Stairs to the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso and San Catarina Navigation Lakes
Those who prefer not to walk can also reach Santa Caterina del Sasso using the state-of-the-art elevator. This allows even the elderly or those with disabilities to effortlessly climb the 51 meters between the square of the "Cascine del Quicchio" and the actual entrance to the hermitage. The new elevator (which took seven years to build) and can carry up to 12 people is a true engineering gem. Indeed, a 6-meter-diameter shaft was excavated 51 meters vertically into the rock.
From the elevator exit, you walk another 45 meters along a horizontal gallery, also carved into the rock. On its walls, you can visually follow the progress and development of this monumental project. Only at the exit does the magnificent 170-degree panorama of the lake and the opposite shore unfold, even reaching as far as the Swiss 4,000-meter peaks of the canton of Valais to the north.
From the lake
The access via the lake is definitely the most impressive. A very small harbor provides a landing stage for the steamers that regularly bring tourists ashore to visit the hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso.
Visitors are left breathless by such a spectacle! This must-see historical building, "clinging" to the rock, can be seen from afar.
Text / Source: Lago-Maggiore.de
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