Top 5 Caves 아쿠아산타 테르메 주변

short but steep path

From the imposing chestnut forest, the main path leads to a clearing located on a huge travertine spur, overlooking the forest. On the rock face, you can see, at the top right, the fascinating structure of the Hermitage of San Marco, a natural cavity closed by a church-shaped building with a bell tower and connected to the path by a stone staircase. The wall, in Romanesque style, is made of ashlar stones and has a single-lancet window and five double-lancet windows. In ancient times, the building housed a convent founded by Cistercian monks at the beginning of the 13th century and consists of two overlapping rooms, connected by a staircase resting on the rock. It is a very “poor” construction, which recalls the Benedictine monastic rule. Inside the Hermitage, it is still possible to find traces of the primitive frescoes painted by the monks on the walls and on the vault of the lower room. On the ceiling of the cave, the splendid “tapestry” of maidenhair fern is noteworthy. The Hermitage of San Marco has been restored and brought back to its maximum splendor. It retains its evocative power that attracts tourists and travelers, lovers of history and nature. (c) https://visitascoli.it/esperienze/colle-san-marco-meta-di-eremiti-nel-corso-dei-secoli/

The Grotta di Sant'Angelo, in the heart of the Montagna dei Fiori, is one of the most interesting rock cavities of the Italian prehistory of the Monti della Laga. The hermitage cave opens at the beginning of the path that leads to the Salinello gorges.

We were there in July. The route is sunny, I recommend less hot times of the day. There is a drinking fountain in the picnic area before the trailhead but it was out of water. Still a wonderful place

The Grotta del Petrienno is about 60 meters wide, and has a depth of about 15 meters. To access you pass under the waterfall.

Here is the hermitage of San Marco, a hermitage that was built in the 13th century. This place of worship is dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, a disciple of the apostle St. Peter and Paul.

There is an artificial quarry here. I take its name from the Franciscan Beato Corrado, who used this quarry as a hermitage. According to legend he was a priest in Libya, and later a lecturer in Paris. He had decided to retire here to meditate and pray and spend his last days here (as a saint).

The signposted route includes some points where you need a fair amount of training and experience, especially in the colder and more humid months.