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Sanctuary of Greccio

Sanctuary of Greccio

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Sanctuary of Greccio

Name: Sanctuary of Greccio
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Location: Greccio, Rieti, Lazio, Italy

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1. From Greccio to Macchia Lupara: loop in the wild nature

10.2km

03:40

610m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Monte Croci and the Sanctuary of San Francesco da Greccio

12.0km

04:12

670m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Cappella di Pietra – Sanctuary of Greccio loop from Greccio

21.8km

06:46

750m

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

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BeCycling

May 17, 2023

This is the place where St. Francis created the first crib of the Christian tradition. The Sanctuary stands in an exceptional position, clinging to the rock and with a unique view of the Rieti plain, nearby Greccio and the Terminillo massif. It can be visited every day and is open from 09.00 to 18.00. Whether you are a believer or not, it is highly suggestive to visit this place, especially during the Christmas period.

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Söhni 🏃

January 9, 2018

The monastery of Greccio - a place that would hardly have found a place in the memory of the people, if there were not the story of Francis and the crib. Greccio is one of those hermitages in the Rieti Valley that Francis loved so much. Francis visited the monastery for the first time in 1217. To bring people closer to the birth story of Jesus, he celebrated here in 1223 in a real stable in a rocky grotto with ox and donkey and a straw-filled crib the birth of Christ. Soon after his death, a small church was added and consecrated. In 1982, the new large church was built at the monastery.

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JakobusPilger

April 17, 2022

Above the village of Greccio, in the wooded hills of the Rieti Valley (about halfway between Assisi and Rome), on Christmas Eve 1223, Saint Francis combined Christmas mass with a nativity scene. There is a special feature in some depictions of this Christmas event: the baby Jesus is not lying in the manger or in his mother's lap, but is being held by Francis.
Even if Francis is often referred to as the founder of the European nativity scene tradition, there have also been nativity scenes before. But what was important for him was the living representation of that event – actually incomprehensible to the intellect – that the great, infinite God became man. San Francesco connects the divine childhood of Jesus with the celebration of the Eucharist, in which the living God gives himself to us again - this time in the form of bread and wine.
"We have come to worship HIM" - that was the motto of the XX. World Youth Day celebrated in Cologne in August 2005. Every Christmas picture, every nativity scene invites the viewer to follow this motto and to do the same as the Three Kings (the first pilgrims to Christ), Francis of Assisi and all the saints.

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Sanctuary of Greccio

1. From Greccio to Macchia Lupara: loop in the wild nature

2. Monte Croci and the Sanctuary of San Francesco da Greccio

3. Cappella di Pietra – Sanctuary of Greccio loop from Greccio

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