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Assisiana Magazine of the Pilgrimage .......latest News How the pilgrimage to Assisi was born Advice and registration formalities Why make a Pilgrimage in the third Millennium ? Refuges of pilgrim Itinerary with stages: the Pilgrimage in a few words Hermitages of the Pilgrimage St. Francis pilgrimage Way (Via) Francigena Equipment The Pilgrim's pharmacy Credential of the Pilgrimage The volunteers of the Cammino History camino Santiago Who has seen him/her? Advice of a Spanish pilgrim Leaflet to promote the Pilgrimage How to reach Montepaolo-Dovadola Casentino Forest Park Statute of the Association Contacts Links ”Vade Francisco et repara domum meam” Link:Francis's life and works	Stage 8° Sansepolcro - Città di Castello Leave Sansepolcro and take via Montefeltro; at the junction turn left towards Montecasale. After 1.6 km, at the fork, turn left and, after 700 m, turn into the path n. 4 of CAI that leads on the Apennines ridge and enter the road: follow it. After 950 m, turn right at the indication “Agriturismo San Martino” and, after 2 km, arrive at the hermitage of Montecasale. Walking time: 2 hrs – 2 hrs 30 mins. After a visit to the monastery, take the path n. 4 again, pass the “Casa ferie francescana” and, after 200 m, the path turns right; go up for 3.5 km, where you can find a gate that closes the path: cross it and close it again. Leave the path n. 4 (that turns 360° in the ridge direction) and proceed on the carriage road which gradually starts to go down. After 1,4 km, find some ruins and, after a little while, cross a small ford. You can easily meet cows at pasture going to water. The road goes up and, after 300 m, find Ca’ Brocchi; turn right and take a fine carriage road: after about 950 m pass in front of another abandoned house (Abbadiccia) and here the path n. 101 of CAI starts, follow it for a stretch. After 1 km cross a gate (please, close it). Go on till you reach some squared rocks after 900 m on a narrow curve on the right; turn on the narrow path and go on for 600 m till the path enters an asphalt fork; go down, remaining on the right for 150 m till the road-man’s house (on the left) and, just having passed it, find a path which goes down to the valley. After about 900 m, there is a fork: while the path (path n. 101 of CAI) turns right, the path goes straight ahead and, after 2.3 km, find the first houses. After 1 km reach Pitigliano, turn left on the asphalt road, cross the bridge, at the fork, turn right (500 m). After other 500 m, arrive in Selci-Lama. Follow the asphalt road and, after 1 km, the path n. 105 of CAI starts: follow it for a stretch. After 1 km, at the junction, go on ahead on the dirt track (300 m), which enters a carriage road. Turn left for 100 m, then turn right onto the dirt track. After 900 m, reach the carriage road and turn left. After another 500 m, cross a small bridge and, at the fork, stay on the right, following the road which becomes an asphalt road. At a certain point, the path n. 105 turns but you go ahead along the asphalt road. After about 800 m, at the first fork, go on straight ahead towards Userna; at the second fork turn left towards Coppi on a lightly uphill carriage road. After about 900 m reach the top and then go down. After 100 m, turn right on the dirt track. Go on (straight ahead) along a fishing lake till the asphalt road (1 km). Turn left and, after 1 km, in front of the signpost “Città di Castello” turn right. Walking time: 7 hrs 30 mins – 8 hrs 30 mins. Next stage Home	Montepaolo Dovadola Rocca San Casciano Portico San Benedetto Premilcuore Corniolo Santa Sofia Camaldoli Badia Prataglia Chiusi della Verna Caprese Michelangelo Pieve Santo Stefano Sansepolcro Città di Castello Pietralunga Gubbio Valfabbrica Gualdo Tadino Nocera Umbra Assisi .. “To my brother Anthony, my bishop, I wish good health. I approve of your teaching theology to the monks, but only on condition that, owing to this study, you will not dampen the spirit of the holy prayer and devotion, as it is ordained in the Rule. Be well” Francis Link:Anthony's life and works . “Here, on earth, the eye of the soul is Love, the only valid one to overcome any veil. Wherever the intellect stops, love proceeds with its own colour to the union with God” Saint Anthony from Padua, Sermone

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”Vade Francisco et repara domum meam”

Link:Francis's life and works

Stage 8° Sansepolcro - Città di Castello

Leave Sansepolcro and take via Montefeltro; at the junction turn left towards Montecasale. After 1.6 km, at the fork, turn left and, after 700 m, turn into the path n. 4 of CAI that leads on the Apennines ridge and enter the road: follow it. After 950 m, turn right at the indication “Agriturismo San Martino” and, after 2 km, arrive at the hermitage of Montecasale.
Walking time: 2 hrs – 2 hrs 30 mins.

After a visit to the monastery, take the path n. 4 again, pass the “Casa ferie francescana” and, after 200 m, the path turns right; go up for 3.5 km, where you can find a gate that closes the path: cross it and close it again. Leave the path n. 4 (that turns 360° in the ridge direction) and proceed on the carriage road which gradually starts to go down. After 1,4 km, find some ruins and, after a little while, cross a small ford. You can easily meet cows at pasture going to water. The road goes up and, after 300 m, find Ca’ Brocchi; turn right and take a fine carriage road: after about 950 m pass in front of another abandoned house (Abbadiccia) and here the path n. 101 of CAI starts, follow it for a stretch. After 1 km cross a gate (please, close it). Go on till you reach some squared rocks after 900 m on a narrow curve on the right; turn on the narrow path and go on for 600 m till the path enters an asphalt fork; go down, remaining on the right for 150 m till the road-man’s house (on the left) and, just having passed it, find a path which goes down to the valley. After about 900 m, there is a fork: while the path (path n. 101 of CAI) turns right, the path goes straight ahead and, after 2.3 km, find the first houses. After 1 km reach Pitigliano, turn left on the asphalt road, cross the bridge, at the fork, turn right (500 m). After other 500 m, arrive in Selci-Lama. Follow the asphalt road and, after 1 km, the path n. 105 of CAI starts: follow it for a stretch. After 1 km, at the junction, go on ahead on the dirt track (300 m), which enters a carriage road. Turn left for 100 m, then turn right onto the dirt track.
After 900 m, reach the carriage road and turn left. After another 500 m, cross a small bridge and, at the fork, stay on the right, following the road which becomes an asphalt road. At a certain point, the path n. 105 turns but you go ahead along the asphalt road. After about 800 m, at the first fork, go on straight ahead towards Userna; at the second fork turn left towards Coppi on a lightly uphill carriage road. After about 900 m reach the top and then go down. After 100 m, turn right on the dirt track. Go on (straight ahead) along a fishing lake till the asphalt road (1 km). Turn left and, after 1 km, in front of the signpost “Città di Castello” turn right.
Walking time: 7 hrs 30 mins – 8 hrs 30 mins.

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“To my brother Anthony, my bishop, I wish good health. I approve of your teaching theology to the monks, but only on condition that, owing to this study, you will not dampen the spirit of the holy prayer and devotion, as it is ordained in the Rule. Be well” Francis

Link:Anthony's life and works

“Here, on earth, the eye of the soul is Love, the only valid one to overcome any veil. Wherever the intellect stops, love proceeds with its own colour to the union with God” Saint Anthony from Padua, Sermone