Do you ever think about the fact that there is an "other world" under our feet? A Universe certainly not very evident but with an enormous charm and natural wonders?
The subsoil of our country is rich in beauties stratified from ancient times to today and beyond. Descend the steps towards the belly of the planet to enter a natural or artificial cavity. Ancient or hyper-technological, artistic or functional, adventurous or equipped. It turns out to be an experience that involves remote corners of our emotionality. It is fixed in our experiential memory. It is a bit like going back into the mother's womb, in a timeless peace.
You are spoiled for choice. The undeniable fascination that the underground world reserves can turn into a stimulus. In a different world to get in touch with this heritage.
Natural wonders: places that tell a history and a culture not yet well known
These wonders narrate a dimension to be explored. Under land they took refuge there and celebrated the cults of the first Christians. Under the ground cheeses and cured meats are aged. The earth is excavated to extract the precious minerals it holds, to create tunnels and tunnels, sometimes finding works of art of nature such as caves sparkling with stalactites.
They are a magnificent example, the Frassassi Caves, one of the main attractions of the Marches, which extend for 40 km in a tangle of tunnels, passages and wonders created by the karst nature in 190 million years.
Hall of Candles, Bear, Infinity. Fairy-tale names for geological conformations that offer a unique spectacle, characterized in particular by gypsum deposits, which fill the limestone cavities with layers that reach up to 10 meters. Which, joining the concretions formed with rainwater and the chemical reactions with the rock, creates another "magical" effect. An effect that materializes in the stalactites known as the Group of Giants, the Castle and the Obelisk.
The caves are located near Genga (AN), a small town on the top of a hill in the upper Esino valley. A gem that boasts the Orange Flag of the Italian Touring Club both for the Caves and for the naturalistic context in which it is immersed.
The national laboratories of Gran Sasso: a journey into science fiction
Are you spiritually ready to live an experience that feels like a real journey into science fiction? So get ready to visit the world's largest underground research center: i national laboratories of the Gran Sasso in Abruzzo. They are located right inside the Gran Sasso National Park and Monti della Laga. Hidden in the bowels of the massif, under 1400 meters of rock, the center, dedicated to subnuclear physics, owes its birth to the physicist Antonino Zichici and the concomitant excavation works for the Gran Sasso tunnel.
The laboratories are made up of three large experimental rooms and the exceptional qualities of the environment have allowed previously unthinkable research. For example, the rock layer reduces the flux of cosmic rays by a million times.
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