![Ponte a botte near Scheggia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Ponte_a_botte_near_Scheggia.jpg)
The Scheggia Pass is a
pass
Pass, PASS, The Pass or Passed may refer to:
Places
*Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland
* Pass, Poland, a village in Poland
*Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits
*Mountain pass, a lower place in a mountai ...
in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
that marks the division between the Central and Northern
Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
. It is in northern
Umbria
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and lies between
Gubbio
Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines.
History
The city's origins are very ancient. ...
and
Cagli
Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town.
History
Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...
at 632 meters. It opens up as a natural plateau near the border with the territory of the municipality of
Cantiano
Cantiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 100 km (62 mi) west of Ancona and about 70 km (44 mi) southwest of Pesaro. The Burano
Burano is an islan ...
, in the
province of Pesaro and Urbino
The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( it, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and Emilia ...
.
Although it is on the border between Umbria and Marche, it does not represent a watershed between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian sides: in fact, it connects the Burano valley (
Metauro
The Metauro is a river in the Marche region of central Italy. It rises in the Apennine Mountains and runs east for or if the Meta is included as its uppermost reach.
The name of the river in Latin is ''Metaurus'' or ''Mataurus.'' In Ancient Gr ...
basin) to the Sentino valley (
Esino
The Esino (, la, Aesis) is a river in the Marche region of central Italy.
Geography
The source of the river is east of Monte Penna in the province of Macerata near the border with the province of Ancona. The river flows east past Esanatoglia and ...
basin). The watershed is located further south, between
Scheggia and
Costacciaro
Costacciaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italy, Italian region Umbria, located about 40 km northeast of Perugia. It is a medieval burgh, which, after the rule of Perugia and Gubbio, became part of the Papal ...
, dividing the
Sentino
The Sentino is a tributary of the Esino River, which springs at 750 m above sea level above the mountains of Gubbio, in Umbria. The Sentino flows from the north-eastern slope of Madonna della Cima.
The source gushes from the north-eastern slope of ...
valley from the
Chiascio
The Chiascio is a river of Umbria, central Italy. It is a left tributary of the Tiber. It is 95 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1962 km2. Its largest tributary is the Topino
The Topino is a river in Umbria, central Italy. It was k ...
valley.
Coming from the direction of Rome, after Scheggia there is a gentle climb up to the pass proper, beyond which the road descends rapidly towards the border with Marche with a few bends until it reaches a barrel bridge built entirely of stone during the 19th century.
An Umbrian and then Roman temple dedicated to ''Jupiter Apenninus'' once stood there,
[AA. VV. (2004), p. 260] as is also suggested by some Roman baths found nearby.
[Paolucci (1966), p. 32-34]
See also
List of mountain passes
This is a list of mountain passes.
Africa
Egypt
* Halfaya Pass (near Libya)
Lesotho
* Moteng Pass
* Mahlasela pass
* Sani Pass
Morocco
* Tizi n'Tichka
South Africa
* Eastern Cape Passes
* Western Cape Passes
* Northern Cape Passes
* Kwa ...
References
Sources
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Mountain passes of Umbria
Mountain passes of the Apennines
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