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The Cascata dei Papalini suddenly appears in a small clearing in the heart of the forest, along the path: over time the falling water has formed a columnar deposit of gray limestone that descends like a drape and that partly acts as a springboard for the jet. But the peculiarity and spectacular nature of this waterfall is the possibility of seeing it even from behind the scenes: in fact, by climbing to the left on a short but steep path, you reach a natural roof of the rock from which you can observe the forest below through the curtain of water, without getting wet! The passage is not protected and is wet, so you need to pay particular attention. Like all torrential waterfalls, it is not always full and active: you need to look for the right period, perhaps after heavy rains, to visit it in all its thunderous splendor.

The "Vajo del Bruto" or Valle delle Buse di Sopra, more simply known as the Valle delle Sfingi, is located in the contrada del Brutto or malga Buse di Sotto in Camposilvano. It is a particular valley, about 800 meters long, which has large monoliths regularly spaced from each other and which recall the Egyptian sphinxes, from which it takes its name. These particular rocks are the result of the karst erosion of two different rock formations, the Rosso Ammonitico and the Oolite di San Vigilio. The Valle delle Sfingi is a magical place, full of stories and legends, such as the one linked to the particular mushroom-shaped rock, also known as "el sengio de l'orco". According to tradition, in fact, this mushroom was brought here by an ogre to allow the fade (magical creatures) to tie a rope end to it to hang out the laundry. Or like the "Fò della Pace", a large tree isolated from the others and so called because under its shade disputes were resolved and contracts were drawn up.

Always a magical place to see

To discover the riches of the Folignani Forest, you can walk in about 2 and a half hours along a path just over 8 km long that starts from the Bocca di Selva Refuge located at 1550 meters above sea level. An excursion into the heart of the Folignani Forest means immersing yourself in the wildest and most uncontaminated nature among trees such as beech, black hornbeam and spruce but also forms of life that make this corner of the Veneto a true naturalistic paradise to be explored. The Folignani Forest has been declared not only a Site of Community Interest but also a SPA, that is, an area that protects the avifauna of the hazel grouse, the black woodpecker, the boreal owl and the roe deer goshawk, which live in the area with other animals such as deer, marmots but above all the wolves that, after more than a century, have returned to inhabit this area of the Central Alps. https://www.villanichesola.it/foresta-dei-folignami-trekking/

Lessinia, or Monti Lessini, is a plateau and an Alpine supergroup located mainly in the province of Verona and partially in the provinces of Vicenza and Trento. A part of the Lessini territory constitutes the Lessinia Regional Natural Park. It borders to the north with the Val di Ronchi and the Carega Group, to the east with the Val Leogra, to the south with the Adige and the upper Veronese plain and to the west with the Val Lagarina. Its peaks reach an altitude between 1500 and 1800 m above sea level. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessinia

Beautiful waterfall, it looks like a face with one eye, a big nose and teeth😊

Very suggestive place due to the presence of these rock formations, typical of Lessinia (they are also seen in other parts but here they are concentrated in a particular way, with the formations that stand out from the ground giving the idea of the Sphinxes)

Dense forest mainly of fir trees located on the slopes of the Anguilla valley and the Ortiche valley.