“And the tall, black, mysterious Verna enters history from this aerial eagle's nest carved out of the rock”
This quote by Monsignor Antonio Tani (from “San Francesco nel Montefeltro”, 1926), recalls the event that is at the origin of the Way. In the town of San Leo (ancient Mons Feretri), St Francis was gifted Mount La Verna by Count Orlando Catani of Chiusi in Casentino on 8 May 1213. It is also where he received his stigmata in 1224 and where the sanctuary, one of the main sites in Franciscan history, now stands.
Thanks to the volunteers of Rimini’s L'Umana Dimora Association and Rimini Scout Group 2, who “adopted” the first stage (here they are at work in a post on Facebook) and who periodically carry out maintenance on the signposting of the Way and its various links.
The path can be identified by the following symbols or signs.
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Signposts are placed at important junctions, with a panel similar to this one
In some stretches, signposting of the Way complements red-white CAI signs
