THE LEGENDS
Photo from Porto San Giorgio by @giuseppebaldassarri
THE LEGENDS OF MONTE CONERO
Grotta degli Schiavi: collapsed in the 1930s, the beautiful cave survives in memory and legends linked to pirates. These seem to have used this cave as a "deposit" for slaves, whose laments could be heard from a great distance; among them, one day a beautiful Venetian princess arrived, who, sad for her long stay, melted with her own tears, forming a source of pure water that still today flows into the Adriatic Sea.
Deep Lake: there are many legends that underline the danger of this small lake in Portonovo. The most important echoes the existence of a small river, the Budello del Profondo, which crossed the Cònero connecting the lake with Porto Recanati. It also seems that a secret seven based in Portonovo used to throw the corpses of the nobles into this lake who insisted on practicing the deplorable ritual of the ius primae noctis.
Buco del Diavolo: also called Buco della Paura, is a disturbing underground path near Camerano. A tradition that can be linked to pagan myths, tells that, walking through it entirely, one would arrive in a large room with an altar in the center, on which one would find a golden hen surrounded by twelve chicks: but the unfortunate will never be able to go back if he does not discover the true name of the Devil and will not write it on the rock with his own blood. Merry, right?
Grotta del Mortarolo: the hermitage, easily accessible from the park's path number one, hides a disturbing legend; it seems that on the ground inside the cave the stones make up a figure of a man lying down, and even when they are moved, they return in the space of one night to form the original shape.
Roman Caves: the caves dug by Roman slaves, hide many legends. One of them tells of a treasure, which no one ever tried to recover because it was defended by the souls of the quarrymen who died in the quarry; another recalls a revolt, suffocated in blood, but with brutal characters: it seems that in the vicinity of the rock called "coffin", the slaves killed their torturers inside their tomb, specially dug for the occasion.
The Two Sisters: there are many legends that orbit these two rocks. The most unique is undoubtedly that of a Siren, who with her seductive song attracted the sailors inside the Slaves' cave, where the poor were imprisoned. Ally of the perfect Siren was a sea demon, who for his misdeeds was transformed into stone and divided into two: the two Sisters.
Pian Grande: tradition has it that this place in the park hides a treasure of inestimable value in an incredibly hidden hiding place. To find it, however, it is necessary to wait until early May, go out into the open sea every day at dawn, and look at the vault of the mountain until a particularly strong ray of light sets fire to a bush: the flames will make the rock shine at the point. exactly where the chest is buried.
La Vela: the typical shape of Vela gave its name to this rock, but the names actually attributed to it are numerous: among these, the Trovelò, as it is said that one day it was "found" in the water after being collapsed from the mountain.
Il Trave: The rock of the beam is a very particular and characteristic geological formation; in fact, it extends towards the sea for about a kilometer, mostly at the water's edge. Legend has it that once the Trave extended to the other side of the Adriatic, as a symbol of brotherhood, but that the fury of the elements destroyed it, leaving it with the appearance of a collapsed bridge.
The Emerged: an old legend tells that one night, the cone-shaped rock near the Baia della Vecchia, emerged from nowhere without any
seismic movements.
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