モンテ・アシェンションのおすすめランニングルート

トラバーチンで造られ、岩盤に埋め込まれた13世紀の古い修道院。アスコリ・ピチェーノから数キロ離れたコルレ・サン・マルコにあり、深い堀を渡る橋となっている石段でアクセスできます。 通常、春と夏の間の週末と祝日に開いています。 そこに至る小道は、家族連れにも適しています。

アウグストゥス時代の美しい橋。

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short but steep path

Simple but challenging trails

From the imposing chestnut forest, the main path leads to a clearing located on a huge travertine spur, overlooking the forest. On the rock face, you can see, at the top right, the fascinating structure of the Hermitage of San Marco, a natural cavity closed by a church-shaped building with a bell tower and connected to the path by a stone staircase. The wall, in Romanesque style, is made of ashlar stones and has a single-lancet window and five double-lancet windows. In ancient times, the building housed a convent founded by Cistercian monks at the beginning of the 13th century and consists of two overlapping rooms, connected by a staircase resting on the rock. It is a very “poor” construction, which recalls the Benedictine monastic rule. Inside the Hermitage, it is still possible to find traces of the primitive frescoes painted by the monks on the walls and on the vault of the lower room. On the ceiling of the cave, the splendid “tapestry” of maidenhair fern is noteworthy. The Hermitage of San Marco has been restored and brought back to its maximum splendor. It retains its evocative power that attracts tourists and travelers, lovers of history and nature. (c) https://visitascoli.it/esperienze/colle-san-marco-meta-di-eremiti-nel-corso-dei-secoli/

One of the most beautiful asphalt climbs in the area, the one towards Colle San Giacomo was also tackled by the Giro d'Italia: the last time in 2021, when Gino Mader won here. Here you are at about 1,100 meters, near the ski resort of Monte Piselli.

Near the Mario Paci refuge, above Ascoli Piceno, this trail is beautiful and challenging because it is full of roots, which will give a hard time even to those with more experience. If faced uphill, it may be necessary to get off and push the bike.