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.
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.