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The Path of San Cristoforo is an emotional journey in western Friuli, divided into three routes crossing the Pedemontana, the Magredi, and the Val Meduna.
The first route of the Path of San Cristoforo crosses the evocative area of the Pedemontana, where hills merge with the plain offering breathtaking views.
The Pedemontana Route stretches between the Livenza and Tagliamento rivers, characterizing western Friuli. The Livenza is the bridge between the Venetian and Friulian areas, while the Tagliamento is the quintessential watercourse of Friuli, the last wild river in Europe, free to flow and shape the lands around it.
In this setting, a mosaic of shapes, colors, culture, flavors, and stories unfolds, intertwined and overlapping. The Pedemontana, a ridge accompanying the traveler along the route, rises like a wall that, instead of closing the view, expands it over ever-changing hills and mountains, dotted with villages and hamlets that have adapted to its valleys, streams, and now so wild flora.
A route that unfolds between the waters of the Livenza and the Tagliamento. The Tagliamento is the most important river of Friuli-Venezia Giulia with a length of 170 km; considered the only one in the entire Alpine arc to preserve the original braided channel morphology, for this feature it is also called the King of Alpine rivers.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Since this is a route crossing several villages, it is quite easy to find water and refreshments along the way.
For all updates, you can visit the site: La Pedemontana (camminodisancristoforo.com)
This is the section of the Path between the two rivers that have historically defined not only the physical geography but also the human geography of western Friuli, the Livenza and the Tagliamento.
The Livenza, referred to in the feminine form until a few decades ago, is the bridge between the Venetian area and Friuli. The Tagliamento is the quintessential watercourse of Friuli, the last wild river in Europe, free to flow and shape the lands around it.
In between, a mosaic of shapes, colors, culture, flavors, and stories.
First and foremost the Pedemontana, a ridge that will accompany you on your journey, like a wall that, instead of closing your view, expands it over ever-changing hills and mountains, dotted with villages and hamlets that have adapted to its valleys, streams, and now so wild flora.
Nearby villages but also separated by woods and paths, by differences in dialect or cadence, from Venetian up to the Friulian language, a testimony of a multiple culture that has defined its shape, architecture, the art of making and living.
From Caneva to Spilimbergo, for over 150 km, you will discover a rich natural as well as cultural biodiversity, created, layer upon layer over the centuries, thanks to the rivers and their waters, channels of communication, drivers for artisanal and industrial development, motors of folklore and legends. Sharpen your sight and open your heart, because you might encounter an agana, or some other spirit of the wild nature!
In the flow of stories, waters, and peoples, also let yourself be tempted by good food and wine. This territory has been mixing for centuries the ingredients of the land with the creativity of human beings.
Bus: LINE P33 Polcenigo-Sacile-Pordenone
Along the SS13 Pontebbana;
From Sacile via SP12 or SP15;
From Cordignano via SP29 or SP71;
From Sarone via SP61
There are several parking lots in Caneva.
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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