APPENNINO LIGURE-TOSCO-EMILIANO
We have a week end an a little longer than the normal one to take advantage of it, for which loaded the baggages, still convinced of the possible presence of snow on the alpine necks, we decide to direct ours wheels to the discovery of zones for us an a little out hand but surely very beautiful:
the appennino reached tosco-emiliano however from the hinterland ligure
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310 km.
To exploit this weekend “long” we think about going to visit the appennino tosco-emiliano in his first slopes toward the Liguria.
We depart in the first afternoon after a fast lunch, with the objective to quickly get away the line Piedmontese, we cut first the lowland cuneese and then the Langhes, up to surpass Dawn and Bra and to reach Nice Monferrato, from where we begin to go down toward the sea reaching before hardly first Acqui Terme and then Ovada, of the pass to arrive in Liguria.
Sees the proximity we take advantage of the occasion for a small deviation to see the footstep of the Mouthpiece, what overhangs the hinterland in Genoa, photo and street! we return back to Voltage and then as soon as before Ronco Scrivia we enter Liguria climbing on the Appennino in direction of Box.
We cross the hinterland in Genoa and of Shave him/it, first on the SS 226 of the val Scrivia and then on the SS 45 of the val Trebbia that it brings us to Torriglia: the road is a to follow him of curves and the asphalt under good conditions it allows us one amusing guide.
Going up again the government one we aim toward the Emilia that we reach after the country of Rovegno, we climb over and we are to Brass in val Threshes, the small heaven of the bikers! and I now understand the why: the asphalt is beautiful and the to follow him of curves it brings yourself to an amusing guide.
We go down the valley up to lick up the last layers of the Lombardy and then we turn in direction Marsaglia, from where we reach the chief town Bobbio.
The town attracts us but we postpones its visit, we have to reach the setup for the night in a country nearby, therefore we direct there toward Mezzano Scotti.
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320 km.
Lifted us of good time and later a good breakfast we depart taking the SS 45 that it brings us quickly toward Bobbio, capital of the small heaven of the biker, the Val Trebbia. From here, an impressive sequence of curves it connects the city emiliana with Genoa and the sea.
We cross the first line fact of fast curves up to Marsaglia: the clear waters of the river Threshes they accompany us often giving us some foreshortenings stupendous on the underlying canyons.
Comes in the small country emiliano we turn in direction of S. Stefano of Aveto. You road unties him on the fund of the hold valley coasting along the river
We salt up to the pass of the Tomarlo that brings us in the province in Parma and from which go down to Bedonia: the road, with ample curves, is under really very bad conditions with the fund badly patched and full of holes and stones. Reaches the country we turn for Suburb Val of Taro, a country that extends him in an ample basin on the left of the river Taro. The nucleus urban preserve a building patrimony of notable historical interest, as they testify some elegant buildings what for instance the Building Boveri, the building Bertucci or the Building Manara.
Subsequently we continue for Fornovo. On the fast road of connection we aim toward long Berceto the run of the street Francigena.
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The country strikes the tourist for its characteristics paved roads, for the houses in stone, the buildings and him ancient monuments as the stately Cathedral of Romanesque plant.
We take the SS 62 of the Cisa I pour her Spezia: the road is very beautiful, it unties him among woods with ample curves and you join and an asphalt always under good conditions.
A standstill to the point of pass where it rose in the centuries a hospital entitled to the Madonna, with annexed a church, abandoned works then but of which in 1924 the foundations were recovered building the sanctuary of the Madonna of the Watch that she always presides currently the crowded footstep of bikers.
We continue for Pontremoli, where we find some historical testimonies of sure interest as the castle of the Piagnaro with the Museum of the Statues stele, masculine and female sculptures from the mysterious and anxious charm, you build from the populations that you/they were installed in the valley of the Lunigiana two millennia before the arrival of the Romans. Of great interest the Roman bridge, recently restructured.
