Viamaggio Pass (1050 m) – Cerbaiolo Hermitage loop from Viamaggio

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Viamaggio Pass (1050 m) – Cerbaiolo Hermitage loop from Viamaggio

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Viamaggio Pass (1050 m) – Cerbaiolo Hermitage loop from Viamaggio

02:44

8.91km

310m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

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Start point

Parking

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98 m

Viamaggio Pass (1050 m)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

They are 75 km of constant ascent that starts from Rimini and arrives at the Passo di Viamaggio, which marks the border between Romagna and Tuscany. The first km of course are flat, then at the village of Verucchio the road begins to rise, first with gradients between 2 and 4% then after Novafeltria the climbs are steeper (6-8%) interspersed with long sections in fake plan. From a bridge, the road becomes an Apennine one and the climbs are 8% constant. up to the top of the pass.

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1.80 km

Passo di Viamaggio

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The Viamaggio Pass is a pass (983 m) in the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines located on the border between the municipalities of Pieve Santo Stefano and Badia Tedalda, in the province of Arezzo. The pass, which connects the Tiber Valley to the Marecchia Valley, is crossed by the Marecchiese State Road which connects Sansepolcro (Arezzo) with Rimini.
Known and frequented since ancient times, in Roman times the Via Ariminensis passed through it, an ancient road connecting Arezzo and the colony of Rimini. This non-consular road, however, did not follow the current route of the Strada Marecchiese, but headed towards Pieve Santo Stefano and passed through the valley of the Sinigiola stream (the current Via Cerbaiolo, with the hermitage of the same name, which joins a few dozen of meters from the pass)

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3.61 km

Cerbaiolo Cross

Highlight • Monument

The Cerbaiolo cross is located in a suggestive place, on the heights of the Cerbaiolo hermitage, not far from the spiritual center of La Verna, in the upper Tiber Valley, along the path of San Francesco d'Assisi and the path of Sant'Antonio da Padua

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3.97 km

Cerbaiolo Hermitage

Highlight • Religious Site

The Cerbaiolo hermitage, in the municipality of Pieve Santo Stefano (AR), diocese of Arezzo Cortona Sansepolcro; a hermitage rich in history and spirituality that has its Benedictine origins in the 8th century and which was handed over to Francis of Assisi in 1217 and sanctified by the presence of Saint Anthony of Padua.

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7.10 km

Remains of the Gothic Line at Passo di Viamaggio

Highlight • Historical Site

Remains of the fortifications built by the Germans in 1944 to close the Viamaggio Pass to any Allied advance from the Tiber Valley towards Rimini or Pesaro are visible. It is a sort of "horseshoe" that embraces the road crossing. In each of the sites, remains of trenches, connecting paths and shelter and shooting positions are still visible. They are mostly found around 900 meters above sea level; immediately below, at the time, an interdiction zone protected by barbed wire and a large area of minefields were placed (which continued to create problems even after the retreat of the Germans: first for the Allies to reach Badia Tedalda, and then for the people local; in the following years there were several deaths and injuries due to mines).

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8.91 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.73 km

1.06 km

938 m

197 m

Surfaces