Monte Reale, Mountain summit in the Ligurian Apennines, Liguria, Italy
Monte Reale is a 902-metre mountain in the Ligurian Apennines, on the watershed between the Scrivia torrent and its right tributary the Vobbia. It lies in the western part of the Antola Regional Natural Park, within the municipalities of Ronco Scrivia and Isola del Cantone. Its summit holds a sanctuary and a small shelter.
In the Middle Ages the summit held a castle, of which almost nothing remains today. The Sanctuary of Madonna di Loreto was built in its place between 1858 and 1868. The mountain has been part of the Antola Regional Natural Park since 1989.
The sanctuary on the summit is dedicated to the Madonna di Loreto and was built between 1858 and 1868 on the site of a medieval castle that has almost entirely disappeared. A small shelter beside the church stays open year-round with 8 beds, and a rustic cableway on the Scrivia side is used when materials need to be hauled up.
The shelter beside the Sanctuary of the Madonna di Loreto is always open and has 8 beds; a rustic cableway on the Scrivia side is used when materials need hauling up. From Ronco Scrivia station a path climbs via the hamlet of Cascine, while another follows the Vobbia-Scrivia watershed from Minceto, crossing the steep slope at Rocca de Premé where a fixed cable helps on snow or slippery ground; allow about an hour and 310 m of ascent.
The summit's panorama reaches from the forts of Genoa to the Maritime Alps, from Monte Rosa to the Adamello, and on clear days as far as Corsica. The medieval castle that once stood here has almost entirely vanished, leaving only the sanctuary built between 1858 and 1868.
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