Rural building Archivi

Chiapparolo

The village of the Vescino family Ville San Pietro, nowadays an hamlet of the municipality of Borgomaro, “is made up of the villages of Garsi, Barca, Case Soprane, Chiapparolo, Costa, and Marpere. There are plenty of municipal pastures, and therefore the number of cattle remains fairly high, it is more than 400 sheep. ” (quote […]

Path between Verdeggia and Passo della Guardia

Signs of an agro-pastoral past The path that connects Verdeggia with Passo della Guardia and the highest mountains of Liguria, passes through woods, ancient inhabited areas and crops that have now been abandoned. Testo a cura di Nicola Ferrarese, immagini di Claudio Cecchi

Davide Avena al Sentiero tra Verdeggia e Vesignana

Path between Verdeggia and Vesignana

Ancient mule track towards the ridge routes The path, that runs through ancient crops, connects Verdeggia (1100 m) to Vesignana (1519 m), linking the valley floor to the high military road. Testo a cura di Nicola Ferrarese, immagini di Claudio Cecchi

Path between Verdeggia and Realdo

Connecting Genoa and the Savoy Verdeggia and Realdo, two towns of the Brigasque culture, are connected by an ancient track. Today both are hamlets of Triora but historically were divided between Genoa and Savoy. Testo a cura di Nicola Ferrarese, immagini di Claudio Cecchi

“Casoni” in the woods between Tenarda and Buggio

Ghost settlements hidden in the woods Small seasonal settlements arise along the ancient path above Buggio. Those who worked in the fields and woods for the production of wood and coal found refuge in these essential homes, called “casoni” or “tecci”. Testo a cura di Nicola Ferrarese, immagini di Matteo Zinzeri

Casone of lovers

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 […]

Dry stone architecture near Passo Chiappa

An unique monumental area In this area, called “Fonte” (source), there are several “caselle” above ground and inside the terraces. The “caselle” are buildings made with dry stones, whose construction technique has prehistoric origins and is widespread throughout the Mediterranean. To complete an almost museum-like space there are sections of mule track enclosed between picturesque […]

Poilarocca – modello 3D

3D model of the village Poilaroccaby wepestoon Sketchfab

Ina Sorba double-decker “casella”

5 meters high of dry stones Ina Sorba is an area in the countryside above Riva Faraldi with some of the largest “caselle” in the Western Liguria.This construction, made entirely of dry stones, is structured on two floors, with an internal height of almost 5 meters.For its grandeur it can defined a “casellùn”: a sort of substitute […]

3D model of a “casella” on the road to Pizzo Montin

A small stone hut next to the trails connecting the sea to the mountains Casellaby wepesto

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