The Signs of BIKE Valle Camonica
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The signs of BIKE Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Photography: Archivio Fotografico Comunità Montana di Valle Camonica e Distretto Culturale, Archivio Parco dell’Adamello, Simone Foglia, Battista Sedani, Andrea Moraschetti, Luca Morandini Credits: MTB Vallecamonica, MTB Pizzo Badile, Matteo Pedrazzani, Matteo Gritti, Giacomo Calzoni, Fabio Isonni, Mario Fedriga, Gian Marco Polonioli, Giacomo Manganoni, Luca Giarelli, Marta Ghirardelli Graphic design and layout: negrini+varetto Index Getting there ................................................................................................... 4-5 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 6-7 The signs of Nature .................................................................................. 8-11 The signs of History ............................................................................... 12-15 The signs of Arts ....................................................................................... 16-19 The signs of Crafts .................................................................................. 20-23 The signs of Gastronomy ................................................................... 24-25 The signs of Wellness ........................................................................... 26-27 The signs of Sport .................................................................................. 28-33 The signs of Bike ..................................................................................... 34-35 Cycle routes ........................................................................................ 36-39 MTB ........................................................................................................... 40-47 E-bike ...................................................................................................... 48-51 Adventure ............................................................................................ 52-55 Road bike ............................................................................................. 56-61 Snowbike .............................................................................................. 62-63 Lombardia Valle Camonica Getting there BY CAR BY PLANE BY TRAIN AND BUS FROM SOUTH - Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport FROM SWITZERLAND TO EDOLO Highway A4 (Torino – Trieste) (90 km) - From Saint Moritz to Tirano by Bernina Express train. From Tirano to Edolo by FROM NORTH-EAST - Verona Airport (110 km) bus. Highway A22 (Brennero – Modena) - Milan Linate Airport (140 km) FROM MILAN FROM NORTH-WEST - From Milan Central Station to Brescia and - From Spluga Pass - Milan Malpensa Airport (190 km) from Brescia to Valle Camonica by train. - From Como Lake - From Sesto Marelli (M1) underground station in Milan to Valle Camonica by bus (SAB Company). FROM BRESCIA - From Brescia train station, direct connection to Valle Camonica . Sondrio Tirano Bormio Bergamo Lovere Dimaro Trento Bolzano Darfo Breno Edolo Ponte Tonale di Legno Pass Madonna Brescia Pisogne di Campiglio 4 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Gavia Pass Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio Mortirolo Tonale Pass Pass Temù Ponte Vione di Legno Valtellina Vezza d’Oglio Incudine Monno Edolo Parco Regionale Aprica Corteno Golgi dell’Adamello Pass Sonico Riserva Naturale Valli di S. Antonio Malonno Berzo Demo Paisco Loveno Saviore dell’Adamello Cedegolo Cevo Vivione Sellero Pass Riserva Naturale delle Incisioni Rupestri di Ceto, Capo di Ponte Cimbergo e Paspardo Paspardo Ono San Pietro Cimbergo Trentino Lozio Ceto Cerveno Alto Adige Braone Losine Riserva Naturale Valle di Scalve del Giovetto Niardo Malegno Borno Breno Ossimo Cividate Camuno Parco Piancogno del Barberino Bienno Crocedomini Esine Pass Berzo Inf. Boario Angolo Terme Darfo Boario Terme Gianico Artogne Pian Camuno Montecampione Legend Pisogne Info point Thermae Lake Rock engravings Winter sports Iseo Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 5 Aviolo lake, above Vezza d’Oglio The Valley of Landmarks: nature, arts and history 6 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Why “The Valley of Landmarks”? throughout the whole valley, from the The Valley is named after its Retic Alps, to Lake Iseo. most important treasure: the rock engravings, our ancestors’ heritage. Nature is the second treasure of our They represent the history of 12.000 valley, recognized in 2018 as Reserve years of humankind dwelling our land, of the Biosphere by the UNESCO MAB narrating the hunting tradition, nature program. When you visit our valley, and beliefs through images. the gaze wanders through green mountains, rocky peaks, blue alpine The UNESCO acknowledged Valle lakes and bright glaciers. Let nature Camonica rock engraving as fi rst carry you. Let our signs, colors and world heritage site in Italy in 1979. landmarks enrich your spirit, body The 300.000 engravings are scattered and soul. Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 7 Crocedomini Pass The signs of NATURE 8 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Valle Adamè Moro Lake Nature in Valle Camonica is entwined with history, from the ancient times, to World War I. The mountains of the Adamello Park still carry the signs of battlefi elds, trenches and artillery. Many parks safeguard our wonderful nature, among them: the Stelvio National Park surrounded by peaks, the Boschi del Giovetto Natural Park and its pinewoods and the Lago Moro Park that protects one of the most beautiful alpine lakes of Valle Camonica. Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 9 Corno Adamè, Valle Adamè Frozen lake, Tonolini Hut 10 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Cotton grass bloom in Valle d’Aviolo Crocus spring bloom, upper Valle Camonica “Sentiero dei Fiori”, near lago scuro, Adamello Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 11 The signs of HISTORY The rock engravings, fi rst Italian sledgehammers. Above the village UNESCO World Heritage site narrate of Bienno, you can take a walk to the the life of our ancestors. medieval castle of Breno and enjoy More than 2000 rocks engraved with the amazing view overlooking the over 300.000 signs, are scattered over valley and the sacred mountains: 24 of the 41 villages in Valle Camonica. Concarena and Pizzo Badile. The middle-valley and the sacred mountains area host the greatest During World War I the Italian and number of engraved rocks. Austro-Hungarian armies fought for months during harsh winters on our Roman and Medieval history is also peaks and mountains. The traces of part of our great heritage. In Cividate the Great war are still visible along Archelogical park of Camuno you can walk among the the peaks: cannons, trenches, Tibetan Seradina-Bedolina Roman remains. In the ancient bridges and artillery are just a couple rock engravings, Capo di Ponte village of Bienno you can visit old, hours away on foot from upper valley but still working, watermills and towns. 12 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. The signs of HISTORY Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 13 Watermill, Bienno Breno Castle, Pizzo Badile peak in the background 14 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. The “Ippopotamo”, WWI cannon, Cresta Croce Artillery Paradiso Pass, Tonale Trenches on the path to Bozzi hut Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 15 Wooden sculpture, Valle Camonica handicraft The signs of ART Among the landmarks of Valle Santa Maria Annunciata in Bienno and Camonica, arts is one of the most San’t Antonio in Breno. amazing. Frescos, wooden sculptures and paintings date back from the Beniamino Simoni is the leading artist Renaissance until modern times. of wooden sculpture. Around 1700 he sculpted almost 200 statues for the The painter Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo Sanctuary of the Via Crucis in Cerveno. (XV century) left his traces in many sacred buildings, among which the As for Contemporary art, Franca Monastery of Annunciata, the church Ghitti is the number one artist. She of Esine and San Rocco in Bagolino. expressed her art through iron, paper, wood and rock. Among her most During the Renaissance, Girolamo famous works, there is the bell tower Romanino brought his art to Valle door in Erbanno and the Double Cross Camonica, painting frescos in churches in Cividate Camuno. like Santa Maria della Neve in Pisogne, 16 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Wooden statues, Capele di Cerveno Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 17 molorerumUnt labo. Sum quis dolorro cuptatem videlec errorro vendendebis Girolamo Romanino Fresco, am rescimperios Santa Maria della Neve, Pisogne escimag natibusam Callisto Piazza’s Altar tablet Girolamo Romanino Fresco, in S. Antonio Abate Church Santa Maria della Neve 18 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. San Valentino Church, Breno Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. 19 Forges, sledgehammer, iron handcraft The signs of CRAFTS 20 Valle Camonica. The Valley of Landmarks. Alabaster handicraft Industry is been of great importance Bienno to Cedegolo. In Cedegolo an in Valle Camonica since very long ancient hydroelectric power plant time. The railway running from North has been turned into a modern to South, the rural spaces and the Hydroelectric Power Museum. presence of water, made it possible to start steel, textile and iron industry Some other old industrial buildings since the beginning of the XX century. have been recently converted into The use of water for watermills and museums and attractions; the forges started in medieval times and most signifi cant is the former lime is still working. productive