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Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta

Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta

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Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta

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Location: Rieti, Lazio, Italy

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1. Climb to the Forest – Pian de' Valli, Terminillo loop from Rieti

59.7km

04:40

1,660m

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2. Alchemical Gate of Rivodutri – View of Poggiobustone loop from Rieti

55.8km

03:39

770m

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3. View of Snow-Capped Mountains – Climb to the Forest loop from Rieti

33.1km

02:31

700m

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Valter Ballarini

December 3, 2019

The sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta is one of the four sanctuaries erected by San Francesco, together with the sanctuary of Fonte Colombo, the sanctuary of Greccio, and the sanctuary of Poggio Bustone. Located about 3.5 km from Rieti and two km from the nearby town of Castelfranco. The place is remembered for the "miracle of wine": in the twelfth century there were no current structures of the monastery but a simple building with a small vineyard next to it; during Francesco's stay the pilgrims ate the grapes they found on site with the result that in that year the fruits were so few that they could not make wine. The saint of Assisi, however, ordered to collect the few grapes that he pressed in a tank (still visible in the structure) miraculously obtaining more than double the wine obtained the previous year with a complete harvest.
The vegetable garden and the botanical garden are beautiful.

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guido gazzaniga

December 15, 2023

The sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta is one of the four sanctuaries that celebrate the passage of San Francesco in the Reatina valley. According to some, it was precisely here that the Saint composed the Canticle of the Creatures. In this place there originally stood a small church dedicated to San Fabiano flanked by the priest's house alone. Legend has it that, during the period in which Saint Francis stayed here, many people from Rieti went to visit him, often picking bunches of grapes from the priest's vineyard. When it was time to collect the fruits for the harvest, the priest realized that there was very little left, nevertheless, encouraged by Saint Francis, he collected and harvested what little there was, however obtaining much more wine than in previous years. Of this episode, remembered as the "miracle of wine", traces can still be found inside the sanctuary: in fact, inside the domus there are the remains of a tank for pressing wine dating back to the period of the Saint's life.

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Valter Ballarini

December 3, 2019

The sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta is one of the four sanctuaries erected by Saint Francis, together with the sanctuary of Fonte Colombo, the sanctuary of Greccio, and the sanctuary of Poggio Bustone.
The place is remembered for the "miracle of wine": in the 12th century the current monastery structures did not exist but a simple building with a small vineyard next to it; during Francis' stay the pilgrims ate the grapes they found locally with the result that that year the fruits were so few that they could not make wine with them. However, the saint of Assisi ordered the few bunches of grapes to be harvested and pressed into a tub (still visible in the structure), miraculously obtaining more than double the wine obtained the previous year with a complete harvest.
The botanical garden is beautiful.
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Location: Rieti, Lazio, Italy

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Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta

1. Climb to the Forest – Pian de' Valli, Terminillo loop from Rieti

2. Alchemical Gate of Rivodutri – View of Poggiobustone loop from Rieti

3. View of Snow-Capped Mountains – Climb to the Forest loop from Rieti

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