A fascinating journey through meadows and vineyards, forests and hazel
the discovery of new landscapes and sometimes
immersed in the harmony of nature and quiet places of contemplation!
It 's a way that befits
whole family is going through it on foot or by bicycle.
Technical
Length - 6 km (asphalt and dirt)
Length (excluding stages ) - 2.30 hours walk - 1 hour bike
Hostal has recommended - shoes hiking / mountain biking
difference in altitude - 150 meters
Stages
pylon San Donato. The earliest records date back to 1662 when it is referred to as "old church", reflecting the presence of the ancient inhabited. The current architecture dates back to 1874, when the building was rebuilt at the expense of the City in 1872 after the original building was demolished because now crumbling. Lake Spine takes its name from its namesake Santuario della Spina. The first work on building the lake began in 1827 on the initiative of Count Vincenzo Sebastiano Beraudo, but unfortunately these early works were lost: go back this year to the Letters Patent issued August 28, 1827 by Her Majesty Carlo Alberto, with which it was declared a public utility of the work and approved the rules for "good governance of the reservoir water. "
Nevertheless, the ambitious project to create a reservoir to irrigate the surrounding fields and was not abandoned a few years later on the initiative of Count and Marquis Beraudo Carlo Ferrero della Marmora, consignor of Pralormo, it resumed its work. The direction of these was entrusted to the hydraulic Knight Barabino, who created a work of enormous prestigio non solo per le dimensioni, ma anche per l’ingegnoso meccanismo d’irrigazione di cui dotò l’invaso.
Venne infatti costruito uno sbarramento in materiali sciolti alto 20 metri, trasversale alla piccola valle del rio Torto ed in grado di contenere oltre 1.000.000 di m3 di acqua: il lago è un bacino dalla forma allungata che, nella porzione a monte, si divide in due bracci, uno volgente a sud, l’altro verso nord. Le dimensioni massime raggiungono circa 1 km di lunghezza, e 200 m di larghezza nel punto più ampio. Il fondo dell’invaso si trova ad una quota inferiore ai 281 m s.l.m., mentre la quota di coronamento raggiunge i 295,20 m s.l.m.
Sul lato sud dell’invaso si trova lo sbocco della tunnel junction of the waters of the Rio Riserasco. The gallery is built with bricks for a total of about 150 meters. Climbing up the bed of the river Riserasco, a total distance of 600 meters, we meet a second tunnel dated year 1901 (the gallery to assemble), built in brick and partly covered with concrete, in turn, this second tunnel (600 meters long ) collects the water drained by a gutter capable of collecting the runoff from the slopes of the overlying S. Vito Montà d'Alba (CN).
The quoted works of water supply will result in an irrigation system that uses a floating water collects only the most superficial "The most fertile and warm, avoid cutting the dam whenever it was necessary to irrigate.
After the 1994 flood and damage to the earthen dam, the reservoir level is kept low for safety reasons. The construction works of the organs of discharge under the current regulations will be completed in 2010, again allowing the maximum capacity of the reservoir.
Shrine of Our Lady of the Thorn : wanted, according to tradition, the popular devotion, was built after an image of the Virgin painted on a pillar in one eye and scratched by a thorn , gave blood.
The first historical records are derived from the report of the pastoral visit of the Bishop of Asti Archbishop Domenico della Rovere made in 1585. In it we talk about a large crowd of people because of the many miracles and you two altar at which Mass is celebrated. From a church bulletin, written by Don Carlo at the rector of the Shrine in 1925, we learn that the altar was built in 1632. The church was guarded by several religious orders who lived in the adjacent monastery, of which we can mention the Trinity (1639-1652), the Cistercians (1681-1797). The building of the monastery was built in the middle of the seventeenth century on land donated by Gaspare Petrina, lord of the place. From 1797 in 1833, the monastery belonged to a certain Joseph of Turin I will.
In 1833 it was purchased by Marchesi Ferrero della Marmora. In 1877 Don Elijah Francis, in gratitude for the recovery obtained from a long illness, healed by entrusting the renewal of the church interior paintings in a famous painter in the area, Barucco Felice, who painted the figures on the sides under the Blessed Virgin and the times . At the beginning of 900 the monastery went to the daughters of St. Philip. Can be attributed to Don Rodolfo Piglione the restoration work that significantly altered the facade of the sanctuary to which were added the two towers and a small porch, was also knocked down the bell tower located on the conical dome. Since 1991, the property è delle Suore Adoratrici del Cottolengo. La festa della Beata Vergine della Spina si celebra il 15 Agosto con la solennità dell’Assunta.
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