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Verdeggia VERDEGGIA REALDO The Village CREPPO

BREGALLA of Witches

FRANCIA Saccarello LORETO CETTA The Ethnographic and Witchcraft Museum TRIORA The Ethnographic and Witchcraft Museum The hamlets (located at the entrance of the Historical Centre) The vast territory of Triora spreads from 660 metres houses a collection of artefacts and documents (2165feet) above sea level up to 2200 metres (7217 PIGNA which give a good insight into the local history feet) at the peak of Mount Saccarello. It encompasses and culture. Part of it is dedicated to fauna, rural seven hamlets: Loreto, Cetta, Bregalla, Creppo, life and historic tools but the most interesting Realdo, Verdeggia, Monesi di Triora and numerous tiny section is the one dedicated to witchcraft. The villages (Borniga, il Pin, Goina and Carmeli). museum is run by an association called ' A s s o c i a z i o n e Tu r i s t i c a Pr o Tr i o r a ' . website : www.museotriora.it

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Monesi USCITA ARMA DI di Triora EST A A10 AUTOSTRAD SANREMO (ski resort) TAGGIA

XXMIGLIA ARMA DI TAGGIA Loreto Loreto Bridge is 119 metres high (390.42 feet) Old prisons Located in the far west of in the heart of CARUGI: THE CABOTINA : S. BERNARDINO the National Park, Triora is a Steep and is located behind a is a charming medieval village overlooking the Argentina valley narrow cobbled Affreschi S.Bernardino mysterious place church from an altitude of 780 metres (2559 feet). streets that run called La Colla. famous for its Triora is famous for its witch trials which took through the According to a local many medieval place between 1587-1589 and culminated in houses of the legend this is the frescoes of the several executios. old village place where witches school of The etymology of Triora derives from its Latin Portico Fontana Soprana centre. gathered to perform Canavesio. name tria ora, or 3 mouths, like those of the their sinister rituals. Cerberus who appears on the town's emblem. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST: EVENTS: Triora West, Strigora, Festa del Fungo painted in 1397 by the and Halloween are among the original and Sienese painter Taddeo di entertaining shows that attract thousands of Bartolo is one of several visitors to Triora every year. works of art housed in the majestic church of the Festa di Halloween Collegiata. Via Roma As one of the impenetrable fortresses of the Republic of (also known as la Serenissima) ...the past is still alive thanks to art and history... Triora was like the mythical Cerberus guarding the Ligurian border. Its history is closely linked to that of the Serenissima up until the Napoleonic era. Nowadays the remains of the ancient vestige are ORATORIO DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA The municipality of Triora is a member of an international tourist destination and one of the houses some valuable paintings and a several tourist associations such as “I Borghi most celebrated sights in the far west of Liguria. monumental wooden altar, made in 1690 by Più Belli d'Italia”“Le Bandiere Arancioni del Master G.B. Borgogno, known as The Buscaglia. Touring Club Italiano” and “La Citta del Castle S. Agostino Pane” .This last brand has been conferred to SANT’AGOSTINO: The seventeenth century the typical round shape bread called Pane di Sant'Agostino church is close to the hearts of Piazza Beato T. Reggio Triora, which also won the brand De.Co. Triora's residents thanks to the statue of the Madonna della Misericordia (Our Lady of Mercy), carved in 1841. Every year during the procession of the Mount the residents carry the statue on their shoulders through the town in The ruins of the old castle show the strength and fulfilment of an ancient vow linked to a plague of determination of the inhabitants. locusts.