The climb to the suggestive sanctuary of San Giuseppe da Leonessa on Colle la Croce in Leonessa is divided into seven stages.
Small sacred edicola (roofing) were built on each stage of the route.
The sanctuary was built around 1737.
According to tradition, the patron saint of Leonessa planted a cross here which he carried on his shoulders for 4 km along the impervious mule track.
Three quarters of the way down the path you reach a rock called "the rock" of San Giuseppe.
Here, a spring active since 1628 due to a miracle by the saint who wanted to quench the thirst of his brother Gregory tired from the climb.
On the square you can admire a majestic concrete cross.
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