Top 20 Natural Monuments around Coriano

Natural caves of Onfero, to visit!

Fully understood in the UNESCO protected area, serves as an excursion link to the historic center of Borgo Maggiore and that of San Marino City, which have also been designated a World Heritage Site. In a few minutes you find yourself completely immersed in the woods, a journey that offers breathtaking views. The path that develops along the half height of Monte Titano, along the entire front of the cliff, skirting the imposing rock walls and passing through the natural terraces, open towards the Adriatic Sea. Among the visible treasures are the nesting of the peregrine falcon, ancient and rare plants such as the Nebrodense ephedra, magnificent climbing routes and the ancient sacred place of the Tanaccia sanctuary. This route also passes along the ancient road connecting the city and the village, the Arnella Coast. Path of the Titan Thematic itinerary n. 1 Cliff Path Length approximately 4km Travel time 2 hours

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The Rain Forest, a suggestive fountain that dominates Piazzale Roma, a tribute to the rain and the coolness that it brings with it, but also a reference to fishing and the sea, with six large columns of stratified natural glass holding up seven fishing nets from which it drips the rain, producing a musical clicking sound.

The Onferno Caves are a karst complex of caves located in the chalk.

The Sentiero della Rupe is a hiking route that winds along the top of Mount Titano, uniting the two medieval historic centers of San Marino City and Borgo Maggiore. The trail is approximately 4 km long and its altitude varies between 200 and 400 meters depending on the route chosen.

The cypress of San Francesco is the oldest monumental secular 🌲 (800 years old) among the giants of Emilia Romagna. It is located inside the convent of Villa Verucchio, it seems to have been planted by the Saint himself

The Barafonda whale The sperm whale that ran aground on the beach in April 1943 As with every fact that remains in the city's memory, over time it colors and deforms. This is what happens with the "Barafonda whale", a sperm whale that ran aground on 4 April 1943 on the beach of San Giuliano Mare. Some confuse the whale with another stranding, which occurred previously and also in Barafonda, of a huge sunfish. Others say that the sperm whale was killed by the military because it was mistaken for an enemy submarine. But what really happened? Before dawn that day, the fisherman Pino Bignardi went to retrieve his nets and found a dark mass that snorted like a "locomotive under pressure". It was a huge marine animal! He therefore called his father and, immediately afterwards, the two, armed with ropes, tied the animal and secured it to a pole on the beach. The news immediately spread throughout the Barafonda and curious people arrived, but also journalists, civil and military authorities. It was decided to drag the cetacean to shore, but the operation was particularly difficult given that the animal, 12 meters long, 2.70 meters high, with a circumference of 6.30 metres, weighed 63 quintals. As soon as the animal felt itself being pulled, it gave a tug causing everyone to fall to the ground, and even the help of some oxen failed as the poor beasts were also knocked down. In the stories of the people of Rimini it is underlined how the locals were very ready to speculate on the event by improvising bicycle depots, taking the curious to see the whale with the batana or the clam, obviously all for a fee, while there was no shortage of street vendors of all kinds, only Bignardi, who had physically discovered the whale, gained nothing from it. The story then becomes bloody: the large sea creature could perhaps have been saved by taking it back to the open sea, but instead it was decided to kill it. So much blood gushed from the wounds of the machine gun fire that it turned a long stretch of sea red. Among its last gasps the animal reared its large tail, then it was the end. The carcass immediately went to putrefaction; it was sold to a certain Malatesta to make soap, but during the quartering many women managed to grab something for their laundry. adapted from https://www.hotelcrosal.it/it/la_balena_della_barafonda.html