Dolcissima Me di Elisa Cuccarollo
via Manzoni 9
Montereale Valcellina
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Osteria Vittoria
piazza Roma 13
Montereale Valcellina
tel. 0427 799698
Between water and industrial archaeology
From the former “Antonio Pitter” hydroelectric power station, the yellow-blue path MV07 climbs up the old drainage canal, crossing it twice, until it turns away and reaches the Cjasarile tunnel.
The remains of the Castle
From the Town Hall, cross the park and the Dominu Tower, following the yellow-blue MV01 signpost that goes round Monte Spia to continue towards Monte Castello and the remains of the medieval manor.
The magredi and the Pellegrin trail
This peaceful route will let you discover a strip of the magredi of the Cellina. Start from the junction between via Partidor and via dell’Agnolo, keeping the canal on your right.
The Municipal Park and the Dominu Tower
To the rear of the Town Hall is the Dominu Park, where the remains of a pre-Roman necropolis of incineration were found, with some twenty burials arranged in three parallel rows.
The Hill and the remains of the Castle
In the same place where there were ancient settlements, from which it is possible to dominate the plain, a castrum was built surrounded by a wall, with a defensive function, considered impregnable.
The burnt house and the Turkish invasions
During the last invasion of Friuli by mercenary troops in the pay of the Ottoman Empire in 1499, the villages of the western foothills as far as Montereale were sacked.
The Menocchio, heretical miller
The mill rented by Domenico Scandella, known as Menocchio, at the end of the 16th century is located on the right bank of the Cellina, a little lower than the Church of Santa Maria, now San Rocco.
Cigolotti Palaces
Between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some splendid villas were built in the territory of Montereale Valcellina. The Lords Cigolotti, merchants who came from Trentino to trade in timber, not only had the walls protecting the braida and the Torretta del Dominu built, but also two villas. One is surrounded by a high wall that […]