{"id":42,"date":"2023-03-03T11:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitcavaion.it\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:40:59","slug":"stazione-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitcavaion.it\/en\/sentiero-del-monte-san-michele\/stazione-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Station 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Archaeological excavations began in 2003, thanks to a research and enhancement project promoted by the \nCavaion Municipality and directed by the then Veneto Archaeological Heritage Superintendency, with the \nsupport of the Region. They brought to light, on the summit of Mount San Michele, a settlement built in the \nMiddle Ages, surrounded by fortification structures and spread over several terraces. On the highest \nterrace, buildings with traces of hearths and earthen floors were brought to light. The considerable size of \nsome of the rooms, supported at the centre by one or two pillars, suggests the stable presence of a military \ngarrison linked to the war events that took place in this area, during the war of Venice and Mantua against \nthe Da Carrara family (1404) and the subsequent war of the League of Cambrai. In the area below the \nsummit of the hill, the church of San Michele, destined for the care of souls of the people of Cavaion and \nIncaffi, has stood since at least the 11th century. All around the church, a cemetery area developed from its \nfoundation, documented by several burials of adults and children in the bare earth, the presence of which \nis also recorded in some 15th-century wills and in the records of pastoral visits.\nInvestigations distinguish five construction phases of the church complex between the end of the 11th and \nthe 15th century.<\/p>

PHASE I (late 11th century)<\/b>: construction of the first ecclesiastical building, characterised by an apse and a \n9-metre-long nave.<\/p>

PHASE II (late 12th century)<\/b>: the original west-facing fa\u00e7ade wall was demolished and the nave lengthened \nto 13.60 meters. In the course of the two Romanesque construction sites, two furnaces for casting bronze \nbells were built inside the church.<\/p>

PHASE III (13th century)<\/b>: the church was enlarged towards the north and a second apsidal nave was built. \nThis phase can be placed in this century thanks to significant coin finds.<\/p>

PHASE IV (14th century)<\/b>: a residential complex was built on the north side of the church, for the use of the \nhermit keepers, with small rooms surrounding a large rectangular area, partly built on, partly courtyard and \npartly occupied by a cemetery.<\/p>

PHASE V (15th century)<\/b>: the entire residential complex was reorganised around the central courtyard, which was equipped with a Venetian-style well.<\/p>

Acts of pastoral visits, between the 16th and 18th centuries, continue to attest to the church's attendance, \nalbeit sporadic, after the parish church of St John the Baptist had been recognised as a parish since the 14th \ncentury. Severely damaged by French soldiers at the beginning of the 18th century, the church was later \nreconstructed, but subsequently suffered such degradation that by 1807, when it was taken over by the \nRoyal State Property Office following the Napoleonic suppressions, it was hopelessly dilapidated and in \nruins. Some of the sacred stones were later re-employed in the erection of Cavaion's new parish church in \nthe early decades of the 19th century.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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1. Main aisle
2. Bell casting furnaces
3. Minor aisle
4. First abside
5. Second abside
6. Venetian well
7. Housing complex
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The publication of the historical-archaeological information has been authorized by the Superintendence SABAP VR-RO-VI<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The CTG El Preon APS Group has decided to dedicate this route among nature, history and tradition to the \nmemory of one of the group's founding members, Romano Giacomelli, a tireless supporter of Cavaionese \nculture and education, who passed away in 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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