Pratomagno Summit Cross – Croce del Pratomagno loop from Loro Ciuffenna
Pratomagno Summit Cross – Croce del Pratomagno loop from Loro Ciuffenna
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Pratomagno Summit Cross – Croce del Pratomagno loop from Loro Ciuffenna
05:00
53.6km
1,620m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 24, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment that may be dangerous
A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.
After 28.4 km for 51 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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2.95 km
Vigna delle Sanzioni
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Then you pass in front of the VINEYARD OF SANCTIONS and you understand well that historical events and events do not abandon you, they make you meditate that today was our yesterday...
The Vigna delle Sanzioni is a monumental historic vineyard from the early twentieth century. It is an agricultural work located in my municipality, in Loro Ciuffenna (Ar), located along the ancient road of Etruscan-Roman origin Setteponti.
Overlooked by the Pieve di Gropina, its nickname "Sanctions" derives from the economic measures imposed by the League of Nations on the Kingdom of Italy starting from 18 November 1935 in response to Mussolini's attack against the Empire of Ethiopia. The issue became thorny, but, after months of international pressure, on 4 July 1936 the sanctions were lifted, the League of Nations discredited, and fascist Italy rejoiced. To remember all this, the vineyard was commissioned by the Italian government in 1936 as a manifesto of national greatness and reform.
More than 100 workers were employed in its construction: men, women and children worked every day for two years, using the mere strength of their arms, simple iron tools, boxes of dynamite, a few mules and some Chianina cows. ; a great collective undertaking of the post-war period to transform a mountain into a living sculpture.
Before closing, thanks for the contents and some photos (including the night view of the Valdarno that can be seen from the top of the Monumental Vineyard) found on Leoperseo's Wikipedia (Commons Wikimedia)
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9.57 km
View of Casamona
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13.5 km
Pineta delle Casacce
Forest
15.1 km
Etruscan Trails on Pratomagno
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22.3 km
Scenic trail
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23.7 km
Pratomagno Cross
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26.0 km
Pozza Nera
Lake
28.3 km
Pratomagno Summit Cross
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The inauguration took place in 1928; the idea for its construction had come up two years earlier as part of the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi. In the almost 100 years of its existence, the cross has required repairs/maintenance several times, and so it is to be hoped that it will continue to crown the summit and serve as a widely visible sign of blessing for the country and its people.
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28.3 km
Croce del Pratomagno
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37.5 km
Rest Area on the Transhumance Path with View
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53.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
38.2 km
14.2 km
818 m
444 m
Surfaces
28.2 km
18.9 km
6.41 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (1,580 m)
Lowest point (300 m)
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