Monte Rua
| Monte Rua | ||
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| height | 416 m slm | |
| location | Veneto , Italy | |
| Mountains | Euganean Hills | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 18 '49 " N , 11 ° 41' 21" E | |
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| rock | Trachyte | |
The Monte Rua is one of the Euganean Hills in the Veneto province of Padua . It is located in the Natural Park of these hills in the municipality of Torreglia . At the top there is a Camaldolese hermitage .
Infrastructure
From Torreglia's historic district of Torreglia Alta at a height of 132 m, a narrow road leads upwards through the chestnut forests to the bars in front of the hermitage. Halfway up there is a restaurant with a wide panoramic terrace in the north-eastern Euganean thermal region with the thermal baths of Montegrotto Terme and Abano Terme , on clear days as far as Padua. Another, higher lookout point ( Belvedere della Croce ) opens the view to the southeast over Galzignano Terme and Battaglia Terme to Monselice and beyond to the plain towards Chioggia .
Camaldolese hermitage
The hermitage was originally a Benedictine monastery, which was founded in 1339 by two Camaldolese hermits in honor of the Annunciation . The first wooden structure was replaced by a stone structure after 1537 and received its characteristic shape, which has largely been retained until today. In addition to the single-nave church (built in 1542) there are common rooms (refectory, chapter house and hiker's hostel - foresteria ) and 14 monk cells (combined bedroom and study) in small individual houses; in between there are orchards and vegetable gardens cultivated by the monks. After the secularization by Napoleon in the course of the fall of the Republic of Venice , the complex lay fallow; In 1863 it was settled again by Camaldolese. Today there are only about a dozen friars left.
The hermitage is surrounded by a 1.4 km long wall that can be walked around. Access to the interior is only permitted for men at certain times and only for the purpose of attending church services.
Camaldolese hermitage on Monte Rua
Statue of the Immaculate Conception from the Hermitage.
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