Automatically translated from Italian.
Along the eastern slopes of the Palagianello ravine, in the wildest area extending near the cliff of Parco del Casale, the small rock church of the Holy Hermits dates back to the 11th century and amazes visitors from the very entrance with its imposing facade carved into the rock.\n\nInside, the church has a trapezoidal plan, very simple, with a flattened arch. An arched niche preserves a painted swastika cross and two frescoes depicting Saint Eustace and the Archangel Michael. There are also crosses and graffiti inscriptions, a cistern and a circular hole used for nitre pressing.\n\nAdjacent to the church are other caves, probably used as shelters by the hermit monks.
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