VERONA, Italy — The churches across Italy are impressive, beautiful and historic. Many of them date back to the Middle Ages. But there is only one church built on the rock of the mountains in northern ...

Aerial view of Santuario Madonna Della Corona church on a cliff - Oleksii Tarasov/Shutterstock Perched on a thin rock shelf around 2,500 feet above sea level lies the Santuario Madonna Della Corona.

Perched on a thin rock shelf around 2,500 feet above sea level lies the Santuario Madonna Della Corona. This seemingly gravity-defying sanctuary built directly into the cliff face of Monte Baldo has ...