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From Prato to Vernio along the Bisenzio river

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Italy

Tuscany

Prato

From Prato to Vernio along the Bisenzio river

Hard

4.2

(10)

135

riders

From Prato to Vernio along the Bisenzio river

03:07

50.3km

510m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Area naturale protetta di interesse locale Monti della Calvana

Area naturale protetta di interesse locale Monteferrato

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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826 m

Mercatale Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Mercatale bridge is located in Prato and is of medieval origin. It gave access to the homonymous square which at the time was one of the largest in Europe. Before the Second World War the bridge was enlarged and reinforced with concrete but in 1944 it was bombed and now has the original medieval structure.

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4.40 km

Cavalciotto Weir

Highlight • Monument

The Cavalciotto is a weir located in Santa Lucia which dates back to the 11th century and is a fundamental component of the complex Prato water system, made up of no less than 53 kilometers of millponds which, starting from there, cross the whole territory and then flow into the Ombrone river.
The main function of the Cavalciotto was therefore to (partially) divert the natural course of the Bisenzio to give life to the so-called Gorone, the first and largest gora in Prato.
The Cavalciotto is one of the most important examples of industrial archeology in the Prato area. cittadiprato.it/IT/Sezioni/132/Il-Cavalciotto

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5.07 km

Waterfalls and Stone Bridge on the Rio Buti

Highlight • Waterfall

Along the cycle path, you pass the Rio Buti over a small bridge. On one side there is a small road that allows you to see the drafts created by the crystalline water of the small Rio.

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14.1 km

Badia di San Salvatore in Vaiano

Highlight • Religious Site

Vaiano, the largest town in the Bisenzio Valley, is known for its splendid Romanesque parish church of San Salvatore. It is also a popular stop on the cycle path coming from Prato, located ten kilometers from Vernio, the starting point for the climb towards the Montepiano pass.

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16.5 km

Parish Church of San Lorenzo in Usella

Highlight • Religious Site

The church of San Lorenzo is located in the locality of Usella, in the municipality of Cantagallo, in the territory of Prato. Around this church, already documented in 997, the town of Usella developed in the Middle Ages. The complex, including the church with a bell tower and a rectory, was considerably restructured in the early twentieth century according to the project of the Prato architect Giuseppe Bacci.
visittuscany.com/it/attrazioni/chiesa-san-lorenzo-a-usella

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24.1 km

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Mercatale

Highlight • Religious Site

Church from the sixties of the last century built in place of the previous seventeenth-century church. Mercatale di Vernio is located on the SR 325 which leads from Prato to Castiglione dei Pepoli and Bologna.

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24.2 km

MUMAT Museum of Textile Machines

Highlight • Monument

In the building of the former Meucci factory, this interesting museum was created by the municipality of Vernio which shows the textile reality that took hold in the area as early as the end of the 19th century.

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25.8 km

Public Water Fountain

26.0 km

San Quirico Town Hall (Palazzo Municipale), Vernio

Highlight • Historical Site

The town hall of San Quirico, capital of the Municipality of Vernio, was the count's palace, called Casone, of the Bardi Counts, imperial vicars, who had jurisdiction over the County of Vernio, an autonomous fiefdom until the arrival of the Napoleonic troops and then definitively suppressed and included in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with article 100 letter D of the General Treaty of Vienna of 1815.

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50.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.4 km

12.1 km

5.22 km

4.51 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

43.9 km

6.45 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Friday 28 August

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Mercatale Bridge

Cavalciotto Weir

Waterfalls and Stone Bridge on the Rio Buti

Badia di San Salvatore in Vaiano

Parish Church of San Lorenzo in Usella

Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Mercatale

MUMAT Museum of Textile Machines

San Quirico Town Hall (Palazzo Municipale), Vernio

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