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Fra' Lupo Rock – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Chitignano

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Fra' Lupo Rock – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Chitignano

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Fra' Lupo Rock – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Chitignano

06:57

21.2km

840m

Hiking

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

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna

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9.22 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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9.32 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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9.77 km

Mount Penna

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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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11.5 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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11.5 km

Sasso Spicco

Highlight • Natural Monument

The so-called "Sasso Spicco" (Outstanding Rock) is one of the places where St. Francis liked to pray during his visits to La Verna.
The legends say that God revealed to …

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11.6 km

Cross near La Verna

Highlight • Monument

11.6 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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11.6 km

La Verna Rocky Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

21.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.8 km

3.28 km

1.39 km

1.15 km

1.08 km

1.02 km

459 m

Surfaces

10.5 km

3.31 km

2.83 km

2.14 km

1.63 km

689 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 3 July

27°C

16°C

18 %

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Fra' Lupo Rock – La Verna Sanctuary loop from Chitignano

Masso di Frate Lupo

Fra' Lupo Rock

Mount Penna

Cave of Saint Francis' Bed

Sasso Spicco

Cross near La Verna

La Verna Sanctuary

La Verna Rocky Gorge

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