コッレパッソの天然記念物・トップ9

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Included in the Salento Parco dei Paduli collection komoot.com/it-it/collection/2053951/-il-parco-dei-paduli - The menhir (40 cm x 33 cm) has a regular parallelepiped shape and is 390 cm high. Historian Palumbo believes it has been moved from its original location. Crosses are engraved on the faces, a sign of the Christianisation of the monument. The monolith has a slope towards the S and is located in the Cupa farm, incorporated in a dry stone wall. (source Wikipedia https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorrano)

Included in the Salento Parco dei Paduli collection https://www.komoot.com/it-it/collection/2053951/-il-parco-dei-paduli - work in progress...

Approx. *year 1650

Beautiful Menhir, in excellent condition.

Today's News (02 Sep 2022): They are resuming excavations in search of traces of the Neanderthals.

Caves known for the discovery of the famous statuettes (now kept in the national archaeological museum of Taranto) but less known about the exact position of the same. The truth is that, although the enhancement interventions of the archaeological site are visible but have been poorly maintained over the years, little has been done to make known the periods and times in which you can go to visit the excavations. http://www.salogentis.it/2012/03/17/la-grotta-delle-veneri-di-parabita/

It is the most suggestive tree species of all the Salento flora, belonging to the fagaceae family, such as the chestnut and the beech, which recall some characteristics, such as the considerable size. The Quercia Vallonea di Corigliano in fact, is about 15 meters high and has a crown of 20 meters in diameter, set majestically within a small park which is home, among other things, to numerous events related to the Grika culture. The entry of this tree species, which comes from the Middle East and can only be admired in the Salento area, dates back to the year one thousand and in the local dialect its name becomes valani, which in Greek means "acorn". The ancient tree is characterized precisely by large acorns, surmounted by a dome rich in tannin, a chemical substance used in the past for tanning and making leather, a very common activity in Salento. It is one of the few surviving specimens in the area.