Piazza San Benedetto Norcia

Cammino di San Benedetto

Three hundred kilometres in the heart of Italy, between Umbria and Lazio up to the border with Campania: this is the Saint Benedict's Path, an itinerary of sixteen stages to retrace the life of the Patron Saint of Europe.

Cammino di San Benedetto

Three hundred kilometres in the heart of Italy, between Umbria and Latium up to the Campania border: this is the Saint Benedict's Path, an itinerary of sixteen stages to retrace the life of the Patron Saint of Europe, through paths, cart tracks and low-traffic roads, among the valleys and mountains of central Italy. The route links the three most important Benedictine places: Norcia, the birthplace of the Saint; Subiaco, where he lived for more than thirty years and founded numerous monasteries; and Montecassino, where he spent the last part of his life and wrote the Rule.

The Umbrian stages make up the first three of the route, which starts in Norcia, a wonderful town on the slopes of the Sibillini mountains, and then continues on to Cascia, where Saint Rita, the 'Saint of the Impossible', lived: here, for a stretch, the Saint Benedict's Way merges with the Saint Rita's Path, a magnificent route through the woods, partly carved into the rock, which partly goes up the Corno river. From here, through a rustic landscape of rare beauty, we move in the direction of Monteleone di Spoleto, a fascinating medieval village included among the most beautiful villages in Italy, to arrive in Lazio, in Leonessa, at the foot of the Reatini mountains.

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