Scogliera Viva Site Features

The carved boulders

Several dozen worked blocks along the seafront, from figurative to entirely abstract, cut into stone that is still holding back the sea.

The weathering

Thirty years of Adriatic salt and spray have rounded the earlier carvings. Comparing old work with new is half the interest.

The walk to the sanctuary

The scogliera runs along the front to the Madonna dell'Angelo on its rock -- the natural route, and the best way to see both.

The sea itself

This is an exposed stretch of coast, and in rough weather the wall does visibly what it was built for.