Top 5 Caves サンチプリアーノピセンティーノでの

The mines for the extraction of ichthyol, a fossil substance from which an ointment with an antiseptic action was obtained, operated in the first half of the twentieth century. Subsequently, the spread of mercury-chromium caused the decline in the use of this precious substance.

The Hermitage of San Magno is an ancient natural cave located on the mountain of the same name, in which - according to a deep-rooted tradition - the Bishop of Trani San Magno took refuge during his escape from the persecutions of Decius. In fact, it would seem that during his long pilgrimage from Trani to Rome, he stopped at this hermitage which today bears his name, from 220 to 230 AD. Here he would have done the work of catechising the local population, to whom he would have appeared after his death in 251 AD, asking them to build a hermitage in the cave where he had lived. An image of the Saint, believed to be miraculous, is frescoed on the rock wall and dated 1541.

At the cave also known as San Michele

Going up Mount Stella from Ogliara (with appropriate trekking clothing and sturdy shoes), following a secondary path, you can reach the Grotta del Santo Salvatore, used as a refuge for shepherds in case of rain. The cave of the Holy Savior, better known as "il Salvatoriello", opens at 750 meters on the northeastern wall of Mount Stella, and houses the ancient structure of a rock church in Byzantine style, clear testimony of the Greek-Oriental monastic settlement . On the back wall of the cave there is a quadrangular basin which still today collects the dripping waters of the rock.

On the corkscrew path, present after the wreckage, the cave with a little water inside...

Small shallow natural cave

Not very deep cave that can be visited for a few meters

Just before the wreck, on the right going up towards Barrizzullo, there is a cave.