Top 20 Natural Monuments around Monte San Pietro

Memorial of the massacre by German troops in reprisal during World War II. Several partisans and civilians were shot and left to fall into the gullies below, where a large white cross now stands.

It is one of the most important places of remembrance of anti-fascism in Bologna. Here, in December 1944, groups of partisans were led by the Nazi-Fascists on several occasions and then shot. Their bodies were found, after the war, in the ravine below. Almost thirty years later, thanks to the economic effort of the Municipalities that created the “Committee to Honor the Fallen of Sabbiuno” and with the mostly voluntary and free work of designers and workers, what is considered one of the most evocative monuments to the Resistance was created. The path from the farmhouse to the site of the massacre is marked by fifty-three boulders with the names of the recognized victims engraved on them. The fifty-fourth was placed to remember all the other fallen up to the symbolic number of one hundred, as their real number could not be ascertained. The curved concrete wall represents the deployment of the soldiers and the red barbed wire the falling of the bodies to the valley where a white cross is placed. The project is by the Gruppo Architetti Città Nuova, and the inauguration took place on 2 June 1973.

Badlands on the Cucherla Hill

The "beaten" areas near the entrance and on the asphalt path are also relatively well-kept. The rest is prey to total neglect, paths dug by water and invaded by vegetation for a good part of the year.

beautiful park between Bologna and Casalecchio di Reno

..."From the top of the Sasso you can enjoy a wide panorama that embraces the vast expanse of the Po Valley to the north and to the south, in a closer glimpse, the Montecorone valley."... ..."The herbaceous undergrowth layer of the mesophyte formations is home to numerous species belonging to the list of protected regional flora; there are numerous species of orchids and liliaceae."... Cit: https://www.parchiemiliacentrale.it/parco.sassi.roccamalatina/punti-interest-natura-dettaglio.php?id=184

They are the Calanchi di Montemaggiore, a trap from which it is really hard to escape when wet, but otherwise a passage of unparalleled charm, for the calanchi themselves and thanks to the vast inclined plane of the vineyards lying down to the east of the passage, an epiphany! As a dirt road it also represents a very valid connection between the area of San Lorenzo in Collina, San Martino, Pradalbino and the Samoggia Valley between Stiore and Savigno, thanks to the path that, among the vineyards of the Botti winery, descends into that valley from the Church of Montemaggiore.

Also known to the Casalecchiesi as Parco Talon, it consists of what remains of the possessions of the marquises Sampieri Talon, who from the 17th century built villas (Villa Sampieri Talon) and a park on the land they owned; the current structure of the park suggests the original design: a large garden extended around the two villas, built according to the canons of the French school of Le Notre, then a small Italian garden, finally a vast English park which it opened up suggestive views of the river and the surrounding fields and vineyards. The picture was completed by a pond, statues, kiosks, and exotic settings, according to the tastes of the time. Behind the villas, on the steep slope of the hill, extends the forest, a hunting and timber reserve. The park has seen moments of great social splendor, particularly in the 18th century, and has hosted parties and famous people. Since 1975 the park has been municipal property and has been open to the public, and even if time and history have had a heavy impact, it is still possible to imagine the ancient noble glories. It currently constitutes an invaluable public heritage, a destination for hundreds of citizens every day, with historical and naturalistic evidence of great value. The park is crossed by the Sentiero dei Bregoli.