Old Trades Path - complete itinerary

The Old Trades Path leads to the discovery of the ancient historic route that for ages has connected the two banks of the Cembra Valley.

By virtue of this connection, marriages were frequent, for example, between families of the <b>Municipality of Sover</b> and others originating from <b>Grauno</b> and <b>Grumes</b>, while the paths leading to the <b>Lower Adige</b> (area of <b>Salorno, Egna</b>, and <b>Ora</b>) ensured seasonal labor exchange through the <b>Dossone di Cembra</b>. A route that seemed irretrievably lost following the 1966 flood and is now at the center of a comprehensive recovery program. The walk reveals the ethnographic fabric of the upper valley through constructions and workshops that in some cases operated until the 1950s: lime kilns for firing lime, which is not easy to find in a geological setting dominated by Permian porphyry at all levels; mills powered by diversion of important watercourses; and forges where metal and fabrics were worked. The natural component is equally remarkable. The <b>Avisio gorge</b> in this section presents a high level of naturalness.