Tired from the a lot of curves we decide to reenter then from the Liguria we turn for Dozzano, therefore Walnut-tree, and let's arrive! we go down toward Sixth Enjoys and after a small standstill we aim for Varese Ligure, that through the beautiful footstep of One hundred Crosses brings us in Emilia, the road is very beautiful and wide and allows us of the beautiful and fast ones curves!
Returned to Bedonia we think about changing road we aim then for the footstep Pianazze, however we remain I disappointed from the really horrendous asphalt of the slope parmesan cheese, that as soon as it improves in that piacentino; we go down among thousand holes and we enter Foundries.
We finally go up again again toward the footstep of the Mercatello with a decent asphalt, and from here we go down to Marsaglia and accordingly in room, after having lost the thousand account and thousand curves of the day!
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220 Km.
Still a few tired for the kms. of yesterday we dedicate the forenoon to the visit of the fascinating town of Bobbio: this country derives its name from the stream that it licks up the south inhabited area.
Bobbio was already inhabited in remote epoches as they testify the archaeological recoveries of the neolitic's age nd of the age of the bronze, subsequently in the whole ValTrebbia tribe Liguris were appropriated, to which subsequently overlapped Gallic populations. He/she anchors later, Bobbio entered the orbit of influence Roman.
From Ireland, in 614, it reaches Bobbio the monk Colombano in the territory given him by the king longobardo Agilulfo. This territory checked the important street of the salt that put in communication along the Valtrebbia, Piacenza with Genoa then checked by the Byzantines.
Colombano come in these places finds you a small church devoted to St. Pietro and decides to restore it, it died later however the year, exactly November 23 rd 615, and his disciples buried him inside the church of S.Pietro.
Subsequently the convent quickly populates him and around it the first inhabited houses rise from civil. Bobbio becomes a center of importance comparable to the abbey of Montecassino, with his/her schools, his/her Library, his/her Scriptorium in which numerous codes are copied miniated that they recall to the Irish culture.
The great Benedictine monastic complex was reconstructed in the centuries XV-XVI, but it still preserves intact the bell tower of epoch preromana of the IX century.
The inside is to three aisles with decorations of Bernardino Lanzani. In the crypt it is today still preserved the 1480 S. Colombano sarcophagus.
To visit it is also the Museum of the abbey, it enters you through the portico of the basilica, to his/her inside there are preserved archaeological finds of Roman epoch, of epoch longobarda, an ivory reliquary of the IV century and paintings of lombarda school .
One of the symbols of the town of Bobbio are also the Bridge Old motto "Bridge of the Devil" or "Hunchbacked."
It probably goes up again to the age preromana, but its existence is documented only beginning from 1196. Up to the XVI century the bridge was composed from few arcs and solo in the XVII century they became eleven.
The bridge is also known as "Bridge of the Devil" from a popular legend: You says in fact that St. Colombano accepted to stipulate a pact with the devil.
This last hocked him to build the bridge in an only night in exchange for the soul of the first living being what he would have crossed it.
The following morning even though with form and irregular arcades the bridge was finished and St. Colombano held faith to the word it dates serving to cross however it for first as a dog.
Still to visit to Bobbio it is the castle Malaspina that was built for wanting of Corradino Malaspina in 1304. Subsequently under the protection of the family Viscounts it was residence of the Podestà and then feud of the From the Worm.
Of the native castle, today, the central mastio has remained there from only which a beautiful sight of the city enjoys him and of the surrounding mountains.
After this “blow” of history and culture we don't remain anything else other than a beautiful lunch and then street on the street of the return.
We decide to cross the footstep Penice and to go down in the Of Pavia Oltrepo, the choice is appropriate: the road is very beautiful and wide and it asphalts him it is under good conditions.
Tired from these days of curves we think about returning then quickly to house we take the government 10 Padanas Inferiore road and with great monotony and so much heat we return to our valleys after having crossed the whole Piedmontese lowland!
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