Sezze → Abbazia di Fossanova
Walking distance 21.1 km
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Stage information
- Ascent
- 170 m
- Descent
- 440 m
Difficulty: moderate
Walking the stage
Out of Sezze through Porta Pascibella and down among terraced olive groves, past the small chapel of the Madonna di Pompei and along the Allacciante Amaseno. Up into Priverno, where the church of Sant'Antonio Abate still bears the tau of an old pilgrim hospice, then over the Amaseno to the Abbazia di Fossanova, where Saint Thomas Aquinas died. About 21 km.
On arrival in Abbazia di Fossanova, consider a stop at Abbazia di Fossanova, close to the finish.
Look for these places on the stage map: Ceriara di Sezze, Ceriara di Priverno, Priverno, and Serroni.
What to see on this stage
History and landmarks
Abbazia di Fossanova
Abbey · < 100 m from the trail as the crow flies
Built by Cistercian monks between 1163 and 1208 on the ruins of a Roman villa, in a plain style halfway between Romanesque and Gothic. The monks drained the marsh with the Fossa Nova canal that named the place, and Thomas Aquinas died in the abbey in 1274.
Tower of the Fontanella
Tower · 200 m from the trail as the crow flies
Tower, in Sonnino, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
Nature and landscape
Sughera di Parco Gallio - San Martino, Priverno
Monumental tree · 300 m from the trail as the crow flies
Italy’s monumental tree register identifies this specimen as Quercus suber L. It records a height of 18 m and a trunk circumference of 450 cm.
Cerro di Parco Gallio - San Martino, Priverno
Monumental tree · 500 m from the trail as the crow flies
Italy’s monumental tree register identifies this specimen as Quercus cerris L. It records a height of 29 m and a trunk circumference of 375 cm.
Map · Sezze → Abbazia di Fossanova
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