L’antica fonte sotterranea di Borgomaro The Fontana Vecchia of Borgomaro was much appreciated in summer for its fresh water. Right before lunch and dinner, a queue of people and buckets formed at its entrance. It was an opportunity of meeting for the inhabitants. Used until the middle of the 20th century, Fontana Vecchia is today partially […]
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Oratory of Sant’Anna
Founded by the Biagio family The Saint is the patroness of mothers, widows and pregnant women, she is invoked in difficult childbirths and against conjugal infertility.The building devoted to Sant’Anna is rectangular, with a deep presbytery and a rounded hall in the center. Clearly of Baroque inspiration, it has a rich stucco decoration, while the four […]
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Oratory of San Giacomo
Home of the Confraternita dei Disciplinati The position of the Oratory of San Giacomo, on the main road that led to Lucinasco, confirms the reason for the entitlement: San Giacomo is the patron saint of pilgrims. The organization of pilgrimages was among the main tasks of the confraternity that had its seat there.For reasons still unknown, […]
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Borgomaro
Medieval village of the upper Valle Impero Borgomaro is a village of medieval origin, located in the middle of Valle del Maro, the upper part of Valle Impero.With the beginning of the “intensive” (as far as possible, given the steepness of the ground) cultivation of the olive tree, presumably starting from the XIV century, the small […]
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Oratory of San Rocco
Home of the Confraternita della Buona Morte Saint Roch de Monpellier (1350-1379) was a French pilgrim and thaumaturgist, canonized in the fifteenth century.A first Archconfraternity was established in Genoa in 1468, whose confreres took care of the burial of the death by the plague and other epidemics.Originally the Oratory stood closer to the stream. Rebuilt around […]
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Next to the pass between the Argentina and the Impero valleys The most common form for the “caselle”, huts made just with stones, is the truncated cone on one or two floors. Sometimes, while maintaining the pseudovolt in the arrangement of the stone segments, the exterior shape can differ.This one, next to the Colle d’Oggia […]
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Monte Grande
At the top of Valle Impero Monte Grande, 1418 m, is located between the valleys of Impero, Carpasina and Giara. The 5th September 1944, Partisans bravely defeated the German and Fascist posts placed on this mountain. Testo a cura di Nicola Ferrarese, immagini di Nicola Ferrarese.
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