Itinerary Chivasso 06. CHIVASSO - TORRAZZA PIEMONTE Km 7,7 / Elevation change + 1 Chivasso is also where the Cavour Canal begins: built between 1863 and 1866, it is one of the greatest examples of waterwaysengineering of the period. By an extensive network of canals...
Itinerary Torrazza Piemonte 07. TORRAZZA PIEMONTE - SALUGGIA Km 5,8 / Elevation change +10 Crossing the bridge over the Dora Baltea, a dirt road leads to Saluggia. Originally a Roman settlement and then, in the Middle Ages, profiting from the fishing rights and ferry payments...
Itinerary Saluggia 08. SALUGGIA - LAMPORO Km 6,9 / Elevation change - 5 On leaving Saluggia the route leads to Lamporo whose name derives from the Amporium irrigation ditch that, even now – a unique sight that has remained unchanged by the wishes of the residents – spans...
Itinerary Lamporo 09. LAMPORO - COLOMBARA - LERI Km 9 / Elevation change - 9 Continuing towards Vercelli, Colombara can be found, a fine example of the ancient structure of the "closed court": some of the rooms preserved show how people lived and worked between...
Itinerary Trino 10. LERI - CASTELMERLINO - DAROLA Km 3,7 / Elevation change - 6 This leads to Castelmerlino, another grangia that, although rather more modest, has a small church in open brickwork dedicated to San Pietro: it has an unusual...
Itinerary Trino 11. DAROLA - RONSECCO Km 4,3 / Elevation change - 5 At this point, the trail leads to Ronsecco whose original settlement was built near the Shrine of Viri Veri but was abandoned in the 12th century and rebuilt on its present site in...
Itinerary Chivasso 06. CHIVASSO - TORRAZZA PIEMONTE Km 7,7 / Elevation change + 1 Chivasso is also where the Cavour Canal begins: built between 1863 and 1866, it is one of the greatest examples of waterwaysengineering of the period. By an extensive network of canals...
Itinerary Torrazza Piemonte 07. TORRAZZA PIEMONTE - SALUGGIA Km 5,8 / Elevation change +10 Crossing the bridge over the Dora Baltea, a dirt road leads to Saluggia. Originally a Roman settlement and then, in the Middle Ages, profiting from the fishing rights and ferry payments...
Itinerary Saluggia 08. SALUGGIA - LAMPORO Km 6,9 / Elevation change - 5 On leaving Saluggia the route leads to Lamporo whose name derives from the Amporium irrigation ditch that, even now – a unique sight that has remained unchanged by the wishes of the residents – spans...
Itinerary Lamporo 09. LAMPORO - COLOMBARA - LERI Km 9 / Elevation change - 9 Continuing towards Vercelli, Colombara can be found, a fine example of the ancient structure of the "closed court": some of the rooms preserved show how people lived and worked between...
Itinerary Trino 10. LERI - CASTELMERLINO - DAROLA Km 3,7 / Elevation change - 6 This leads to Castelmerlino, another grangia that, although rather more modest, has a small church in open brickwork dedicated to San Pietro: it has an unusual...
Itinerary Trino 11. DAROLA - RONSECCO Km 4,3 / Elevation change - 5 At this point, the trail leads to Ronsecco whose original settlement was built near the Shrine of Viri Veri but was abandoned in the 12th century and rebuilt on its present site in...