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The Italian Celestial Route crosses Friuli from the sea to the mountains, "connecting" Aquileia to Monte Lussari, which hosts the Sanctuary. It is 220 km long divided into 10 stages, but with a prologue from Barbana. The pilgrim reaches the island of Barbana by ferry from Grado. The first two stages, after Aquileia, arrive at Cormons crossing the eastern Friulian plain. From Cormons you immerse yourself in the vineyards of Collio to reach the sanctuary of Castelmonte. After passing Cividale, you encounter the hills of the Friulian foothills at the border with Slovenia, to arrive after 9 days of walking at Valbruna. The last stage leads to the sanctuary of Lussari at 1780 m above sea level, also known as the sanctuary of the three peoples, where people speaking and living different languages and cultures meet: Latin, Germanic and Slavic
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
The Barbana - Grado and Aquileia route is a prologue of the Celestial Path. The stage is described assuming that the pilgrim has already stayed ...
The first stage Aquileia - Aiello is 16.5 kilometers long, it runs through a countryside area without any elevation gain.
The second stage Aiello – Cormons is 17 kilometers long, and also in this stage there are no significant elevation changes.
Stage of 26.5 km passes through several locations such as Vencò, Lonzano, Scriò, Mernicco, and Albana, up to the sanctuary of Castelmonte.
The fourth stage Castelmonte – Masarolis is 26.5 kilometers long, from the Sanctuary of Castelmonte you descend along a beautiful panoramic road ...
The fifth stage, Masarolis - Montemaggiore, runs along a road with varying elevation gain along the hills of eastern Friuli, 24 1/2 kilometers long.
The sixth stage Montemaggiore - A.N.A. Refuge follows Trail 711 on the Gran Monte, passing through the villages of Cornappo and Monteaperta, and ...
The seventh Stage Rifugio A.N.A. - Prato di Resia begins with a descent to the Tanamea Pass; then proceeding along trail 739 we reach the Casera ...
The eighth Stage Prato di Resia - Dogna has a course of slightly more than thirteen kilometers and runs along trail 638 to the Sella Sagata chapel ...
The ninth stage from Dogna to Valbruna runs basically along the entire Dogna Valley. The valley is 18 kilometers long and climbs from an elevation ...
The last and tenth stage from Valbruna to the destination of the Sanctuary on Mount Lussari is a dozen kilometers long.
