Next to the dock of Sant’Antonio, next to the homonymous fortress, there is the Monte Rosso sandbar, and beneath it lies a secret.
It is said that until the 11th century it was an island, which hosted a monastery dedicated to St. Anthony, but due to the frail land below it, the construction surrendered to a terrible storm. There is no trace left of the church nor the island, with the exception of a chapel over a rock used as a dock for quarantined ships in the 1500s. Certain parts of the structure were recycled to build new churches on mainland, while the statue of Saint Anthony was rescued from sea and brought to the new church.
That which remains of the rock is a ripple formed by the seawater: sharpen your eyesight and turn on your fantasy.
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