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Saint Sophia – Santa Sofia Bridge loop from Santa Sofia

Saint Sophia – Santa Sofia Bridge loop from Santa Sofia

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4.4

(20)

120

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Saint Sophia – Santa Sofia Bridge loop from Santa Sofia

02:53

40.0km

1,000m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 22, 2026

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Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna

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1.05 km

Saint Sophia

Highlight • Bridge

Literally cut in two by the Bidente river which for a long time marked the border between the Papal State and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Santa Sofia is practically the gateway to the wonderful Casentinesi Forests National Park, which has protected over 36,000 hectares of forests divided between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany since 1993, and also the monumental Ridracoli dam which collects the waters of the river to quench the thirst of the whole of Romagna even in times of worst drought.

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1.15 km

Santa Sofia Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Santa Sofia is located in the heart of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park. There is a visitor center where you can find information for exploring the park, several excursions also depart from here. The Vero Stoppioni Contemporary Art Gallery is worth a visit, where you can see many works by the artist Mattia Moreni, and also the river park full of outdoor sculptures.

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1.24 km

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

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The life of the town takes place along the banks of the Bidente river and the layout of this long square, formerly Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, is testimony to this.
Here are the main public buildings of the country and one of the most significant religious buildings.
The seventeenth-century Palazzo Giorgi (formerly Mortani) with the adjoining Resistance Park; the oratory of the S.S. Crocifisso or del Gonfalone (originally a hospitale for pilgrims); the current Town Hall (formerly Palazzo Crisolini - Malatesta) and the civic tower rebuilt in neo-Gothic style after the disastrous earthquake of 1918.

(Source: visitsantasofia.it/it/piazza-g-matteotti )

The town is of medieval origin. According to historical sources, there were two castles and consequently inhabited areas: Mortano, to the right of the Bidente river and Santa Sofia, on the left bank. From the 15th century the two centers were divided: Santa Sofia came under the control of the Florentine Republic, while Mortano found itself a fiefdom of the Malatesta family and subsequently subjected to the Papal State. This administrative division was preserved over the centuries and remained in place even after the annexation to the Kingdom of Italy, with the Municipality of Mortano in the province of Forlì and that of Santa Sofia in the province of Florence. The reunification took place in 1923, when all of Tuscan Romagna administratively ended up under Forlì.

(Source: viedidante.it/citta/santa-sofia )

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17.7 km

Grand Anello di Ridracoli Ascent

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Place with a spectacular view

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18.4 km

Fonte Alpicella

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one of the few water stops on the tour

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19.5 km

Passo del Vinco

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Pass between Ridracoli and Strabatenza, about 1000 meters.

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22.9 km

Abandoned village of Strabatenza

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interesting also from the historical point of view

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30.1 km

Church of Saints Peter and Apollinaris, Poggio alla Lastra

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It is a small hamlet gathered around the church of Saints Pietro and Apollinare, located at the entrance to the Bidente di Pietrapazza valley.
Once populous, today it lives on agriculture and tourism and is one of the access doors to the Romagna side of the "National Park of the Casentinesi Forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna". (From the website bagnodiromagnaturismo.it)

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40.0 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.7 km

3.14 km

1.81 km

1.42 km

966 m

Surfaces

23.6 km

14.4 km

2.08 km

Elevation

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Highest point (910 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

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Monday 25 May

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Saint Sophia – Santa Sofia Bridge loop from Santa Sofia

Saint Sophia

Santa Sofia Bridge

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

Grand Anello di Ridracoli Ascent

Fonte Alpicella

Passo del Vinco

Abandoned village of Strabatenza

Church of Saints Peter and Apollinaris, Poggio alla Lastra

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