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La Verna Sanctuary – Fra' Lupo Rock loop from Chiusi della Verna

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La Verna Sanctuary – Fra' Lupo Rock loop from Chiusi della Verna

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La Verna Sanctuary – Fra' Lupo Rock loop from Chiusi della Verna

02:29

7.14km

340m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna

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2.15 km

La Verna Sanctuary

Highlight • Religious Site

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 …

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2.27 km

Cave of Saint Francis' Bed

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There are several chapels along the 78 meter long corridor from the basilica to the Chapel of the Stigmata, which is called Corridoio delle stimmate (“Corridor of the Stigmata”). The …

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2.35 km

Stigmata Corridor, Sanctuary of La Verna

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The Corridor of the Stigmata della Verna was built between the years 1578 and 1582. An architectural structure that served to connect the new large basilica of the Sanctuary with …

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3.10 km

Masso di Frate Lupo

Highlight • Natural Monument

Sasso di Frate Lupo, so called in honor of the meeting between Saint Francis and the brigand Lupo, who converted to Christianity
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173rd excursion and 2nd time in Chiusi …

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3.20 km

Fra' Lupo Rock

Highlight • Natural Monument

On the path that leads from the La Verna monastery to Monte Penna, there is a huge boulder that towers over the abyss. It is the Sasso di Frate Lupo, …

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3.65 km

Mount Penna

Highlight • Summit

From the monastery of La Verna, the hiking trail follows a gradual climb, past the monumental fir, the highest silver fir in Italy, the Sasso di Fra Lupo, and finally …

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5.62 km

chapel of birds, the interior visible from the slit
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173rd excursion and 2nd time in Chiusi della Verna | double ring to the Sanctuary of La Verna and Monte Penna
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7.14 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.46 km

1.91 km

1.15 km

850 m

388 m

325 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.31 km

2.17 km

1.75 km

469 m

438 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,250 m)

Lowest point (940 m)

Weather

Friday 21 August

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Comments

December 2, 2022,Escursione

Bel Ring starting from Chiusi della Verna up to the top of M.Penna.Anna pissed about the ice... on the ground... alas.

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October 30, 2022,da Chiusi della Verna al santuario della Verna e monte Penna

A fascinating journey through the history that covers it that goes from the cult of the goddess La Verna to San Francesco and on which I could entertain myself by writing a lot but this is not the place to do it. From the forest of the fairies, to the highest fir in Italy to Mount Penna, I can only …

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April 13, 2025,Arezzo | La Verna & Monte Penna

Many, many years ago, before the devastating earthquake in 1997, I was in Assisi. I vividly remember the mystical atmosphere in the Basilica of San Francesco at the saint's tomb. Years later, after the earthquake and its restoration, I visited again. The magic was no longer palpable.

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October 17, 2021,Santuario della Verna – Sasso di Fra Lupo Itinerario ad anello da Strada Provinciale 208 della Verna

This excursion is not particularly demanding, we recommend parking closed to the verna

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April 3, 2024,Santuario La Verna e monte Penna (Ar)

The Sanctuary of La Verna is an oasis of peace and serenity, a place full of charm, very active from a religious point of view and also very beautiful from a naturalistic point of view.
I dedicated the first part of the route to visiting the sanctuary and all the buildings that make up the village.
Subsequently, following path 51, …

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La Verna Sanctuary – Fra' Lupo Rock loop from Chiusi della Verna

Cross near La Verna

La Verna Sanctuary

Cave of Saint Francis' Bed

Stigmata Corridor, Sanctuary of La Verna

Masso di Frate Lupo

Fra' Lupo Rock

Mount Penna

Chapel of the Birds

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