zondor Jan 30, 2011 8:58am

I cant imagine anyone looking at that cliff 800 years ago and thinking AH good place to build a house for a group of men!

collector Jan 17, 2011 4:43am

The hermitage is located at Trambileno, near Rovereto. It is carved in the rock and can be reached by climbing a flight of 102 steps cut into the rock ledge one access after crossing the gorge of the river Leno. It was built in 1319 and named after Irish saint Columban, who lived between 543 and 615. As the legend goes, he took over the cave after killing the dragon who previously inhabited it.