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Cycle Route Sinistra Po

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Elevation profile Cycle Route Sinistra PoAbbazia di Santa Maria di StaffardaCasale MonferratoPaviaGussolaViadana0100200300400500050100150200250300350400450500550600650

Added on 04 Oct 2012,

on 18 Oct 2023

Cycle route metrics

Total distance in km

686

GPS track data

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biroto-Redaktion & biroto-Contributors

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cc0: Public Domain no Rights reserved

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by biroto-Redaktion on 18 Oct 2023

Track points in total

8.907

Track points per km (avg)

13

Start/endpoint

Start location

Sanfront, 21, IT (467 m NHN)

End location

Porto Tolle, 34, IT (0 m NHN)

Signposting

Die Route ist nicht durchgängig einheitlich beschildert. Sie folgt in großen Teilen dem EuroVelo8 und dem Radweg 4 Sinistra Po.

Beds4Cyclists, worth visiting and infrastructure

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Route km
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Elevation

 

14 km
3,8 km
360 m

IT-12037 Saluzzo

 

Old town

Castiglia, residenza dei Marchesi di Saluzzo
Castiglia, residenza dei Marchesi di Saluzzo
Saluzzo, Palazzo Comunale con la Torre Civica
Saluzzo, Palazzo Comunale con la Torre Civica
Duomo di Saluzzo Maria Vergine Assunta
Duomo di Saluzzo Maria Vergine Assunta
Chiesa di San Giovanni a Saluzzo
Chiesa di San Giovanni a Saluzzo

Saluzzo (Italian pronunciation: [saˈluttso]) is a town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region, Italy.

The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are found in the surrounding mountains. It has a population of approximately 17,000.

Saluzzo is a former principality and has a picturesque old town with castle and high city tower and numerous historic palaces.

Main sights

  • The Cathedral (1491–1501), in Lombard-Gothic style. The façade is decorated with rose-windows, frescoes (almost totally faded) and statues. The interior contains a magnificent Baroque high altar, plus a 16th-century terracotta group portraying the Deposition, ad Adoration of the Shepherds by Sebastiano Ricci.
  • The church of St. Bernard, formerly belonging to the Conventuals, has interesting tombs of the counts della Torre.
  • The Dominican church of San Giovanni, begun in 1330 in Gothic style and completed in 1504 with Bramantesque influences. It has a noteworthy Gothic façade. The apse, from 1504, houses a Funerary Chapel of Ludovico II, work by Antoine Le Moiturier (1425–74) covered with green stone and characterized by an elegant play of arches and sculptures. The sepulchre of Ludovico II is a Renaissance work by Benedetto Briosco. Annexed are the Gothic cloister and the Capitular Hall with the Mausoleum of a vicar-general of the marquisate, Galeazzo Cavassa di Carmagnola, a Renaissance work by Matteo Sanmicheli.
  • The Casa Cavassa Wikipedia Icon, site of the civic museuam and rebuilt with a typical Renaissance interior. +39 0175 46710
  • The church of St. Augustine is also worthy of note.
  • The present Town hall is the former Jesuit College, while the older one (1462), with a bold tower, is utilized by the Court of Assizes. The 16th century Villa Belvedere has elegant rooms with late-Renaissance decorations.
  • Castello dei Marchesi - La Castiglia

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Input taken over from:

Wikipedia contributors, 'Saluzzo', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 3 September 2014, 07:49 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saluzzo&oldid=623975317> [accessed 7 December 2014]

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07 Dec 2014 - 25 Dec 2017

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biroto-Redaktion

 

14 km
4,1 km
359 m

 

IT-12037 Saluzzo

 

Tourist information

Hours of opening

From April 1 to September 30: Tuesday to Sunday: 10-13 / 15-18.30

From 1 October to 31 March: Tuesday to Sunday: 10-12.30 / 15-18

 

14 km
4,1 km
346 m

 

IT-12037 Saluzzo

 

Hotel without restaurant (garni)

 
 

20 km
1,2 km
258 m

 

IT-12037 Saluzzo

 

Hostel/Camping

 

21 km
0,1 km
262 m

IT-12036 Staffarda

 

Abbey/convent

Abbazia di Santa Maria di Staffarda
Abbazia di Santa Maria di Staffarda
La Chiesa Abbaziale di Staffarda vista dal chiostro
La Chiesa Abbaziale di Staffarda vista dal chiostro
Abbazia di Staffarda il chiostro visto dalla sala capitolare
Abbazia di Staffarda il chiostro visto dalla sala capitolare
Abbazia di Staffarda - Interno della Chiesa abbaziale
Abbazia di Staffarda - Interno della Chiesa abbaziale

Staffarda Abbey (Santa Maria di Staffarda) is a Cistercian monastery located near Saluzzo Wikipedia Icon in north-west Italy; it was founded as a daughter house of Tiglieto Abbey Wikipedia Icon in 1135 by Manfred I, Marquis of Saluzzo. The abbey became an important local centre for agriculture and held a flourishing market. It was placed in commendam to the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in 1750.

A portrait of Cesare Alessandro Scaglia di Verrua, abbot of Staffarda, painted by Antony van Dyck in about 1634, is now in the National Gallery in London.

An important musical manuscript, the Codex Staffarda, dating to the 1480s or 1490s and containing reference to the commandatory abbot Brixianus Taparelli, is now in the National University Library of Turin. It includes polyphonic works by Renaissance composers such as Jacob Obrecht and Antoine Brumel, as well as the earliest surviving example of a polyphonic Dies Irae by an otherwise unknown composer, Engarandus Juvenis.

Information about copyright

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by-sa: CREATIVE COMMONS Attribution-ShareAlike

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Input taken over from:

Wikipedia contributors, 'Staffarda Abbey', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 April 2013, 10:53 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staffarda_Abbey&oldid=549491026> [accessed 7 December 2014]

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07 Dec 2014

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biroto-Redaktion

Hours of opening

From Tuesday to Sunday:
09:00 to 12:30 (last entry at 12:00)
13:00 to 17:00 (last admission 16:30) - from 01/11 to 28/02
13:00 to 18:00 (last admission 17:30) - from 01/03 to 31/10

Monday: closed

 

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