NOT TO BE MISSED FOR

- Inspiration for artists and poets like Mantegna and Dante
- One of the most spectacular natural bridges in the world

If, on a beautiful sunny day, you look for a place where the crisp mountain air blends with something interesting to discover, then the Veja Bridge is for you!

This huge natural arch, the largest in Europe, is one of the most interesting geological sites in Lessinia and throughout Italy.

According to studies, it would have been formed by the evolution of an ancient karst cave (called covolo), which opened up over millions and millions of years in the hard limestone due to the erosive action of the water that penetrated from the outside, causing then the collapse of the vault.

Going down to the bases of the bridge, you will notice how this majestic and imposing work of nature, with a span of about 50 m and a height from the valley bottom of almost 30 m.

Here are two caves, in which artifacts have been found dating back to the Middle and Lower Paleolithic: if you stop and remain silent, you will still feel the presence of our ancestors, ancient inhabitants of this part of Lessinia!

The Ponte di Veja has inspired numerous artists for its particularity: the most important is surely Andrea Mantegna, who reproduced it in a background of a fresco of the Camera degli Sposi, in the Ducal Palace of Mantua.

According to legend, Dante Alighieri, who stayed in Verona during his exile from Florence, would have been inspired by the Bridge for Malebolgia, the eighth circle of Hell in the Divine Comedy.

Moreover, the centuries-old chestnut that is nearby is still called Dante's Chestnut ... perhaps more than a simple coincidence!