点评:Overall, the web pages concerning the Monteveglio Park recommend hiking in the season in which the vegetation is most pleasant; that is, from late spring to autumn. But I found the "Rio Ramato e Calanchi dell'Africa" trail (almost everywhere perfectly signposted) attractive even in mid-March; that is, in a season in which the trees and most of the shrubs are still bare (except for the beautiful blooms of some fruit trees). This is because the central stretch of the trail, that takes place into the badlands ("calanchi") or near them, is further disturbing (and therefore attractive) because the ugly appearance of the gullies devoid of vegetation is even more striking.
To reinforce this feeling, the panel illustrating the site of the “Podere Africa” also contributes along the way. It designates an ancient farm, now completely destroyed, and abandoned for more than a century (I haven't seen any trace of it) which had its land in the heart of the badlands area. One can imagine how hard the life of the peasants struggling with the cultivation of these desolate lands was; how the name "Africa" traditionally given to this farm (and to this place) was justified to clearly indicate something exotic but also repulsive (this is the idea of Africa that they had), and why the farm was early abandoned.
The previous section of the trail takes place in the narrow valley floor of the "Rio Ramato" so called because a source full of iron oxides for a while reddens the bed of the stream ("Ramato" means "with the color of copper"). It contrasts strongly with the "Calanchi dell Africa" because it's humid and shady. To go up towards the badlands area, the trail follows, among other things, a deep canyon, which it travels along with a path high on the bottom (but I, although I have fear of heights, have walked it without difficulty). The third and last stretch (the trail is a ring route, with departure and arrival at the "Ca 'Vecchia" car park) climbs the slopes of the hill called "Monte Gennaro" (ca 330 mts), then it returns to the starting point on a paved road (but with very little traffic). Here the landscape is the most contrasting you can imagine with that of the badlands: well-cultivated fields, prosperous-looking farms.
Overall, this path into the Park is highly recommendable in my view.
翻译:总的来说,有关 Monteveglio 公园的网页建议在植被最宜人的季节徒步旅行;也就是说,从晚春到秋天。但我发现即使在 3 月中旬,“Rio Ramato e Calanchi dell'Africa”步道(几乎所有地方都有完美的路标)也很有吸引力;也就是说,在树木和大部分灌木仍然光秃秃的季节(除了一些果树的美丽花朵)。这是因为小径的中央延伸进入荒地(“calanchi”)或附近,更加令人不安(因此具有吸引力),因为没有植被的沟壑的丑陋外观更加引人注目。
为了加强这种感觉,说明“Podere Africa”站点的面板也在整个过程中做出了贡献。它指的是一个古老的农场,现在完全被摧毁,并被遗弃了一个多世纪(我没有看到它的任何痕迹),它的土地位于荒地地区的中心。可想而知,在这荒凉的土地上耕种的农民的生活是多么的艰辛;传统上赋予这个农场(和这个地方)的“非洲”这个名字是如何合理地清楚地表明一些异国情调但又令人厌恶的东西(这是他们对非洲的想法),以及为什么这个农场早早被遗弃.
小径的前一段发生在“Rio Ramato”的狭窄谷底,因为充满氧化铁的源头暂时使河床变红(“Ramato”意为“铜色”) .它与“Calanchi dell Africa”形成鲜明对比,因为它潮湿阴暗。这条小路要往荒地地区走,除其他外,还有一个很深的峡谷,它沿着底部高的路径行进(但我,虽然我有恐高症,但已经毫无困难地走了过去)。第三段也是最后一段(路径是环形路线,出发和到达“Ca'Vecchia”停车场)爬上名为“Monte Gennaro”(约 330 米)的山坡,然后返回起点点在铺好的道路上(但交通很少)。这里的景观与荒地的景观形成鲜明对比:耕种良好的田地,繁荣的农场。
总的来说,在我看来,这条通往公园的道路是非常值得推荐的。