トッリ・ディ・カルテソロの天然記念物・トップ8

Well kept - memories

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

Attila's Tooth is a rocky outcrop on the edge of a sheer cliff. It's enclosed by a wooden fence for safety, easily surmountable since there's no protection above the cliff and vegetation obscures the drop. A few steps along the trail is the Croce del Monte Brojon, another very exposed vantage point with a beautiful view of the village of Lumignano below, the Hermitage of San Cassiano, and the plain, with the Euganean Hills on the horizon.

Perarolo di Arcugnano is a splendid village, dominated by the splendid church of San Bernardino with its particular bell tower designed at the end of the 19th century by the architect Vittorio Barichella. From here there are some beautiful paths that lead towards the woods of Brendola.

The best drinking fountain in the area. Unmissable charging stage

stopping point for drinking water supply

Panoramic place on the valley below and on the Euganean hills on the bottom !!! The path to arrive, visit and return to Mossano is wonderful

enchanting place and stopping point with benches to rest if necessary