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Rural Archeology

“…which is still lucky (the Astico Valley) of gold mines, according to flowers and signs that are seen of her, even if in Mount Melignone signs of it appear and even for other veins of silver, and of copper in Barbarena above Tonezza, and in Val dell’Orco near St. Pietro d’Astico of silver, as well as those of excellent iron under Santa Maria di Brancafora, in Posina…” Conte Francesco Caldogno

Let’s immerse ourselves in an enchanting itinerary, we will hear the beating of hammers… the snorting of bellows, the creaking of the mills, the charm of ancient streets, surrounded by uncontested nature… waters that flow grumbling accompany us… remembering stories that perhaps never existed and dreams that have yet to be lived.

Main mill

Watermills and wheels: the force of water to power millstones, saws, fulling mills, looms, forges and hammers.

Montepiano

The hamlet of Montepiano: its legendary origins, remnants of German, and votive works.

Railroad

The dawn of the industrial age and the beginnings of freight and passenger railways: designing strategic development.

Lastebasse, Rural world, history of the border

Lastebasse and its Laste, a borderland and theatre of age-old disputes between Veneto and Trentino over the use of its beautiful woods.

Peralto icebox

The Giassara de Peralto: history and information on Arsiero town council’s icehouse, which was open from 1900 until the invention of electricity.

Public fountains

Arsiero’s water and public fountains: el Fontanon del Cao de La’.

Railway-Old and new

The railway was re-opened after World World I in 1933 with the new Rocchette-Arsiero line: service was restored

Santorso, places of worship

Places of worship in Santorso: Sanctuary of San Orso and San Dionigi Church

Arsiero, Strafexpedition, the paper mills

Arsiero: the richness of its waters, a flourishing industrial past, the scars of the Great War.

Villa Meunier

A stunning holiday residence just beyond the railway: the history of Villa Meunier.

Monte Summano and via Crucis

Monte Summano and via Crucis from Santorso to the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Summano

Cartiera Rossi

The history of Arsiero’s papermills and the local papermaking industry, from its origins to the Rossi family

Terraces

Terraces: a hidden network carved into the mountainsides of Vicenza’s pre-Alps, telling of crops waiting to be rediscovered.

The Archaeological Museum of Alto Vicentino

Inaugurated in 1995, it arose in the wake of archaeological research carried out in this territory since the early twentieth century.

Ponteposta

Ponteposta: the first parish in Brancafora, a new church, and a visit by Karl I of Austria during the Great War.

Railroad-Meda

The route of the first railway that connected the main industrial centres of Schio with the Astico and Posina valleys: the Rocchette-Arsiero line.

The Fountains Route

The Fountains Route which allows you to visit the old streets of the town and the fountains still present.
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