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La Grotta di Santa Felicita는 Monte della Madonna의 남쪽 경사면에 있는 Teolo에 위치하며, Colli Euganei 지역 공원 내에 있습니다. 이곳은 신비와 영성으로 둘러싸인 곳으로, 8세기에서 9세기 사이에 은둔 생활을 했다는 성녀의 이야기와 깊은 관련이 있습니다. 이 동굴은 Sant'Antonio Abate 교회 바로 옆에 있는 자연 동굴입니다. 동굴 안에는 한때 기적의 샘으로 여겨졌던, 언덕에서 가장 높은 곳에 위치한 수원 중 하나가 보존되어 있습니다. 야생 부채선인장이 자생하는 지중해 식물로 둘러싸인 이 장소는 절대적인 평화의 분위기를 자아냅니다. 쉬운 산책으로 도달할 수 있는 이 동굴은 Teolo의 트레일을 탐험하는 사람들에게 가장 매력적인 장소 중 하나이며, 화산 지질의 매력과 오늘날에도 이 동굴을 부활과 성찰의 상징으로 여기는 민중의 신앙을 결합합니다.

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.

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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 Grotta di Santa Felicita is a natural cave located next to the ancient church of Sant'Antonio Abate. Inside there is one of the highest water sources of the Euganean Hills.

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