The best cycling routes around Sant'Ilario D'Enza

This trail is for walking, it's suicide to ride it with a gravel bike, too steep, too many potholes (chasms) and big rocks, if you're on a bike it's better to avoid it

Whether in love or heartbroken, here you can entrust yourself to the luminous soul of the beautiful Fairy Bema, who lived in the Castle of Montechiarugolo, in the province of Parma, a renowned court of humanists and artists. You enter the crenellated manor from the drawbridge. The impregnable fortress due to its high walls – defended by machicolations, loopholes, corbels – becomes an elegant Renaissance residence inside. Strolling through the ancient rooms of the Castle of Montechiarugolo, beyond the splendid gardens adorned with 18th-century statues from the ducal garden of Colorno, you can admire halls, tapestries, period furnishings, frescoes, and flower-scattering putti. The Annunciation attributed to the school of Pisanello stands out. Legend has it that every May 19th around midnight, the ghost of Fairy Bema appears on the castle walls, towards Parma, awaiting the return of her beloved Pio Torelli. A friendly presence that will bring you luck!

The main headquarters of the Municipality of Montechiarugolo is located in Piazza Rivasi 3, 43022 Montechiarugolo (PR). The municipality has a polycentric structure divided into 5 hamlets (Montechiarugolo, Monticelli Terme, Basilicanova, Basilicagoiano, and Tortiano), maintaining its administrative and municipal headquarters precisely in the least populated hamlet that gives its name to the entire territory. Montechiarugolo is an Italian municipality of about 11,400 inhabitants located in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. Location: It is located about 15 kilometers southeast of Parma, along the Enza river. What to See The Castle: It is a 12th-century fortress that dominates the Enza valley. The medieval village develops right around the castle.

Sacred place erected in memory of the battle between Matilda of Canossa and Henry IV

It is located on the road from Montechiarugolo to Monticelli Terme

The Church of Santo Stefano, also known as the Parish Church of Basilicagoiano, is a Catholic place of worship with Renaissance and Neo-Renaissance architecture, located at Via Parma 93 in Basilicagoiano, a hamlet of Montechiarugolo, in the province and diocese of Parma. It is the seat of a parish in the Pedemontana pastoral area. HISTORY The original Romanesque parish church was built in the Middle Ages at the behest, according to tradition, of the Bishop of Piacenza; the church was consecrated on July 4, 1169. The episcopal authority of Piacenza over the Plebs quae vocatur Basilica Giuliani, as the village of Basilicagoiano was then known, was confirmed in 1199 with a papal bull issued by Pope Innocent. The church was also mentioned as a dependency of the bishop of Piacenza in the Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum of the diocese of Parma in 1230;[2] at the time, the chapels of San Quintino in Montechiarugolo, San Donnino in Monticelli, and Santa Felicola in the abbey of the same name were subject to the parish church. The oldest evidence of the church's dependence on the diocese of Parma dates back only to 1560;[2] during the 16th century, the place of worship was also completely rebuilt in Renaissance style and in 1564 it was equipped with a choir. In 1717, the four Baroque side chapels were built. Between 1936 and 1937, the place of worship was restored and modified with the addition of the new neo-Renaissance façade. SOURCE AND OTHER NEWS https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santo_Stefano_(Montechiarugolo)

Nice dirt track, very smooth

Badlands under the Canossa Castle