カステニェーロの天然記念物・トップ20

La Grotta di Santa Felicitaは、テオーロのモンテ・デッラ・マドンナの南斜面に位置し、エウガネア丘陵地域公園内にあります。ここは、伝説によれば8世紀から9世紀にかけて聖人が隠遁生活を送ったとされる、神秘と精神性に包まれた場所です。 この洞窟は、サント・アントニオ・アバーテ小教会のすぐ隣にある自然の空洞です。内部には、かつて奇跡的とされていた、丘陵地帯で最も標高の高い場所にある水源の一つが祀られています。ナガミカキ（dvärgfikon）が自生する地中海性植物に囲まれたこの場所は、絶対的な平和の雰囲気を醸し出しています。簡単な散策でアクセスできるこの洞窟は、テオーロの小道を探索する人々にとって最も印象的な立ち寄り地点の一つであり、火山地質の魅力と、今日でもこの洞窟を再生と瞑想の象徴と見なす人々の信仰心を結びつけています。

The Grotta di San Bernardino is a small and fascinating medieval hermitage, nestled at the base of a ten-meter-high limestone pinnacle (the only rock tower in the entire Berici Hills). The building's façade encloses a karst cavity about thirty meters long and ten meters wide. An evocative and mysterious setting. According to tradition, the name derives from the shelter it provided to Saint Bernardino of Siena, who preached in these areas in the 15th century. In the early 16th century, this cave, like others in the Berici Hills, was adapted as a temporary refuge for the local populations, while the Venetian plain was subjected to enemy raids. The oldest prehistoric remains in the Vicenza area (tools and animal bones dating back 200,000 years) were found inside the cave: it was likely used by Neanderthals as a hunting base. Interesting fact: the abundance of animal bones was the main cause of soil removal and the resulting significant impoverishment of San Bernardino's paleontological heritage. In fact, in 1890, the Camerini family, owners of the site, had the rich phosphate material excavated from the cave. It was transported downstream by cableway and used as fertilizer for the fields! The cave is occasionally open to the public, with guided tours organized by the Mossano Tourist Board (Pro Loco), which you can contact for details. http://www.tuttoberici.it/arte/S-Bernardino-Grotta-Mossano.htm https://www.archeoveneto.it/portale/wp-content/filemaker/stampa_scheda_estesa.php?recid=189

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Natural caves near the church of San Donato. Beautiful view of the plain and the Euganei.

Reachable by following path 72 starting from Villaga Fantastic view of the plain, as well as a place of historical interest

small newts in the pond at the bottom of the cave

A passage beneath a striking rock roof, at the foot of a cliff that cuts through a steep forest. In the area, as throughout the Berici Hills, there are numerous unique karst features (ledges, cliffs, roofs, and caves), the result of differential erosion between rocks of varying compactness, formed in different geological eras. They have been used as shelter and dwellings since prehistoric times. P.S.: A 'cèngia' is a horizontal passage that cuts through a vertical wall; a 'còvolo' (Venetian dialect) is a ravine in the rock.

The covoli di San Donato are wonderful, panoramic. It is a place where an ancient church once stood close to the covoli; later it became a female Benedictine monastery. Now stands a church dating back to the nineteenth century. The walls also have some climbing routes.