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San Lazzaro Di Savena

Oratorio della Madonna dei Boschi

San Lazzaro Di Savena

Oratorio della Madonna dei Boschi

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Oratorio della Madonna dei Boschi

Recommended by 106 hikers out of 112

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa

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Location: San Lazzaro Di Savena, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. Via del Fantini Stage 1: From San Lazzaro to Madonna dei Boschi

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Follow a legendary researcher's path through limestone cliffs and ancient karst sinkholes in Bologna's gypsum park.

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2. Gessi Bolognesi and Calanchi dell'Abbadessa Trail (CAI 817)

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Karst caves and clay gullies create an otherworldly landscape just outside Bologna's city limits.

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3. Candle Pit – Spipola Cave loop from Bologna San Ruffillo

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Marika Abbà

September 29, 2022

This small oratory is located in the middle of the woods and was built after the plague of 1630. It is a crossing point of the Calanchi dell’Abadessa ring.

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Davide

November 20, 2021

Small seventeenth-century Oratory object of ancient popular devotion, is dedicated to the image of the Madonna nursing the Child, depicted in the fresco inside in the sweet attitude of a mother.

Built by the inhabitants of Croara to dissolve the vow made in 1630 during the plague, the one described by Manzoni, and recently restored, it is located inside the wood, where the cleaning of the invasive vegetation has allowed to bring to light a huge block of chalk , shaped to be used as a rustic seat and has given back value to the beautiful centuries-old oak that borders this unusual and suggestive churchyard.

(Source: festivaldeisensi.it/w Edizione-maggio-2017/oratorio-madonna-dei-boschi/)

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Maria

March 9, 2025

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Location: San Lazzaro Di Savena, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Oratorio della Madonna dei Boschi

1. Via del Fantini Stage 1: From San Lazzaro to Madonna dei Boschi

2. Gessi Bolognesi and Calanchi dell'Abbadessa Trail (CAI 817)

3. Candle Pit – Spipola Cave loop from Bologna San Ruffillo

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