Cerchio Airal
Historic site

Airal Circle

Frazione Brione, Località “Airal/Buttiberghe” (Val della Torre)

The structure is circular, roughly 60 m in diameter, and situated on flat land near where the Casternone and Codano...

Grotte di Pugnetto
Historic site

Caves of Pugnetto

Località Pugnetto (Mezzenile)

In local toponymy, “Grotte di Pugnetto” (Caves of Pugnetto) refers to the set of karst phenomena developed in the calcschists...

Cappella della Sindone
Historic site

Chapel of the Shroud, or Chapel of Christ Pantocrator

Rivòt di Luis detto anche Via Margutta (Balme)

The lanes branching through the old centre of Balme are called quintàness if flat and rivòt if uphill. Narrow and...

Centro storico Cornetti
Historic site

Cornetti Historic Centre

Frazione Cornetti (Balme)

Cornetti di Balme (Li Cournàt) is among the highest permanently inhabited settlements in the Lanzo Valleys, sitting at 1,446 metres....

Fontana a Pessinea, antico lavatoio e Santuario Madonna della Consolata
Historic site

Fountain at Pessinea, Old Wash House, and Sanctuary of the Madonna della Consolata

Frazione Pessinea (Viù)

This hamlet is the last in the town of Viù. It remains largely unchanged, maintaining the traditional pedestrian lanes that...

Altare preistorico di Bogone
Historic site

Prehistoric Altar of Bogone

Bogone (Balme)

The small hamlet of Bogone was inhabited mainly in spring and autumn, serving as a stopping point during the Alpine...

Roc dle Masche
Historic site

Roc dle Masche

Roc dle Masche, Sentiero 326 + 326B (Chialamberto)

In the hamlet of Vonzo di Chialamberto (until 1831 an independent municipality), a huge, deformed boulder rising towards the north...

Casaforte del Rucias con affresco seicentesco
Historic site

Rucias Fortified House with 17th-Century Fresco

Via Capoluogo, 40 Balme (TO) (Balme)

In 1909, work commenced on the Turin aqueduct, and the old centre of Balme was demolished to make way for...

L'antico insediamento
Historic site

The Ancient Settlement

La Cassa (La Cassa)

The ancient settlement, known as Rocca Provana, is a castle of medieval origin in Piedmont, located in the municipality of...

Sentieri della libertà e della resistenza
Historic site

Trails of Freedom and Resistance

Sentieri della Resistenza (Traves)

The Lanzo, Schioppo, and Ceronda Valleys were the scene of intense partisan struggles between 1943 and 1945. These trails, which...