{"id":4968,"date":"2019-04-09T08:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T08:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngoniabay.com\/?page_id=4968"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:53:11","slug":"montalbano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ngoniabay.com\/en\/montalbano\/","title":{"rendered":"Montalbano Elicona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div data-eltd-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid eltd-section eltd-content-aligment-center eltd-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix eltd-section-inner\"><div class=\"eltd-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 22px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"eltd-section-title-outer-holder animate\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n\t<div class=\"eltd-section-title-subtitle-holder\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"eltd-section-subtitle\" style=\";\">discover<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"eltd-section-title-holder\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"eltd-section-title\" style=\";\">Montalbano Elicona<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 60px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-eltd-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid eltd-section eltd-content-aligment-left eltd-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix eltd-section-inner\"><div class=\"eltd-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img\" src=\"https:\/\/ngoniabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08_montalbano_elicona_megaliti_oly.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"439\" alt=\"08_montalbano_elicona_megaliti_oly\" title=\"08_montalbano_elicona_megaliti_oly\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div data-eltd-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid eltd-section eltd-content-aligment-left\" style=\"\"><div class=\"eltd-full-section-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 12px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 12px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Whether on foot or on horseback, along evocative paths, streams or clear water lakes, the Montalbano area offers pleasant nature excursions to discover fascinating landscapes and mysterious vestiges of ancient civilisations. The fortresses of Argimusco with its megaliths, curious shepherds' huts called c\u00f9bburi, water mills, dolmens and the Malabotta forest are a destination not to be missed. At Argimusco, there is a megalithic complex consisting of enormous boulders of uncertain origin, possibly the remains of a prehistoric village.<\/p>\n<p>Of considerable ethno-anthropological interest are the c\u00f9bburi, which could be military posts of an Ionian-Tyrrhenian communication system, but more likely pre-Romanesque sylvan-pastoral shelters, true masterpieces of rural engineering capable of guaranteeing effective defence from the cold. To admire them, one must reach the Polverello plateau.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Malabotta forest, which recently became a nature reserve, is worth discovering. Centuries-old trees, dense holly bushes and the occasional babbling brook are the seductive setting of a still unspoilt environment. Amidst beeches, oaks, pines and chestnut trees, foxes, dormice, wild boars, martens, birds of prey and even, in the highest part of the forest, the golden eagle live undisturbed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-eltd-parallax-speed=\"1\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid eltd-section eltd-content-aligment-center eltd-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix eltd-section-inner\"><div class=\"eltd-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div 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