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Carved on the door of the Cathedral of Sansepolcro is the traditional image of the pilgrim, with staff and saddlebag, as if to create a bond of continuity, through the centuries, between spiritual travellers of the past and present-day.
This part of the Way takes about four hours and is mainly on the flat, passing crop fields and old farmhouses. On leaving the town you have to watch out for the traffic, but in less than three kilometres you are back once more on country roads heading towards the land of St Francis: Umbria. The climbs now become gentler and the landscape mellower.
The town of Citerna, recognised as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, stands on a hill in the Upper Tiber Valley, and has the characteristics of a fortress with a lookout point. In the old town, make sure to visit the Church-Museum dedicated to St Francis (ask to hear the mysterious story of the discovery of Donatello's 'Madonna'); the Church of St Michael Archangel, which houses the fine Crucifixion by Pomarancio, and a Madonna and Child from the Della Robbia school. There is also a unique medieval walkway within the walls, which is not to be missed.
