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| 1 - From
Taviano towards Sambuca Castle |
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| Slope |
75 m |
Equipment |
Water bottle, camera,
trekking shoes |
| Length of return trip |
4 Km |
Duration of route
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1 Hour 10 Minutes |
| Difficulty |
Easy |
Type of path |
Dirt track |
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| Signs: white red CAI no. 00 (first stretch until the fountain) |
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From the municipal car park (504m) you
cross the bridge of the river Limentra, continuing to the right for
a few dozen metres and then right again till you reach the small church
in the village. From here take the small stone bridge and follow the
white-red signs of the footpath CAI no.165. After some houses you
find yourself on a well-preserved mule track, which rises steeply
with sharp bends bringing you to the convent of S. Maria del Giglio.
From the convent you take the tarmac road and after a few minutes
you arrive at Sambuca. The streets in this ancient medieval "borgo"
are still cobbled and flanked with dry stone walls; at the entrance
to the village there is a beautiful fountain made in "pietra
serena" (grey-blue sandstone) welcoming the thirsty wayfarer.
Having then reached the church of S. Giacomo you keep climbing and
quickly get to the ruins of the old fortress walls (736m) where there
is a beautiful panorama of the Limentra valley. The name "Sambuca"
would seem to be derived from a roman war machine, in the shape of
a tower, or, more likely, from the plant Sambuco (Sambucus nigra -
black elderberry), a common bush in the local area. The ancient small
fortress, of which little remains, up until the 19th century protected
part of the original structure of embattled walls and pentagonal towers.
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| From Taviano
towards Sambuca Castle |
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easy route takes you along the mule track. From the village
you take the old mule track that first takes you to the Convent
and then to Sambuca. You very quickly reach the Fortress from
where you can look over the valley of Limentra with the Apennines
as a backdrop.
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image, if you prefer you can download the GPS file in
the
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How to reach Sambuca by
car:
- From Pistoia: Road SS no. 64 toTaviano.
- From Lucca: Road SS no.12 "dell'Abetone e del Brennero"
(for Abetone and Brennero) turning right at La Lima onto
the road S.R.no. 66. Keep going for 15 kilometers turning
left at Pontepetri onto the road SS no. 632 "Traversa
di Pracchia" till Ponte alla Venturina and then right
onto the road SS no. 64 to Taviano.
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