Il Vervece
A rock in front San Montano. Vervece rock faces the Marina Lobra and is a popular island by scuba divers. Surrounded by clear waters and formed by sheer cliffs is a very safe area for water sports. The rock is also known for the Madonnina of Vervece, positioned a few years ago near to between twelve meters deep, a bronze statue that is commemorated annually in the month of September by the devotees by calling the celebration of the Virgin Mary's Day in honor of those who are died at sea they attend numerous sub-known and ending with the laying of flowers on the statue crowns
Lo Scoglio Vervece faces the Marina Lobra and is a popular island by scuba divers. Surrounded by clear waters and formed by sheer cliffs is a very safe area for water sports. The rock is also known for the Madonnina of Vervece, positioned a few years ago near to between twelve meters deep, a bronze statue that is commemorated annually in the month of September by the devotees by calling the celebration of the Virgin Mary's Day in honor of those who are died at sea they attend numerous sub-known and ending with the laying of flowers on the statue crowns
About the Vervece it is to point out some more recent news story: in the sea area between the Vervece and the Cape of Massa was achieved the world record for free diving down by Enzo Maiorca. Then it was placed a statue of the Madonna at the base of the rock, about fifteen meters deep. Every year since then, on the second Sunday of September is celebrated the Madonna of Vervece, protectress of divers. The rock mass is celebrated and there is a great turnout, not only for divers, but also of many devotees who travel around the Vervece with all types of vessels.
The Latins believed to recognize an animal in his particular form and so they struck the name "Vervex" which means precisely goat.
Legend has it that the women of the Navy of the Lobra, a fishing village from which you can admire the rock, to protect their homes from storms and storm surges, they decided to pull ashore the Vervece. They prepared the huge ropes and put themselves on the beach women, old and girls. A time ignoring the attempts of men to make them desist, women "tenevn a'capa tough". And he pulled and pulled, but the giant did not move a step. He pulls and pulls ... yet.
It is not known if the heroic attempt the angry sea god Poseidon! The fact is that the strings were broken and the women ended up upside down, knocking the butt on the ground. Since that day, it is said that all women have the Lobra sit flat.
The year is 1903, when the fate of the rock is tied hand in glove with that of Madonna della Lobra. The presence of a few witnesses, stands a cross which consecrates the Vervece a real natural sanctuary.
