Monte Luciano
Monte Luciano, an elevated private place from which you can enjoy a vast and pleasant view, where once, long ago, a castle owned by the Morici Lords of the nearby castle of Poggio Morico dominated, both destroyed by the bellicose lord of Casacastalda, Monaldo, in conflict with the sons of Morico, where it seems that the ancestors of Saint Francis are originally from Poggio Morico and according to a legend, handed down from generation to generation, it is said that Saint Francis of Assisi climbed Mount Luciano and gathered in prayer sitting on a rocky ridge, where nature reflects the image of the Creator, leaving the imprint of his foot imprinted on the stone of the ridge, miraculously softened: the “Footprint of Saint Francis of Assisi” which can still be admired in its fullness today. What remains of a votive shrine present near the ridge testifies to the sign of devotion that believers directed towards the Saint and to the intense relationship that Saint Francis had with Creation
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