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1 FLORENCE TO SANTUARIO DELLA VERNA
Stage 1 Florence to Pontassieve
Stage 2 Pontassieve to Passo della Consuma
Stage 4 Stia to Camaldoli (village)
Stage 5 Camaldoli to Badia Prataglia
Stage 6 Badia Prataglia to Santuario della Verna
2 SANTUARIO DELLA VERNA TO ASSISI
Stage 7 Santuario della Verna to Pieve Santo Stefano
Stage 8 Pieve Santo Stefano to Sansepolcro
Stage 9 Sansepolcro to Citerna
Stage 10 Citerna to Città di Castello
Stage 11 Città di Castello to Pietralunga
Stage 12 Pietralunga to Gubbio
Stage 14 Biscina to Valfabbrica
Stage 15 Valfabbrica to Assisi
Stage 16 Assisi to Spello (easier route)
Stage 16A Assisi to Spello (harder route)
Stage 22 Piediluco to Poggio Bustone
Stage 23 Poggio Bustone to Rieti
Stage 24 Rieti to Poggio San Lorenzo
Stage 25 Poggio San Lorenzo to Ponticelli
Stage 26 Ponticelli to Monterotondo
Stage 27 Monterotondo to Monte Sacro
Stage 28 Monte Sacro to Vatican City
TOUR OF THE SEVEN PILGRIMAGE CHURCHES OF ROME
Appendix A Route summary table
The Duomo, tower and main piazza of Spoleto (Stage 19)
Signs in Casentino Park showing trails to nearby mountains (Stage 5)
INTRODUCTION
With your pack on your back you have rounded the last bend of the Tiber River. You have walked past the looming brown hulk of Castel Sant’Angelo, past some offices and stores and, with 140 stern, saintly and stony witnesses watching from the colonnade above, you have stepped out of Italy and into bustling Saint Peter’s Square. This is holy ground, the Vatican City – for millions the center of the world. After many days of walking you should be exhausted, but instead you’re exhilarated.
Vittorio Emanuel II Monument in Rome (Pilgrim Churches Tour)
Before you is Michelangelo’s spectacular dome, soaring over the tomb of St Peter. To your upper right is the Pope’s balcony where he speaks to tens of thousands of the assembled faithful. Beyond is the treasure-filled Vatican Museum. Behind you are relics of Ancient Rome, its temples and palaces sprinkled within one of the world’s most beloved and beautiful modern cities.
Around you are pilgrims from all over the world, here like you to experience
