Irpinia

Irpinia, cycling through the history of literature

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE

Departure from Lioni. The route runs along well-maintained roads, scenic for much of their length, most of which will be used by the Giro d'Italia 2023.

KM 51.7

Altitude gain 950 m

Difficulty **

Category Well Trained Amateur

Max. gradient 10%

Duration 2h30 – 3h00

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Departure from Lioni. The route runs along well-maintained roads, scenic for much of their length, most of which will be used by the Giro d’Italia 2023.
We climb nice and easily to Morra De Sanctis and Guardia Lombardi.
We then cross, on a long slight downhill slope, the entire area of the 1981 Irpinia earthquake that is being rebuilt.
Slight ascent to Nusco where, following the signs for Campo di Nusco and then Lioni, we return to the starting point.
Fairly wide roads with little traffic for most of the year.

NOTES:
There are two short stretches on State Road 400, which are essential to close the circle. Extreme care must be taken when travelling along them.

POSSIBLE DETOURS/ALTERNATIVE ROUTES:
After Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, it is possible to stay on the ss. 400 for about 1 km to cut through Nusco and shorten the route by 17 km.

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Francesco Saverio de Sanctis (born in Morra Irpina in 1817 and deceased in Naples in 1883) was a writer and philosopher, literary historian and critic of Italian literature, among the greatest of the 19th century. He dedicated himself to both literary and political endeavours. As a politician, he held the posts of Minister of Public Education of the Kingdom of Italy, Governor of the Province of Avellino, and Deputy of the Kingdom of Italy. As a man of letters, in addition to teaching, Francesco de Sanctis wrote the well-known critical masterpiece Storia della letteratura italiana. It was in this very work that the author wrote the quote “the end justifies the means”, citing it as an example of a misinterpretation of Niccolò Machiavelli’s thought, a phrase that was instead wrongly attributed to Machiavelli himself.