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9 Sant’Anna
traditions survive. For example,
their huge mountain horns, d’Alfaedo
tromboni, are still part of * 2,500. @ ( Wed am.
local festivities.
∑ valpolicellaweb.it
E Museo dei Cimbri Distinctively Alpine in character,
Via dei Boschi, 62. Tel 045 784 70 50. Sant’Anna d’Alfaedo is noted for
Open 3–6pm Sat & Sun. & 8 = the stone tiles used to roof local
∑ cimbri.it houses. The hamlet of Fosse,
immediately to the north,
8 Bosco is a popular base for walking
Chiesanuova excursions up the Corno
d’Aquilio (1,546 m/5,070 ft),
Fossilized plant remains found in the rocks * 3,000. @ ( Sat am. ∑ comune. a mountain which boasts one
near Bolca boscochiesanuova.vr.it of the world’s deepest potholes,
the Spluga della Preta,
6 Bolca One of the principal ski 850 m (2,790 ft) deep.
resorts of the region, Bosco More accessible is another
* 500. @ n Via Villa Bolca (045
656 00 13). Shops closed Mon am Chiesanuova is well supplied natural wonder, the Ponte di
(clothes), Wed pm (food). with hotels, ski lifts and Veia, just south of Sant’Anna,
cross-country routes. To the a great stone arch bridging the
Pretty Bolca sits at the centre east, near Camposilvano, valley. Prehistoric finds have
of the Monti Lessini plateau, is the picturesque Valle delle been excavated from the
looking down the valley of the Sfingi (Valley of the Sphinxes), caves at either end. This
River Alpone and encircled by so called because of its spectacular natural bridge is
fossil-bearing hills. The most landscape of large and one of the largest of its kind
spectacular finds have been impressive rock formations. in the world.
transferred to Verona’s Museo
Civico di Storia Naturale (see
p205), but the local Museo di
Fossili still has an impressive
collection of fish, plants and
reptiles preserved in the local
basalt stone. A circular tour of
3 km (2 miles) from the town
(details available from the
museum) takes in the quarries
where the fossils were found.
E Museo di Fossili
Via San Giovanni Battista. Tel 045 656
50 88. Open 9am–noon, 2–6:30pm
daily (Mar–Oct: book for walking tour).
& ∑ museodeifossili.it
7 Giazza
* 150. @ Shops closed Wed pm
(food).
The small town of Giazza has
an almost Alpine appearance.
Its Museo dei Cimbri covers
the history of the Tredici
Comuni (Thirteen Communes).
In reality there are far more
than 13 little hamlets dotted
about the plateau, many of
them settled by Bavarian
farmers who migrated from
the German side of the Alps
in the 13th century. Cimbro,
their German-influenced dialect,
has now almost completely
disappeared, but other The town of Giazza, spectacularly situated on the Monti Lessini plateau

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