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WALKING ON SUNSHINE
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The route begins in central Piazza Vittorio
Emanuele III and leads to the square in front
of the parish church where, until 1915, the
monument to Franz Joseph stood.
At the end of Pitteri Avenue, once the access
to the poet’s Villa, there used to be an
important convent of friars of the Dominican
congregation. Following Via dei Conventi and
Via dei Pini, one exits the built-up area. A wide
dirt road enters the extensive Campi dei Fratti
and, along the way, an ancient boundary term is
found at the foot of a mulberry tree.
Continuing north, you reach the municipal
boundary with Cjampagna Colomp, where you
turn right along an ancient roadway that once
connected Gorizia to Palmanova.
Entering a shady area, you reach the Volt di
Fara and then, crossing SP 10, to a refreshment
point from which to admire the view. Continue
through a grove to the Capitello di Sant’Eurosia
(1). With your back to the capitol, you can
identify a wide tratturo among the vineyards
that, through the Campi di Santa Rosa, leads
to the intersection with the Strada della
Colombara, near the entrance to the Braida di
Spessotto and, from here, you reach the small
church of San Pietro e Paolo (2) in Villanova.
Just beyond the capitol you reach the junction
with the Strada della Colombara and following
the wide dirt road you reach the Casa sotto i
Ronchi and Via Contessa Beretta.
After about a hundred meters, a small road
enters on the left, skirting the old wall of the
Villa Russian-Cressati, where the Convent of
the Poor Ladies of Saint Catherine of Siena was
once located.
The route of the old municipal road exits into
the back country and, near a farmhouse, enters
the ancient Braida dei Pestazzi.
The overhanging ridge of the Ronchi di San
Giovanni Battista accompanies the traveler
among lush rows of vines and cultivated
plots until the junction with the Viottolo per
Villanova, heading to the hamlet of the same
name. Leaving the branch off, a wide, marked
dirt road heads toward the obvious Campanile
(3), then, skirting the wall of the Braida della
Chiesa with a couple of turns, you return to the
starting point.
Route general data
6 km 1h 45’
dirt road
paved road
pet
friendly
Farra d’Isonzo
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