 30 minutes

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El Retortiriu San Andrés Viewing point Fish Farm The washer

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Cruz de los ríos

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

Taking food or water may be advisable if there is no drinking water available on the way, taking a raincoat or some extra clothes might be necessary if the weather is usually changeable… etc.

It is advisable to do the route afoot.

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WALK DESCRIPTION

This one is, no doubt, one of the most important routes more known and visited of Asturias. We

begin our tour in “Soto de Agues”, that belongs to Sobrescobio's council.

We will come for the road AS-17 towards Tarna's port, up to Rioseco where we will take a detour

to the right that, without loss, will take us up to the wide parking that exists at the entry of "Soto de

Agues" and to the beginning of the route.

After going out of the villa we will find a peculiar

washer, with a good fountain, where we will be able

to fill our water bottle.

The track continues always parallel to the river

Alba. Passed a fish farm, we are gaining height softly

between meadows and woodland.

We continue walking, always for the cement

track, without the danger of taking a wrong

direction, just because the route is good specified.

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Then we arrive to Retorturiu's zone where there is a crossing. Here

we continue in our margin of the river but we leave the concrete.

Immediately we come to a great tightening of the valley, they are

the Foces del LLaimo. In this place the river forms continuous

waterfalls, whereas the way turns into path.

We have to cross, in our tour, two bridges of stone of half a point,

an authentic marvel of the popular architecture.

The path continues his ascension simultaneously while the

foces are closed on the river totally boxed in continuous jumps.

For this wide path carved in the rock, we will come to the

Cross of the Rivers, a beautiful place where the landscape is

opened suddenly, being able to enjoy the leafy surrounding

forests. Here also we will see the refuge of the Vega of the

LLaimo and in his surrounding areas an area with tables and

banks ... perfect to eat the bocata.

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This is the end of our rute. It’s called the “Ruta de Agua” too.

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IMPORTANT POINTS

THE CASTLE OF VILLAMOREY OR TOREXÓN HERMITAGES AND BRIDGES

THE NATURAL RESERVE OF REDES

The Nature reserve of "Redes", on the

other hand, is one of the spaces that

accumulates more figures of protection:

Nature reserve, Zones of Special Interest

for the Birds (ZEPA), Place of Community

Importance (LIC), Reservation of the

Biosphere for the UNESCO.

The Castle of Villamorey or Torrexón, in

ruins, but in an enclave so privileged that

wakes up the imagination of the onlooker

who ends for reconstructing the epoch, the

past life.

Bridges and hermitages of popular style,

both constructions in stone, raised

concerning the XVIIth and XVIIIth century

like San Roque's hermitage or that of the

Holy Angel in Oviñana.

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Puerto deportivo

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Moniello

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

Take food or water It is recommended to walk the route because there are stairs.

WALK DESCRIPTION

Starting at the stairs situated at the entrance to the marina, we started our walk in the direction of Mofosa

The first part is the most difficult as the route ascends up to the Peroño Mountain. Once you get to the highest point, the path enters into scrub; in the distance we can see Moniello, from this point we start to descend in the shadow of eucalyptus trees.

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The port at Moniello is a beach formed from sand and pebbles.

A few metres ahead there is a recreation area where the hiker can rest.

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Punta de la vaca de Luanco

It is a beautiful place in the path where we can watch the Moniello´s cove and Cabo Peñas´

environment.

Moniello´s beach

Is a beach formed from sand and pebbles. Some fishers use it for mooring their boats.

Moniello´s natural pools They are formed in the pebbles and the

people can swim in them.

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Entrago. Caranga de Abajo. Proaza. Cercado de los osos. Área Recreativa Buyera.

Entrago

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Tuñón

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Villanueva. Tuñón.

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It is recomended to make by a foot or bicycle. There are a lot of points to rent bicycles. You can see bears close to the path

WALK DESCRIPTION

Our path start in Entrago. To go there you have to go to Teverga. Teverga is in the south of Asturias near to

Lena.

Once you are in teverga you have to go to for a road near the river Páramo.

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You have to go along this road and you arrive to “Las Vegas”.

Then you arrive to Avenida Prau Palacio and you have to go along untill the first exit to the left

Then there is a signal “Senda del Oso” (the name of the our path). You go along the street and you have to

turn on the right and you find the cross taht you an see in the picture.

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Finally you have to go along until you see the parking of “The Bear Path”

The path goes in an old minning train railway. And you can see two bears: Paca and Tola.

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Proaza is a nice village and there is a hydraulic

power plant

There are two very big united stones. Between the

rocks there is a small way and it is a nice

landscape.

CERCADO DE LOS OSOS

It is the place where the bears: Paca y Tola live in.

It is like their house where they eats and sleep.

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Mofosa. Moniello´s beach.

Luanco´s beach

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SUGGESTIONS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA

I advise you that do the route walking. Do it cycling is so hard. In the road there are a lot of benches and two recreations areas where you can eat. You can wear a swimsuit because in the final there is a beach.

Recreation area of Moniello. Moniello. The Ponds.

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WALK DESCRIPTION

The route starts at Luanco´s beach. When you will arrive to the end of the beach, you could see the

new port. There, there are stairs. You go up stairs and start the road.

You will arrive to Mofosa. There, you will see a recreation area, where you can rest. And a park,

where the children could play. The landscape there is really lovely.

There is a hippic too. The people go there to see the horses races.

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At any time you will have a nice view of the sea. You will see the Cape of Peñas if weather is good

enough.

One of the stages of our walk is through a forest. There are many trees and enjoying the views and

the environment it will be a pleasure.

When you are finishing the route, there is a beach of rocks. The beach is so beautiful. You can see

swim there.

In front of the beach there is a restaurant where you could have a snack or enjoy a good meal.

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If you go upstairs, you will be at the recreation area of Moniello. It´s so big and there is a bar and a

park.

In the end of our walk, there are the famous Ponds of Moniello. The pools were made in the rocks

when the tide went up and carved them. It´s so funny swimming there!

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POI’s LUANCO´S BEACH NEW PORT

Is the beach of Luanco. Before, the beach was very small but in 1995 brought artificial sand and now

it´s bigger.

HIPPIC MONIELLO´S BEACH

PONDS OF MONIELLO

The port of Luanco was renovated the

last year. Now, there are 190 boats

there.

This hippic was renovated this year.

Since 6 years that there aren´t

competitions in Luanco.

Really this is a cove because is very

small and it´s a natural port. There

isn´t many sand.

There are the pools make in the rocks

when the tide go up.