The tiny housing cluster of Sperane is located South-east of San Zeno and a short distance from Lumini. The original layout of the contrada is still visible, while the buildings themselves have been renovated. The stone well is in plain sight, where residents used to come to draw drinking water. Dal libro “Le immagini raccontano […]
It is the most ancient and populous contrada of the town, thus leading it to be considered its primary centre. San Zeno stretches along the main road. It’s characterized by beautiful open courts, where local stone houses stand, crammed together and connected to each other by characteristic archways and internal passages which once allowed people […]
Prada Alta (1060 m) is the centre of the valley. It has always been the town that has acted as the heart of the entire valley. It sits on a unique plateau that gently divides the valley before blending back into mountains. It’s characterized by both old and new houses, and is the tourism centre […]
Prada Bassa (935 m): Culturally different from the rest of the valley, the town of Prada Bassa maintains the traditions of the Caprinesi people, who arrived from the Po Valley and were stopped right here by the Prada mountain dwellers, who are of Trentino origins. The town shows signs of agricultural splendour, […]
This is a frazione of San Zeno di Montagna, with a population of approximately 150 people. According to tradition, the name of this small village originates from the fact that in ancient times, packs of wolves were kept away with fires which, from a distance, resembled candles (or “lumi”, in Italian). It is said that […]
Coming from Laguna and having passed the “Ponte del Diavolo” bridge – in the proximity of which, according to oral traditions, a band of counterfeiters once worked – you will arrive at La Ca’ (683 m). This contrada is home to an ancient little church dedicated to Saint Peter and a few houses once inhabited […]
The practice of cultivating chestnuts in the Monte Baldo area dates back to the year 1285. Initially the trees were only cultivated within an altitude range of 600 to 900 m above sea level, but in the 1800’s they became more widespread on the Eastern and Western slopes of Monte Baldo, particularly in San Zeno […]
This chestnut tree (circumference of 5.67 metres, height of 24 meteres, and over 200 years old) is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Inside the tree there is a hollow recess with a statue of the Virgin Mary of the Chestnut Tree. On August 15th Holy mass is held in front of the tree and everyone […]
A small plateau at 1295 m above sea level, this is the starting point and end point of many Baldo trails. There is an alpine pond known as a “pozza” (there used to be two of them) full of amphibians that come here to reproduce during the spring-summer months. It is surrounded by meadows and […]
The beechwood between Ortigara and Pralungo, with its majestic secular trees, is the largest and most beautiful of any found on Monte Baldo. Beech trees, which can grow up to 35-50 metres tall, normally grow at an altitude between 600 and 900 m. Its foliage is beautiful in autumn, as its colour changes from golden […]
