SAN NICANDRO GARGANICO...
PLACES TO DISCOVER
My desire to speak of these places in particular was born after a group outing with the Association of Manfredonia, called Dauniatur, near San Nicandro Garganico.
I have always traveled around Italy, but recently I have felt the need to know better my own land, the Gargano area.
I have always traveled around Italy, but recently I have felt the need to know better my own land, the Gargano area.
The findings have deeply touched my soul by filling it of surprise. I did not know ...
In particular, this trip has touched three places: the Dolina Pozzatina, the cave of the Mill Plain (Piana della Macina) and the same town of San Nicandro Garganico, although here the visit was mainly by the Museum of Ethnography.
In particular, this trip has touched three places: the Dolina Pozzatina, the cave of the Mill Plain (Piana della Macina) and the same town of San Nicandro Garganico, although here the visit was mainly by the Museum of Ethnography.
I hope that the news made here and the beauty of the images also are able to encourage others to explore this beautiful land so rich and sometimes so not well known.
I start from here on my trip ...
In first place ...: What is a dolina?
It's a cavity which can be formed because of the collapse of the vault of a cave or to the disintegration of the limestone at the surface.
It's a cavity which can be formed because of the collapse of the vault of a cave or to the disintegration of the limestone at the surface.
DOLINA POZZATINA
The Dolina Pozzatina is a natural amphitheater, almost circular, of karstic origin.
If even the Gargano has more than 4000 of karst sinkholes, usually small to medium size, Dolina Pozzatina stands as the second largest sinkhole in Europe with its perimeter of 1850 meters, the length of 650 m and a depth more than 100 m.
For a long time it was thought that it was formed following the collapse of underlying caves, and now it is assumed instead that its formation is due to surface corrosion in the beginning, followed by the consequential collapse of the edges of some caves adjacent to each other.
There are also legends that tell you it is formed because of a fragment fallen from the sky, or the protector of the city there has plunged a dragon that killed its inhabitants.
HOW TO GET THERE
Situated in the locality Majora Valley , the dolina is a few miles from San Nicandro Garganico, along the provincial road 48 to San Marco in Lamis. At thirteen kilometers from San Nicandro turn on a road that leads close to the place where you should leave the means to walk.
To get to the floor you must go down a trail. The base of the valley is planted with wheat and is surrounded by stone walls (drystone) that are containment for possible landslides. Almost in the center of the basin there is a well that draws water from perennial groundwater below.
When it rains so much it forms a lake of modest size.
When it rains so much it forms a lake of modest size.
Around the vegetation: low ferns in the areas less exposed to the sun, holm and oaks occupying the declivities in the south-east.
The walls that surround it are rocky and rugged in the north-west ; in the north there are two caves (one of which is called Cave Pozzatina) and numerous active sinkholes along the path for the descent.
The walls that surround it are rocky and rugged in the north-west ; in the north there are two caves (one of which is called Cave Pozzatina) and numerous active sinkholes along the path for the descent.
This spectacle of nature is certainly one of the most wonderful manifestations of carsism.
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