About Hiker Pep
223 km
43:07 h
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- Hiker PepOctober 28, 2025
Three interesting notes about the route:
Sommo:
A local story tells that in Sommo, the donkey Bricco, rather than leave his pen to be sold, was killed. It is also said that he was buried under a walnut tree but dug up during the night to be used for a gargantuan banquet.
Cava Manara
The village of Cava took
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- Hiker PepOctober 16, 2025
Zinasco Nuovo:
In the month of May, a ceremony in honor of the Madonna is held on the Terdoppio, which reaches its most evocative moment in the evening, with the blessing of the boats.
Sairano:
Near the church is Villa Carena, which incorporates what remains of the old castle into its walls.
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- Hiker PepOctober 9, 2025
Zinasco Vecchio:
The Battle of Zinasco was the first battle of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between the Austrians and the Franco-Piedmontese.
Mezzana Rabattone:
One explanation for the name "Rabattone" (in the Pavese dialect, "Rabatà" means "overturned") could be traced back to some unfortunate
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- Hiker PepJuly 17, 2025
Pieve Albignola:
I visited the local cemetery to see if there were any plaques or headstones commemorating two American pilots who were shot down in these skies during the war in 1944 (their remains were temporarily buried here and then transferred to the military cemetery in Modena). My brief search
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- Hiker PepJuly 9, 2025
What I saw in just over 8 km...
Ferrera Erbognone:
The giasèra - a brick icehouse used to preserve the winter cold, in the form of snow, to make supplies last as long as possible in the other seasons.
Sannazzaro de Burgondi:
In 1705, during a terrible flood, against all hope, the Po River changed its course
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- Hiker PepMarch 25, 2025
In this area (Suardi - Gambarana - Pieve del Cairo) there are many remains of disappeared villages, overwhelmed by the floods of the Po. In the countryside of Suardi, near the banks of the great river, there is the Bric di San Martino, ruins of fortified structures dating back to the medieval period.
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The "Siccomario" is an offshoot of the Lomellina area, even though Travacò is not part of it.
The church of Santa Maria di Travacò, unlike other Romanesque churches, lacks a crypt beneath the high altar: this peculiarity is due to the fact that the church is frequently affected by floods.
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