Sentiero del Viandante

A section of the path near Dervio. Dervio is a small town in Province of Lecco.

The Sentiero del Viandante (in English the "Wayfarer's Path") is a footpath in Lombardy. It goes along the eastern side of Lake Como. The path starts near the Church of Saint Martin at Abbadia Lariana in the Province of Lecco and ends at a church called Madonna di Val Pozzo near Piantedo in the Province of Sondrio. The path is about 45 km long.^[1]^[2]

The view on the promontory of Bellagio from Lierna, which inspired Leonardo da Vinci for the contours of the Mona Lisa

The path dates from Ancient Roman times. It originally went from Milan to the border with Switzerland. In 1989, the Province of Lecco began to clear and restore the trail. It was given the name "Sentiero del Viandante" in 1992. It is now one of the most popular hiking trails in Northern Italy.^[3]

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References

↑ Varenna Turismo. "Sentiero del Viandante" Archived 2017-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
↑ Robertson, David and Stewart, Sarah (2004). Italian Lakes, p. 85. Hunter Publishing. ISBN 1856912345
↑ Trekking.it. "Sentiero del Viandante" Archived 2019-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 March 2018 (in Italian).

[1] Varenna Turismo. "Sentiero del Viandante" Archived 2017-09-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[2] Robertson, David and Stewart, Sarah (2004). Italian Lakes, p. 85. Hunter Publishing. ISBN 1856912345

[3] Trekking.it. "Sentiero del Viandante" Archived 2019-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 March 2018 (in Italian).

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