The Cirone Pass (1225m) is a mountain pass in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines that connects the province of Parma with the municipality of Pontremoli.

The Cirone Pass is located along the Via del Sale (Salt Road), a route that crossed the Apennines and was used in the Middle Ages to smuggle salt from Tuscany to Emilia. In reality, the Via del Sale was not a single clearly identifiable road, but rather a network of rugged paths that intersected at various points, used by travellers and pilgrims, and had several rest stops and shelters, called “ospitali.” It is the location of these shelters that has allowed historians to reconstruct one of the main routes of the Via del Sale, which passed from Parma through Langhirano, then ascended to Beduzzo, entered the territory of Corniglio at Ballone, passed through the villages of Sesta and Bosco, and then crossed the Cirone Pass to descend into Tuscany in the Val di Magra.

The Passo del Cirone is characterised by the presence of a suggestive stone church dedicated to the Madonna del Monte Orsaro, the place where the church itself stands.