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Monumental Cross on Monte Amiata

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Abbadia San Salvatore

Monumental Cross on Monte Amiata

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Monumental Cross on Monte Amiata

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Location: Abbadia San Salvatore, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Ascent to Monte Amiata — Ring tour

9.85km

03:18

450m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Monte Amiata summit – Monte Amiata summit loop from Vivo d'Orcia

10.1km

03:33

510m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Summit of Monte Amiata – Summit of Monte Amiata loop from Abbadia San Salvatore

16.6km

05:48

890m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Didier

July 14, 2021

The summit cross of Monte Amiato is very impressive.

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Alessandro Sanesi

January 4, 2021

The construction of the monumental cross of Mount Amiata was decided at the end of the 1800s following the indications of Pope Leo XIII who, in order to celebrate the Holy Year of 1900, suggested that twenty crosses be erected on the tops of various mountains scattered throughout Italy that they celebrated the Redemption, one for each past century including the 20th which was now about to see the light.
Mount Amiata, located in southern Tuscany and 1738 meters high, was the ninth construction in order of time in 1910. The Tuscan episcopate, for the cross to be erected, entrusted the task to Monsignor Bellucci, bishop of Chiusi and Pienza, in whose jurisdiction Mount Amiata was located. The project was commissioned to the architect Zalaffi, from Siena, who completed the work in a short time. The cross was mounted in Siena and immediately appeared "slender, harmonious and beautiful", reflecting the Belle Époque style, with various elements of a flowery style. All in wrought iron, 22 meters high and resting on a base of 8x8 meters.

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Luca Andreini

May 5, 2021

Attention ⚠ climbed from the via crucis dell'amiata on 6 May 2021 hundreds of branches broken by the snow obstruct and hide the path.

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Location: Abbadia San Salvatore, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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Monumental Cross on Monte Amiata

1. Ascent to Monte Amiata — Ring tour

2. Monte Amiata summit – Monte Amiata summit loop from Vivo d'Orcia

3. Summit of Monte Amiata – Summit of Monte Amiata loop from Abbadia San Salvatore

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