An artwork suspended on the water The Ponte di Conio is the most important one-span medieval bridge in the Impero Valley. It is part of the road network that follows the bottom of the valley, which became fundamental in trades with Piedmont during the second half of the sixteenth century when the Savoy made Borgomaro […]
A sad legend The bridge called “Della Lonega” is part of an ancient road between the coast, the villages of the Upper Impero Valley and the Via Marenca. It is built entirely in dry stone. Testo a cura di Nicola Ferrarese, immagini di Nicola Ferrarese
The medieval wellspring of the Castrum Diani The Fontana del Melo is a medieval fount in Diano Castello, placed along the ancient mule track towards Diano San Pietro.The Castrum Diani was built on a promontory that was easy to defend but almost devoid of water sources. In order to guarantee a sufficient supply of water […]
Late medieval sanctuary hidden in the woods. The Sanctuary of Santa Maria Maddalena was founded in 1463 in a lonely place in the woods, on a main mule track that goes from Lucinasco to Monte Acquarone. The interior, frescoed, is composed of three naves and has no bell tower.Following the small trail beyond the building […]
An enigmatic peak still to be studied Monte Acquarone has been for centuries, perhaps millennia, a strategic point for control over the territory, rising between the Impero and Prino valleys. Crossed by the thousand-year-old Via Marenca, its summit is said to have hosted a pre-Roman castelliere and, later, a castle. The flat top, the presence […]
Haymaking witnesses All the available land was exploited by shepherds and farmers based on altitude, slope, type of terrain, distance from the village and communication routes.The highest areas, more flat and subject to greater thermal gradients during the year, were dedicated to haymaking. To quickly transport the hay bales, called “beriui”, cableways were installed, some […]
Romantic rural architecture Along the Via Marenca that follows the right ridge of the Impero Valley there are numerous examples of rural architecture, mainly “caselle”: small huts made with dry stones.During our trip with the Google Street View Trekker, not far from the summit of Monte Scuassi, we met a small “casone”, a type of […]
The thousand-year-old highway The Via Marenca is a route that connected Piedmont, France and the northern regions with the coast, allowing people to move and trade, primarily salt. A stretch of great strategic importance connected the villages of the Impero, Maro and Prelà valleys, reaching Oneglia, the landing point of merchant ships even before th […]
Witness of an archaic culture The stele located a few meters away from the mule track, near the junction between the villages of Novelli and Revelli. This 3 m long stone resting on the ground has been identified by Dr. Gabriella Stabile Re as an anthropomorphic aniconic stele: it has human features but without incisions […]
The village with painted doors Valloria is a medieval village of the “Vallis Aurea”, a name that derives from the color of olive oil, cultivated here for centuries. In the tiny alleys, called “carruggi”, peasant history marries art: around the nineties the Amici di Valloria association conceived an annual event in which several artists are […]
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