Bike Tours

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Valle Brembana
Cycle Route
ciclovia
valle Brembana
The small Church
of the Saint
Legend has it that this small church
was built in ancient times according
to the wishes of a knight who had
fallen into the Brembo River and had
escaped death thanks to
the divine intervention of
V Saint John the Baptist. In
1751 the people wanted once again
to give homage to the Saint. He appears
at the feet of the Madonna
with Child in the fresco on the façade,
in the lower part of the fresco
we can see a town that is falling to
pieces. This is clearly a votive image,
perhaps made possible by the local
population following some miracle.
After a long straight road towards Scalvino and
near “Agriturismo Ferdy”, we pass the Brembo
River using an iron passageway. Further along
there is the steep but lovely Ponte delle Capre
(Goat’s Bridge), after crossing this we cross the
road carefully and continue along the cycle path
for quite a long way until we reach the station
at Lenna. Cycle around the houses of the town
to reach the Shrine of the Madonna della
Coltura (Madonna of the Crops) from where, in
a wide arch, the path leads to the last tunnel on
the route. The route ends just beyond the tunnel,
at the foot of Piazza Brembana.
30. The passageway on the Serio River
31. Lenna, The “Goat’s Bridge”