Jacobean Route of Anaunia - Stage 1, PART 1 from Sanzeno to Fondo

<p><strong>From Sanzeno to Fondo</strong>. Woods, meadows, villages and small churches that are little gems of sacred art. Paths and places crossed by pilgrims for 500 years!</p>

<p>In this first part of the first stage we find the San Bartolomeo farmstead in Romeno, where we can admire the precious and ancient small hospice church for pilgrims documented already in 1213. Continuing a bit further we reach the small church of St. Anthony in Romeno, precious for showing outside a cycle of frescoes dedicated to the most famous miracle attributed to Saint James of Compostela, commonly called the legend of the hanged man. Other important signs concerning the devotion to Saint James of Compostela can be found in Fondo where we can admire various frescoes dedicated to the Saint.</p> <p>Overall, this beautiful stage is quite demanding both for the length and for the elevation gain, but does not present very steep climbs except for the short one from the San Romedio gorge to Salter. Average walking times, excluding breaks, are around 5 hours, depending on physical training and personal walking attitude.</p>