Piloton

At the intersection of several paths in the Marseghina ridge there is a great historical and monumental monolith, the now famous Pilotòn or Prèa Fita. Many even claim it has prehistoric origins, but it is commonly traced back to Roman times. The monolith is located exactly at the crossroads of five roads, leading respectively to Novaglie, San Fidenzio, Mizzole, Montorio and Gazzol.

This block of white stone, roughly translatable with the Italian word "pylon", certainly came here from distant quarries and according to some hypothesis would mark the solar orientation of the Cardo and Decumanus in the foundation plan of the Roman Verona, while according to a secondary hypothesis, it would be a milestone, a stone that the Romans used to signal the progressive number of miles.

According to a more esoteric view, references to the word can also be found in Egyptian temples, where the Pylon was a gateway to the Afterlife.

El Pilotòn, as the white betilo is popularly called, is planted in the ground in line with the Roman Verona plant; it would indicate, by extending the straight line through the Forum of Verona (Piazza Erbe), starting from the current Via Pellicciai, the exact point where the sun rises on June 21st. This would also confirm the name of Mons Aureus (Montorio), that is, the "mountain of the dawn", a mountain that indicated the direction of the light of the sacred sun, the source of life.

From the presence of the monolith, also called Prèa Fita (stone embedded in the ground), derives the name of Monte Preafitta, the name with which the hill is called.