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Monteleone Medieval Village and Castle

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Roncofreddo

Monteleone Medieval Village and Castle

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Location: Roncofreddo, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. Longiano Town Center – Roncofreddo Village Center loop from Cesena

45.9km

03:02

610m

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2. Piazza del Popolo, Cesena – Muro di Sorrivoli Climb loop from Cesena

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04:46

1,380m

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3. Porto Canale di Cesenatico – La Stazione di Monteleone loop from Cesenatico

55.6km

03:25

450m

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MassCola

January 2, 2023

We go up towards Monteleone, a small hamlet of Roncofreddo with only 34 inhabitants, 364 meters high and an orange flag. The medieval village arranged in a crescent shape is very small and the castle which has been transformed into a country residence since the 18th century is characterized by an access ramp covered in grass.

Monteleone was a fiefdom of the Malatesta family, subsequently the castle was the property of three families: the Roverellas until 1745, the Guicciolis until 1970 and finally the Volpes.

Today the square is named after Lord Byron, an English poet, due to the events that united him with Teresa Gamba, wife of Count Guiccioli, owner of the castle. Byron was in Italy from the spring of 1819 as a servant knight to Guiccioli's wife, following her in various residences: Venice, Ravenna and Monteleone. The letters, preserved in the Classense Library in Ravenna, testify that there was an intimate relationship between the two. Byron was also a friend and involved in the Carbonari activities of Teresa's brother, Pietro Gamba: the two left Liguria together to go and fight in Greece for the war of independence.

Byron remains an important traveller. It was he who coined the concept of the "fatal gift of beauty", that is, the impact that Italy has on the senses to such an intensity that it blurs vision and confuses critical judgment.

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Ivan

August 8, 2021

Circular Monteleone

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Location: Roncofreddo, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Monteleone Medieval Village and Castle

1. Longiano Town Center – Roncofreddo Village Center loop from Cesena

2. Piazza del Popolo, Cesena – Muro di Sorrivoli Climb loop from Cesena

3. Porto Canale di Cesenatico – La Stazione di Monteleone loop from Cesenatico

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