Ponte di Veja
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Last updated on September 8, 2026Geography and Significance
The arch stands at around 600 metres in the Lessini mountains, in the upper valley of the Progno di Fumane, above the Valpolicella vineyards.
The rock is karstic limestone, and the whole plateau above behaves accordingly: surface water disappears underground, there are almost no streams, and the landscape is one of dry valleys, sinkholes, caves and shafts.
The immediate surroundings are woodland -- beech, hornbeam and hazel -- with open stone-walled pasture higher up on the plateau, where the summer dairies are.
The Lessinia is also notably fossil-rich, and the region's quarries have produced internationally important fossil beds.