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Turk's Cave

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Location: Gaeta, Latina, Lazio, Italy

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1. Parco di Monte Orlando

7.21km

02:11

230m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Montagna Spaccata di Gaeta – Grotta del Turco loop from Serapo

6.25km

01:50

180m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Montagna Spaccata of Gaeta – Turk's Cave loop from Serapo

9.91km

02:52

240m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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🅰️NGELO L🅰️MB🅰️RDI 🇮🇪

May 8, 2022

In the mountain there are three crevices in the rock, with a long staircase leading into the deepest central crevice and to the so-called 'Grotta del Turco'. This gash in the mountain, this enormous wound in the earth, was formed, according to the Christian tradition, immediately after the death of Jesus Christ. Proof of this is the mythical 'Hand of the Turk', an imprint left centuries ago in the rock (the shape of a hand, with five fingers), which would have been formed when a disbelieving Turkish sailor ( did not believe in the divine origin of the cracks in the mountain) he leaned with his right hand and the stone became soft under his pressure.

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Karl Smith

July 6, 2022

Surprisingly cool place to hike or walk to!

Francesco Atzeni

May 25, 2023

staircase of the cave of the Turk

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Andrea Righini

August 1, 2025

An incredible place for glimpses and lights

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Location: Gaeta, Latina, Lazio, Italy

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Turk's Cave

1. Parco di Monte Orlando

2. Montagna Spaccata di Gaeta – Grotta del Turco loop from Serapo

3. Montagna Spaccata of Gaeta – Turk's Cave loop from Serapo

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