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Caldarola Pass – Pietra Parcellara loop from Chiesa di San Paolo

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Caldarola Pass – Pietra Parcellara loop from Chiesa di San Paolo

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Caldarola Pass – Pietra Parcellara loop from Chiesa di San Paolo

03:04

41.2km

990m

Cycling

Hard bike 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: June 13, 2026

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10.2 km

Caldarola Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Not too complicated slopes.

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11.8 km

Pietra Parcellara

Highlight • Natural Monument

One of the most beautiful passages among the Piacenza hills.

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12.0 km

Panoramic View Pietra Parcellara

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12.4 km

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12.6 km

View of Pietra Parcellara

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View of the Parcellara stone coming from the Caldarola pass.

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18.3 km

The Tower and the Church of Bobbiano

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La Torre di Bobbiano, located near Travo in Val Trebbia, is an ancient stone fortification of medieval origin, mentioned for the first time in 1037 but probably pre-existing, linked to the Malaspina family.

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23.8 km

View of Travo and the Trebbia River

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The descent that begins on the ridge that separates the Trebbia Valley from the Luretta Valley ends in Travo. The descent is very panoramic, with a beautiful view of the characteristic crest of Pietra Parcellara, also known as the Matterhorn of the Trebbia Valley, and Pietra Perduca. The beauty and uniqueness of the Pietre is given by the gap they show with respect to the context that surrounds them. If Pietra Perduca and Parcellara were in the Alps, they probably would not attract attention. Instead, they emerge in the middle of an Apennine landscape of gentle hills. The Pietre have a dominant position because while the surrounding soft formations were dismantled by erosive agents, they resisted thanks to the resistance of their rocks. A process known as differential erosion. Pietra Parcellara and Pietra Perduca are two fragments of oceanic crust trapped in the middle of clay and sandstone. It is precisely the contrast between the gently sloping slopes that define the Emilian Apennines and the decidedly Alpine appearance of the Pietre that makes these places so interesting.

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