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Emilia-Romagna
Parma
Varano De' Melegari

Pietra Corva – Bridge over the Ceno stream loop from Castello Pallavicino

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Mountain biking trails
Italy
Emilia-Romagna
Parma
Varano De' Melegari

Pietra Corva – Bridge over the Ceno stream loop from Castello Pallavicino

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Pietra Corva – Bridge over the Ceno stream loop from Castello Pallavicino

02:41

25.9km

770m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 11.7 km for 326 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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120 m

Church of San Martino

Highlight • Religious Site

The original place of worship serving the village of Varano de' Melegari was built in the Middle Ages; the oldest evidence of its existence dates back to 1230, when the Romanesque chapel dedicated to San Martino, of unknown location, was mentioned in the Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum of the diocese of Parma.

In 1453 the church of San Martino was rebuilt in its current location.

Between 1726 and 1769 the temple was profoundly modified in the Baroque style, reducing the naves to a single one and building the side chapels.
In 1964 the building underwent significant restoration works, which particularly affected the interior decorations.


In 1986 the parish of San Martino was joined to that of San Pietro di Riviano.

In 2007 the interior of the church was restored.

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5.36 km

Pietra Corva

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Beautiful place where you can take truly panoramic photos.
Pietra Corva is one of the crucial points of the ancient Maria Longa road, a route with remote origins, of notable historical and naturalistic importance, which connects Ramiola di Medesano to Mariano di Pellegrino Parmense. A ridge itinerary that was of particular strategic importance already in the Lombard era. Its attendance, according to numerous historians, dates back to prehistoric times and some archaeological sites from the Bronze Age bear witness to this: among these, Pietra Corva, a fundamental junction point of the path, and Groppo Rizzone, which skirts the slopes of the ridge on which the Maria Longa is located towards the Ceno stream. In the area there also remain, not surprisingly, evidence of the ancient Celtic and Ligurian populations in toponyms such as Ceno and Taro.

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6.77 km

Poggio Bianco (504 m)

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From here you go down the hill to reach Visiano

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14.0 km

SP30 Junction, Il Burgone

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From here, take the road that leads to Vianino and alternatively you can go up to Monte della Guardia.

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22.0 km

Bridge Over the Ceno

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Little traveled bridge, surrounded by a suggestive panorama of the Ceno stream, the surrounding hills and woods. Therapeutic stop 💆 ♂️😄

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23.6 km

Bed of the Secco Stream

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In the process of being rebuilt, at this point and in this period (May) and collapsed due to the latest floods

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25.3 km

Bridge over the Ceno stream

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Bridge to cross the Ceno stream

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25.6 km

roundabout before the bridge to Masereto

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25.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.3 km

5.87 km

1.44 km

192 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.2 km

6.81 km

4.34 km

3.14 km

1.38 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (630 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

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Friday 10 July

34°C

21°C

45 %

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