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San Benedetto Val Di Sambro

Via degli Dei, Fourth Stage from Pian di Balestra

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Italy

Emilia-Romagna

Bologna

San Benedetto Val Di Sambro

Via degli Dei, Fourth Stage from Pian di Balestra

Moderate

4.5

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Via degli Dei, Fourth Stage from Pian di Balestra

03:57

12.4km

490m

Hiking

Historic hike along ancient Roman stones where the original Flaminia Militare emerges from forest floors.

Last updated: September 16, 2025

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142 m

Chiesa di Pian di Balestra

Place Of Worship

972 m

Forest Trail at Monte dei Cucchi, Pian di Balestra

Highlight • Forest

1.81 km

Monte dei Cucchi

Peak

2.44 km

Misty beech forest at Monte dei Cucchi

Highlight • Forest

3.56 km

Pian di Balestra — Countryside on the Via degli Dei

Highlight • Natural

I highly recommend you join this extraordinary walk .... You will have the opportunity to meet beautiful people.

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4.72 km

Via degli Dei, Fourth Stage

Highlight • Trail

Medium-commitment stage, which, with the exception of the first section, takes place almost constantly in a well-shaded wooded environment following, as in the previous stage, the CAI 019 route up to the Futa pass and then the CAI 052.
Some difficulty should be noted in finding the entrance to the CAI 52 path which leads to the Monte di Fo or Santa Lucia al Passo della Futa stage posts: the only signpost is a small handwritten note on a post of the road sign placed before the roundabout, barely visible.
Compared to the two previous stages, there are fewer water points.
Numerous archaeological emergencies along the route such as sections of the ancient military Flaminia at various levels of conservation and a furnace for obtaining lime from limestone, also from the Roman era.

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4.80 km

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snow

Highlight • Religious Site

It was an extraordinary event that gave this name to the sacred place, a snowfall that occurred on August 5th of a year close to 1610. This event, completely similar to the one that happened centuries earlier at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, increased devotion in the comparisons with the Madonna so much so that it became a point of reference for all the nearby communities.
From the website: santuaritaliani.it/santuario/madonna-dei-fornelli

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10.1 km

Bruscoli Loop

Highlight • Trail

done the trail in 5 days alone in July 2023, no comment can give an idea of the feeling of happiness, freedom, tension..... I met many guys (and this gives me the idea that the future will be better than what we elderly people leave).... I cried upon arrival in Piazza della Signoria..... as I have already posted "if you have someone you don't love tell them to take the path, if instead you have someone you who you love tell them to do it... in any case they will thank you".

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10.4 km

Roman Sandstone Quarry on the Via degli Dei

Highlight • Historical Site

As you traverse the Via Degli Dei, a fascinating piece of history emerges—the Sandstone Quarry, a testament to the ingenuity of the ancient Romans. This quarry, with its rugged charm, unveils the foundations of the Roman military road that once threaded through these hills.

The echoes of clinking tools and the rhythmic sounds of labor resonate through time as you explore the quarry. Carved out of the earth by the hands of Roman builders, the sandstone here served as the very building blocks of their ambitious road construction projects. The stones extracted from this quarry became the sturdy foundation of the roads that connected distant corners of the Roman Empire.

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10.5 km

Emilia-Romagna–Tuscany Border Marker

Highlight • Monument

Cippo that delimits the border Emilia Romagna - Tuscany respectively Bologna - Florence. When you pass, a photo is a must. This stretch is wooded, a little further on is the Flaminia Militare, an old road (187 BC) that led from Bologna to Arezzo

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10.8 km

Remains of the Military Flaminia

Highlight • Historical Site

Here you can admire the remains of the Flaminia Militare, an ancient Roman road built in 187 BC. by the consul Caio Flaminio. The road connected Bologna to Arezzo and it is assumed that it followed the route previously used by the Etruscans to cross the Apennines.

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12.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.01 km

3.61 km

2.29 km

1.78 km

732 m

Surfaces

5.77 km

2.49 km

2.17 km

1.21 km

530 m

247 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,140 m)

Lowest point (800 m)

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Thursday 9 July

29°C

18°C

35 %

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Via degli Dei, Fourth Stage from Pian di Balestra

Forest Trail at Monte dei Cucchi, Pian di Balestra

Misty beech forest at Monte dei Cucchi

Pian di Balestra — Countryside on the Via degli Dei

Via degli Dei, Fourth Stage

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snow

Bruscoli Loop

Roman Sandstone Quarry on the Via degli Dei

Emilia-Romagna–Tuscany Border Marker

Remains of the Military Flaminia

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