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Menhir di Montevergine
Menhirs and dolmens Palmariggi
Accessibility of this place
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The level refers to one type of disability at a time. A place can be fully accessible for wheelchair users and completely unsuitable for those who are blind: that's why there is no single rating, and each type has its own evaluation.
- Not accessible
- Has obstacles that prevent enjoyment.
- Accessible with difficulties
- Accessible, but with significant difficulties to overcome.
- Partially accessible
- Some parts are accessible, others are not.
- Accessible with a companion
- Accessible with the help of a companion.
- Fully accessible
- Accessible independently, without known barriers.
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Mobility impairment
Accessible with a companion level 4 out of 5
Verified on 14/09/2026
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Visual impairment
Fully accessible level 5 out of 5
Verified on 14/09/2026
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Hearing impairment
Fully accessible level 5 out of 5
Verified on 14/09/2026
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Cognitive disability
Partially accessible level 3 out of 5
Verified on 14/09/2026
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Older adults and reduced mobility
Fully accessible level 5 out of 5
Verified on 14/09/2026
Services detected on site
- Access ramp No
- Lift or stairlift No
- Accessible toilet Yes
- Reserved parking space No
- Step-free entrance No
- Tactile guide path (LOGES) No
- Tactile map or model No
- Braille signage No
- Audio guide available Yes
- Italian Sign Language (LIS) video Yes
- Subtitled content No
- Hearing loop No
- Easy-read signage / AAC No
- Drinking water point Yes
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The Menhir of Montevergine is located next to the eponymous Sanctuary, on the ridge of Palmariggi, a long-standing destination for devotees and pilgrims. The standing stone, carved from a single block of local stone, is now about 1.90 meters tall, but at the end of the 19th century, the scholar Cosimo De Giorgi recorded it as being 2 meters and 45: a sign of the progressive deterioration of the monolith over time.
On the surface, some notches can be seen along two edges and a hole, probably intended to hold a cross. Popular tradition holds that the menhir stands exactly at the point where an underground river would flow, intertwining ancient pagan cults related to the forces of nature with the Christian spirituality of the place.
The sanctuary itself was born from a miraculous event: in 1595, a young shepherd, after losing his small knife, saw it returned by a mysterious woman who invited him to call the inhabitants of the village, who, upon digging, uncovered an ancient Byzantine crypt adorned with frescoes.
On the surface, some notches can be seen along two edges and a hole, probably intended to hold a cross. Popular tradition holds that the menhir stands exactly at the point where an underground river would flow, intertwining ancient pagan cults related to the forces of nature with the Christian spirituality of the place.
The sanctuary itself was born from a miraculous event: in 1595, a young shepherd, after losing his small knife, saw it returned by a mysterious woman who invited him to call the inhabitants of the village, who, upon digging, uncovered an ancient Byzantine crypt adorned with frescoes.