Halfway between the medieval town of Serrone (738 meters above sea level) and the peak of Mount Scalambra, along a steep hike through the holm oak woods, there is a small stone hermitage. The Hermitage of Saint Michael stands directly against a rocky cliff and with an extraordinary view over the valley below (1105 meters above sea level). The hermitage was restored in 1758 and local documentation has shown that it was run by the order of the Benedictines based in nearby Subiaco. They identified the site with a local…
