Naturalistic route 5 - MONTE REVELLONE |
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Monte Revellone This mountain stands at the south side of Gola della Rossa, in front of Monte Murano. Recognizable to the Cross erected on its top, with its 841 meters in height, allows you to enjoy an exceptional view, and it is still the goal of pilgrimage of Via Crucis gone on by the inhabitants of Castelletta. To get on its top you must go out of S.S.76 near San Vittore and go towards Falcioni; it’s better to park the car here. Crossed the rail crossing and Pontechiaradovo, near the ENEL box, on the right you start to rise the path 108 towards the Eremo of Grottafucile, at whose ruins it’s interesting to stop. It’s an ancient rocky monastery, built in 1227 by the abbot San Silvestro, the founder of Congregazione Monastica Benedettina Silvestrina, in a place suited to quiet and contemplation. The hermitage consists of a dug in the rock and of a part made of limestone. At the beginning the little church was in the Gothic style, with one aisle without apse; the little monastery, of a quite circular shape, had a cloister, a well, and all those rooms typical of Benedictine monasteries. We continue our route taking the little path that starts just before ruins, and gets on the wide ridge behind the monastery; from this path you can enjoy the view on the central part of Gola della Rossa. The route requires a good bent for walk, although there aren’t many difficult tracts. It takes about five hours to cover the path walking with a no rapid step. |