Top 4 Caves 포지오 미르테토 주변

산타 로마나 은둔처는 산트 오레스테 술 몬테 소라테에 있으며, 몬테 소라테의 북동쪽 경사면에 있는 동굴 안에 조각된 암석 교회로, 숲이 우거지고 매우 인상적인 환경에 있습니다. 전승에 따르면 1218년에 봉헌되었다고 하지만, 이 장소는 기독교 이전의 숭배와도 관련이 있을 수 있는 더 오래된 기원을 가진 것으로 보입니다. 이 유적지에는 오늘날 보이는 것보다 은둔처가 더 넓었음을 보여주는 벽과 폐허의 흔적이 보존되어 있으며, 동굴의 습한 벽에는 프레스코화도 볼 수 있습니다. 안쪽에는 바위에서 내려오는 물을 모으는 대리석 욕조도 있는데, 전통적으로 젖이 나오지 않는 여성들이 신앙심으로 사용했습니다.

The meri are very deep karst cavities. Easy path to follow. Start from the large Sant'Oreste car park, the one below the road. There are three of them, all close together. On the same path, a little further on, there is the church in the cave of Santa Romana, a beautiful place that deserves to be visited.

beautiful place, worth seeing

hermitage of san leonardo

crossroads for the hermitage of San Michele

this is the hermitage of san leonardo

This grotto was dedicated to "San Michele Arcangelo". His portrait can be found as a fresco on the rock wall. The name of the archangel Michael (coming from the Hebrew language) means “Who is like God?” He is often depicted - in paintings or as a statue - with a flaming sword, and occasionally a lance. Michael is - together with Raphael and Gabriel, occasionally Uriel is also included - one of the three or four archangels who (according to human understanding) occupy the highest rank in the heavenly hierarchy of angelic beings. Their common feast day in the saints' calendar is September 29th.

Arriving in this cave in the woods after having walked the stone staircase arouses a deep emotion. Legend has it that the Archangel Michael, following a battle, locked up a demon in the bowels of the mountain and that he now watches over that this being does not return to earth. This place today is above all a destination for climbers who find something to enjoy themselves in the nearby limestone cliff.