Whether you love outdoor winter sports or summer sports or enjoy a day relaxing in nature or savouring the local culinary specialities, whether you are passionate about the local history and culture or want to discover the mining tradition…Valle Trompia offers a world of unique experiences just waiting to be discovered.
The town of Sella dell'Oca is on the ridge dividing Valle Trompia from Franciacorta. The place is bucolic, surrounded by thick woods. The town is also famous for its hiking trails. A beautiful hiking trail leads from Villa Carcina to this enchanted place, which can also be easily reached from Brione itself.
The “Sentiero dei Marroneti” (Path of the Chestnut Woods) indicates the road leading from Nave to the Sanctuary of Conche. The path is characterised by its state of conservation and by the size of the cobblestones making up the pavement, large white limestone stones with a flat surface arranged in a beautiful mosaic pattern. The path is crisscrossed by various ...
Casa della Natura (House of Nature) was created from the recovery - by the Municipal Council of Bovezzo and a group of volunteers - of the old Rampinelli sheepfold and a fabulous centuries-old chestnut grove. The Casa della Natura is just a stone's throw from the centre of Bovezzo: exactly where the barn once stood. It is situated in a ...
Born from the project "Paths of Memory - The Franco Moretti Path" in collaboration with the ANPI sections of Gardone and Marcheno, the "Carlo Beretta" High School of Gardone V.T and the Comprehensive School of Marcheno, the path commemorates the figure of a young man who made a clear and definite choice for freedom. It starts at the Marcheno Comprehensive ...
The Sentiero dell’Acqua di Irma (Irma Water Path) winds its way through woods and streams, highlighting historical testimonies and natural environments linked to water and its presence in the territory. The path begins at the town centre, amid historical fountains and a late 18th-century washhouse. It then moves away from the town to reach the ancient Fonte di San Carlo, ...
Venture along the "Val Delle Melle" path and discover the Molino di Marmentino! With an almost flat profile, the area is characterised by the presence of numerous streams and torrents (hence the name Val Delle Melle) and by the remains of the ancient "seriola" (irrigation channel) of the 16th-century mill. Coal bunkers and limestone kilns are still visible in many ...
The route starts uphill from the "cemetery" area of Villa Carcina on a forest road with an excellent compact surface. This first stretch, well signposted, is suitable for everyone and can be travelled with any type of MTB or Gravel bike. What will put you to the test are the last 300 metres on a steep track with a rough ...
The Avogadro Tower is located on the high ground in the centre of Lumezzane Pieve, where it looks down over the valley. It is a 15th-century construction and was a garrison of the Avogadro family, lords of Lumezzane from 1427. The building, with its severe fortified layout, was surrounded by a moat with water taken from the Regnone stream and ...
The Torre Romana (Roman Tower) in Bovegno is the headquarters of the Angelo Canossi Foundation established in 1996 with the purpose of researching, documenting and studying Brescia's traditions and cultural heritage. The Foundation has absorbed and continues to carry out the activities of the Angelo Canossi Institution, which was set up by the parish priest of Bovegno, Monsignor Francesco Bertoli ...
This itinerary, linking two Brescian valleys, is of medium difficulty and has only one climb that is not too demanding. The first section, starting from Brescia, is entirely flat as far as Villanuova sul Clisi, where you will begin climbing up the Valle Sabbia on a slight slope as far as Vestone. You will then head towards Cocca di Lodrino, ...
One of the most important public works carried out in the Augustan Age as part of the urban redevelopment of Brixia was the construction of an aqueduct that brought water to the town from the valley of Lumezzane. With an underground route of 20 km, it supplied water to public and private buildings. The aqueduct was built in the first ...
The project to restore the First World War artefacts on the Maniva is an initiative of the Brescia Section of the Alpine Corps, whose commitment was aimed at keeping alive the memory of the Great War by transforming these places, characterised by the presence of numerous traces such as trenches, artillery positions, shelter caves, etc. into a sort of monument. ...
