Abbazia di Fossanova → Terracina
Walking distance 20.6 km
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Stage information
- Ascent
- 63 m
- Descent
- 46 m
Difficulty: moderate
Walking the stage
Out of the Abbazia di Fossanova through its arch and along the banks of the Amaseno across the flat Pontine countryside. Past the hamlet of La Fiora and olive-covered hillsides onto the old line of the Via Appia, its Roman paving still showing through the asphalt, to the Piazza del Municipio of Terracina. About 21 km.
Before leaving Abbazia di Fossanova, locate Abbazia di Fossanova on the map. It is close to the starting point. On arrival in Terracina, consider a stop at Forum Aemilianum, close to the finish.
Look for these places on the stage map: Capocroce, Frasso, La Fiora, and San Silviano.
What to see on this stage
History and landmarks
Forum Aemilianum
Archaeological site · < 100 m from the trail as the crow flies
Archaeological site, in Terracina, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
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.
Nature and landscape
Pino domestico di Ripa-Pingolozza, Priverno
Monumental tree · 1.3 km from the trail as the crow flies
Italy’s monumental tree register identifies this specimen as Pinus pinea L. It records a height of 23.5 m and a trunk circumference of 405 cm.
Sughera di San Giovanni, Priverno
Monumental tree · 1.8 km from the trail as the crow flies
Italy’s monumental tree register identifies this specimen as Quercus suber L. It records a height of 15 m and a trunk circumference of 385 cm.
Map · Abbazia di Fossanova → Terracina
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