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C7 - Forte S. Marco e Cave
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Overview

The ancient paths in the district. The Chapter estates of the Verona Cathedral. The Red Marble Quarries of Verona.

To be seen

Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Church of Santa Cristina, Oratory of San Martino, the Marble Quarries of Gamberon and Lubiara.

 

You start from the Caprino Veronese cemetery, turn left and, once you reach the roundabout, continue right and take the cycle path next to the supermarket. Once you reach via I Maggio, continue until the intersection, then turn right. Continue along the sports area to reach the provincial road,

Ceredello - Punto panoramico

here you turn right and then take the second street on the right. Continuing we reach the historic center of San Martino where the Oratory of the same name is located:

 

Oratory of San Martino

Oratory of San Martino (Video)

Oratorio museo di San Martino

Oratorio Museo di San Martino

Here is the homonymous Oratory, documented at least from the beginning of the 13th century as a chapel of the Parish 'Annunciation; on the outside, other frescoes from the early 1300s show images of San Cristoforo and San Martino with the beggar. Continuing you reach the provincial road, here you turn right and then the first left towards the nucleus of Porcino known for the production of tiles. At the intersection, keep right and then immediately left, until you reach the asphalted road,

 

Panoramic Point

Broieschi - Punto panoramico

continue left until you reach Broieschi, the highest point of the route,

Cava Valcassana

Continuing through the woods, you descend towards Gamberon and Lubiara. In this area, for centuries the pulpolate has been dedicated to the extraction and processing of marble. Continue through the woods, descend towards Gamberon and Lubiara.

 

Fountain and washhouse of Lubiara

Fontana di Lubiara

Lavatoio di Lubiara

The route continues towards Ruina from which you can admire the valley of the Adige river. Following the signs you arrive on the provincial road, on the right you arrive in Zuane and at the traffic light you continue straight and then immediately right, from here you take the path that leads up to Ceredello where the church of Santa Cristina is located. First testimony takes us back to the year 1221, when we talk about a church in Ceredello dedicated to S. Cristina and a traditional fair was also held.

Further on in via Palazzo you pass in front of the Casa dei Canonici from which a cycle of frescoes with a hunting scene has been torn. This constituted a very important testimony, an iconographic unicum in the Veronese pictorial panorama of the late Middle Ages.

Quick Info

  • Maximum altitude 591 m
  • Difference in altitude: 406 m
  • Distance: 20,8 km
  • Time: Foot: 6 hours
  • Time: Bike: 2 hours
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Oratory of Santa Cristina

Oratorio di Santa Cristina
External facade of the oratory
Oratorio di Santa Cristina - interno
Interior of the oratory of Santa Cristina

Continuing on the cycle path you will arrive at the starting point.

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The path of the monks

C1 – Pesina/Boi/Piozze/Castello/Pesina

C2 – Caprino/Rubiana/Gaon/Caiar

C3 – Platano/Pazzon/Tasso/Porcino/Lubiara