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Badlands on the Cucherla Hill

Timeless suggestive place

Particular "gruyere" caves

Inside, you can admire stalactites, stalagmites and other limestone formations, as well as fossils of extinct animals. Furthermore, the Soprasasso Caves are an important habitat for several species of bats, some of which are in danger of extinction.

The Soprasasso Caves, in the Bolognese Apennines, are located in the municipality of Vergato. To reach them, you can follow a beautiful path accessible to everyone, which will allow you to admire the surrounding valleys and enjoy the view of Corno alle Scale up to Cimone. Inside, you can admire stalactites, stalagmites and other limestone formations, as well as fossils of extinct animals. Furthermore, the Soprasasso Caves are an important habitat for several species of bats, some of which are in danger of extinction.

They are the Calanchi di Montemaggiore, a trap from which it is really hard to escape when wet, but otherwise a passage of unparalleled charm, for the calanchi themselves and thanks to the vast inclined plane of the vineyards lying down to the east of the passage, an epiphany! As a dirt road it also represents a very valid connection between the area of San Lorenzo in Collina, San Martino, Pradalbino and the Samoggia Valley between Stiore and Savigno, thanks to the path that, among the vineyards of the Botti winery, descends into that valley from the Church of Montemaggiore.

Weather events such as rain and wind turned into artists, having fun shaping the sandstone rock, creating coves and sculpting the rock into strange and perfect designs.

From the road, take the dirt road that takes you to the visitor center. For centuries these stones have been used as a military defensive point. First came the Byzantines then the Malatigni family in medieval times. There are paths both on foot and by MTB to see the stones from different angles.