Today I am taking you to the Montagna Spaccata
Enea tells the story of the Split Mountain of Gaeta: the rock said to have opened at the death of Christ and the Chapel of the Crucifix.
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Today I am taking you to the Montagna Spaccata, the Split Mountain. Tradition says the rock split open at the death of Christ, from the summit down to the sea. In the middle, hanging on a boulder, is the Chapel of the Crucifix.
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