FIRST STAGE

ASCOLI PICENO

The ancient capital of the Piceni preserves memories and monuments that are among the noblest in our country. A stone calendar with its pages chiseled into the local travertine.

• Ascoli Piceno

  The ancient capital of the Piceni preserves memories and monuments that are among the noblest in our country. A stone calendar with its pages chiseled into the local travertine.

• Borgo Castello di Mozzano

  Contrada Castello - The oldest medieval agglomeration of the hamlet and the remains of an ancient fortress situated on the road leading to the small hamlet of Tronzano.

• Ponte Nativo

  A natural bridge along the banks of the Fluvione, one of the most
  characteristic representations of the area’s historical identity.

• Convento di San Francesco

  The church, with its adjoining convent – one of the first to be erected by the Franciscan order in the Piceno area – was probably founded by St. Francis himself. It underwent transformations in the 15th and 17th centuries, became property of the state in 1885, and again underwent a conservative restoration in the 1980s.

CONVENTO OF SAN FRANCESCO

The church, with its adjoining convent – one of the first to be erected by the Franciscan order in the Piceno area – was probably founded by St. Francis himself. It underwent transformations in the 15th and 17th centuries, became property of the state in 1885, and again underwent a conservative restoration in the 1980s.

• Depart from

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  Ascoli Piceno

• Arrive at

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  Venarotta

• Length

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  19 km (12 mi)

• Max altitude

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  505 mt (1,657 ft.)

• Elevation gain

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  680 mt (2,231 ft.)

• Elevation loss

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  420 mt (1,378 ft.)

• Hiking time

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  5 hrs 30 min