Top 8 Caves モントロでの

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.

Grotto of San Michele on Monte Salto.

Really suggestive place that deserves to be visited.

Beautiful sanctuary carved into the rock! Stunning panoramic view

On the slopes of Mount Terminio, in the territory of Serino, there is the ancient sanctuary of the Santissimo Salvatore, entirely dug into the rock and adapted for liturgical and residential use for a small hermit community. The cave seems to have been excavated around the end of 1300 by a Benedictine religious community that resided at the time in the Abbey of Cerreto. Inside are the statues of the Holy Savior and of San Michele Arcangelo. The Grotta del SS. Salvatore was formerly called the cave of the Angel or of San Michele. It is located, together with other caves, on what is called the path of the Angel. It is flanked by a hermitage that served as a refuge for pilgrims and all visitors who took the arduous path that led to the cave, reachable in about 3 hours of walking.

The cave is located in a cavity of Monte Salto. After following a short path immersed in the woods you arrive at a small, completely natural open-air church with benches, cross, lectern and altar made of wood. Further ahead there is a rest and picnic area with tables, benches and barbeque. The view of the valley below is absolutely breathtaking! On the right you take a small path that leads to the entrance to the cave of San Michele inside which there is an altar, a painting and the statue of San Michele Arcangelo. Outside the cave, on the left side, there is a bell to ring to let the village know that another person has visited the cave.

Very impressive rock church.