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crossroads and intersection of paths

crossroads and intersection of paths

The name of this place is linked to the local tradition of using caves for food preservation. The rocks and the shade of the forest help to isolate the cavities from the outside, maintaining a constant low temperature. It was also common to fill the caves with snow during the winter to increase their cooling power during the warmer months. Even today it is possible to appreciate the difference in temperature between the outside and the inside, especially during the summer.

The place where the sanctuary is located today was donated to Saint Francis by Count Orlando Cattani of Chiusi in 1213. First a hermitage was founded which became a recurring destination for Francis and his disciples for periods of meditation and prayer. Francis stayed here for the last time in 1224. It was precisely on the occasion of that last visit that the Saint received the stigmata. The complex includes the small church of Santa Maria degli Angeli built by Francis himself, the corridor and the Chapel of the Sacred Stigmata and the Basilica dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta where you can admire the Annunciation by the sculptor Andrea della Robbia. The sanctuary is surrounded by the monumental forest of La Verna, a forest of fir and beech trees cared for over the centuries by the Franciscan friars.

Located at 1,254 meters above sea level, the top of Mount Calvano is characterized by an immense meadow between Casentino and Valtiberina. It is not far from the Verna sanctuary and it is not uncommon for you to come across grazing animals.

Monte Calvano (1254 m above sea level) is a mountain in the Apennines in Italy. There is a path that leads to the summit. Monte Calvano is one of the 307 peaks along the multi-day European long-distance hiking trail E1.

Here you find yourself at the foot of the rock, which is cut vertically, and look up to the sky to admire the magnificence of the rock! The ascent of the Holy Mountain of La Verna, as “the rough rock between the Tiber and the Arno…” is called, is the place where the “stigmatized” Francis wanted to relive the same torments that Christ suffered on Calvary. The path from Rimbocci up to La Verna is quite strenuous because you have to overcome a large difference in altitude (a good 600m) in just a few km. It leads to an old donkey path, on which you continue uphill with a steep incline to the monastery.