Cave di Prun, Quarry in Negrar, Italy

Cave di Prun is a group of underground stone quarries at Prun, in the municipality of Negrar, in the province of Verona. The tunnels, dug by hand into the rock, now form a route several kilometres long where stone was once cut. The extracted stone is known as Pietra della Lessinia Rosso ammonitico Valpolicella.

The quarries existed by the early 13th century, and around 1360 the stone was carried ad canipam revolti monasterii, the cellar of the San Zeno monastery, where the monks worked it. Intensive use came from the 1700s, and around the mid-20th century the site was abandoned in favour of open-air quarries.

The extracted stone is the so-called "Pietra della Lessinia Rosso ammonitico Valpolicella". Transported along the Adige and then the Po, it adorned the main monuments of Verona and reached many other cities of the Po plain. The quarry lies at Prun, in the municipality of Negrar, and today a walk of a few kilometres runs through the former tunnels.

The quarry lies at Prun, in the municipality of Negrar, and is reached on foot through tunnels that run for some kilometres. Extraction stopped around the mid-20th century, when open-air quarries took over, so bring a torch and sturdy shoes. The site is not set up as a museum: check locally in Negrar before setting out.

The quarry lies at Prun, in the municipality of Negrar, not at Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo. The stone cut here, known as Pietra della Lessinia Rosso ammonitico Valpolicella, was shipped down the Adige and then the Po, so it also reached buildings in other cities of the Po plain.