Variant Arguello - Lequio Berria 147 GTL - Grande Traversata delle Langhe • Variant Arguello - Lequio Berria 148 Variant Arguello - Lequio Berria A further continuation of the previous section, this variation of the GTL will take you to Lequio Berria. DISTANCE/PROFILE ELEVATION GAIN DIFFICULTY START FINISH 4,5 km 640 m 715 m OC Itinerary profle 715 m 640 m 0 Km 4,5 Km Arguello Lequio Berria GTL - Grande Traversata delle Langhe • Variant Arguello - Lequio Berria 149 GTL - Grande Traversata delle Langhe • Variant Arguello - Lequio Berria 152 Like Lequio, Arguello has lost its castle to one of the many wars that bloodied favor of a less evident trail. Continue along the false fat until the edge of the Piedmont region in 16th and 17th centuries. Only the mound of earth, a gorge beneath a vertical clif face. Head down to the right alongside this on which the castle rested, remains, dominating the village nestled within steep ravine (a brief section of which is fairly exposed) until the Avre river, the square and a couple of rings of houses sloping down to the town gates which can be crossed without much difculty (but be careful), then head below, marked to this day by its original, medieval stone paving and the back up through the vegetation on the other side. ancient Church of San Frontiniano (circa 17th century). Like Sinio, Arguello, After a series of steep switchbacks through the woods, you will reach some too, had ties to the powerful San Cassiano (and Frontiniano) Monastery in cultivated felds. Head up the steepest road alongside a depression created Alba and this church is the most evident sign of that bond. In this church by a small stream to Cascina Boschetto. Go around this farmhouse to the a Roman stela was found and this artifact, a testament to the age of this right and follow the fat dirt road in the direction of Cascina Pozzetto. The settlement, can now be seen in the Town Hall. road, now paved, heads up to the right toward a house. From the house, Just outside of town, the tiny Chapel of San Michele, along the road to Tre a steep section of road will take you to the panoramic hillcrest. Turn left Cunei (a hamlet on the same ridge as Albaretto and Lequio), just below the and continue along roughly a kilometre of false fat to the centre of Lequio edge of the road on a natural terrace overlooking stone villages, lavender Berria. bushes and the woods below, is a great spot for an unforgettable Sunday The village of Lequio lies essentially right across from Arguello, on another picnic. ridge of the same long hill that joins up with the central ridge of the Langhe From the square at the entrance to town, take the uphill dirt road to the region, where the road runs along this main crest between the Tanaro and right, then go around Bric Trapolin and past a hazelnut grove. At the frst Belbo Valleys. In actual fact, this ridge is a system of hills, which splits of crossroads, continue slightly uphill and then descend into the woods until from the highest ridge line that runs from Diano, Montelupo and Rodello you fnd an evident dirt road on the right. Follow this road alongside a hazelnut towards Serravalle, Bossolasco, Murazzano and Montezemolo. grove, then keep to the right at the next two forks in the road, following along Lequio is the birthplace of a famous violin maker, Giovanni Pressenda, one the edge of the cultivated felds. Enter the woods and continue downward of a long line of Italian luthiers, beginning with Antonio Stradivari, who were along the most evident dirt road. Turn left at a switchback and cross a small always able to fnd the ideal wood to make such a beautiful instrument. stream. At another intersection, head left along the fat, leaving the road in There is a bust of Giovanni Pressenda at one end of the square. Legend Area RVs Information Wine Centres Tower Picnic Area Portage Museum / Eco-museum Variant Medical Assistance / Outdoor Centre Archeological Site Hospital Roero Bike Tour Site of artistic / Maintenance Point UNESCO Site cultural interest GTL - Grande Traversata delle Langhe Charging Station Castle Site of natural interest Bar to Bar Bus Stop Church / Chapel Site of historical / cultural interest Fountain / Water UNESCO area border Vista Point Lequio Berria Albaretto della Torre Cravanzana Cortemilia Langhe Roero Arguello Cerreto Langhe Torre Bormida Bergolo Pezzolo Valle Uzzone Serravalle Langhe Feisoglio Todocco Bossolasco GTL Niella Belbo Grande Traversata San Prunetto delle Langhe Benedetto Belbo Monesiglio Murazzano Gottasecca Mombarcaro Saliceto Difculty legend Ente Turismo Alba Bra Langhe Roero Langhe Roero Tourist Board Emergency number: Piazza Risorgimento, 2 - 12051 Alba (CN) - Italy tourism average skill level above average skill level advanced skill level expert skill level Tel. / Ph. +39.0173.35833 - [email protected] www.langheroero.it - www.piemonteoutdoor.it.