Luoghi religiosi
Borgo di Terzo
The convent of San Pietro
To have a daughter that was a nun was a question of status in the...
Arte
Itinerari e percorsi
Casazza
The Tower of Colognola
Eight to ten centuries ago there were no burglar alarms or armour-plated front doors for...
Itinerari e percorsi
Trescore Balneario
The Suardi Oratory
There are some people won’t walk under ladders for superstitious reasons and then there are...
Itinerari e percorsi
Zandobbio
Cave di Dolomia
Quarrying for Dolomia has always taken place in the heart of the Val Cavallina. Dolomia...
Luoghi religiosi
Zandobbio
The Church of San Giorgio in Campis
Before going into the church through the main entrance, take a walk around the outside...
Luoghi religiosi
Zandobbio
The Parish Church of Saint George
A finely carved altar, choir and pulpit are among the showpieces of this church, which...
Luoghi religiosi
Vigano San Martino
The Sanctuary of the Madonna of the Flower and Saint Martin
This country church, a place of tranquillity and spirituality, was eventually replaced as parish church...
Luoghi religiosi
Trescore Balneario
The Church of San Cassiano
Today all that remains of this very ancient cultish place are a few intriguing remnants....
Itinerari e percorsi
Trescore Balneario
The Thermal Baths of Trescore
Even Garibaldi had his aches and pains, and he too came to the Val Cavallina...
Luoghi religiosi
Borgo di Terzo
The Oratorio of the Disciplini
A small courtyard divides the simple church of the Disciplini from the parish church of...
Luoghi religiosi
Spinone al Lago
The Church of San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains)
As you travel along the SS42 main road through Spinone, there is an obligatory stop...
Itinerari e percorsi
Endine Gaiano
The nature reserve of the Valle del Freddo (Valley of Cold)
All the allure of mountain flora and fauna without the interminable hours of uphill climbing:...
Itinerari e percorsi
San Paolo d’Argon
The Ex-Silk Mill of San Paolo d’Argon
The little silk mill in the centre of San Paolo d’Argan was constructed specifically in...
Itinerari e percorsi
San Paolo d’Argon
The Parish Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul
At one time this church belonged to the Abbey of the area and if you...
Luoghi di interesse
San Paolo d’Argon
The Benedictine Abbey and ex-Monastery
This little gem of sacred art and architecture, set at the gateway to the Val...
Itinerari e percorsi
Ranzanico
The Oratorio of San Bernardino
Entrepreneurship, trade, work ethics and sermons against usury and gaming houses: it was with an...
Luoghi di interesse
Ranzanico
Museo Fal’Fil and Palazzo Re
From plaited strands of silk this place, part museum and part laboratory, came into being....
Itinerari e percorsi
Monasterolo del Castello
Monasterolo Castle
In the 1930’s, this captivating castle on Lake Endine was in danger of collapsing: decades...
Itinerari e percorsi
Luzzana
The Contemporary Museum of Art at Luzzana – Meli Donation
What could one of the founders of Dadaism, Hans Jean Arp, possibly have been doing...
Itinerari e percorsi
Luzzana
The Park of the Giant
A sculpture set among the greenery of the Val Cavallina holds a secret and a...
Luoghi di interesse
Grone
The Acqua Sparsa Watermill
In the last century there were numerous watermills in the area between the river Cherio...
Itinerari e percorsi
Gaverina Terme
The Valley of Mountain Springs and Bio-Park
A network of two kilometres of paths winds through the thirteen hectares of the oasis...
Luoghi religiosi
Gaverina Terme
The Sanctuary at Colle Gallo dedicted to the Madonna of the Snow
Two religions encounter each other at an altitude of 763 metres between the Val Cavallina...
Luoghi religiosi
Gaverina Terme
The Parish Church of Saint Victor Martyr
Leading figure absolute of the parish church of Gaverina is the great Bergamasque portraitist Moroni,...
Itinerari e percorsi
Entratico
The Buca del Corno and Stoppani Park
“Anyway, all you need to know is that the Buca del Corno, too, offers its...
Luoghi religiosi
Endine Gaiano
The Parish Church of San Michele
From the courtyard of this church at Endine Gaiano, one can watch the lake changing...
Luoghi religiosi
Endine Gaiano
The Church of San Remigio
Not far from the centre of Endine Gaiano there is the 15th century church of...
Luoghi religiosi
Cenate Sotto
The Church of Saint Martin
The most famous of the ‘family jewels’ of this parish church bears the signature of...
Luoghi religiosi
Cenate Sopra
The Church of Santa Maria Assunta at Misma
The only way to get to this little church is on foot. You just need...
Itinerari e percorsi
Cenate Sopra
WWF Wildlife Sanctuary, Val Predina
At residents’ meetings in the WWF Wildlife Sanctuary situated at the foot Mount Misma, the...
