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A stage on the Sansepolcro branch.
Located between the two valleys, the Franciscan sanctuary of La Verna is left behind, along with the sacred forests of the Casentino, and the gaze turns to the easternmost edge of Tuscany, the Upper Tiber Valley.
In the footsteps of St Francis, along the road that led him to Assisi, you continue through enchanting forests, passing by the Croce della Calla until you reach the summit of Monte Calvano. At an altitude of 1,254 metres, this is the highest point of the Way, with wide clearings from which you can enjoy exceptional landscapes. The route proceeds between passes and peaks, always ready to amaze with beautiful views; scenes that depict Monte Penna, green pastures and the ridge of Pratomagno, as if they had come straight from a painter's brush.
In a setting of immaculate nature, step by step the route descends towards Pieve Santo Stefano. Almost on the border between Tuscany, Umbria and Romagna, the village is famously known as the City of the Diary. It is home to the National Diary Archive and the 'Piccolo Museo del Diario' (Little Diary Museum), an immense collection of diaries, letters and papers - projects which have made over 7,300 memoirs available to the curious visitor. The endpoint of this stage is the historic hermitage of Cerbaiolo, a sacred building donated to St Francis and inhabited by the Franciscan Friars Minor from 1216 to 1783.
