"Il sapere... entra dai piedi"
which in italian means that the knowledge get through the feet. It is to say that by walking you can learn and understand a huge amount of things. Obviously, seeing, listening to ourselves and to what surrounds us is essential too. We must always consider the fact that we walk on the footsteps on which many people have walked in the past and on which as much people will travel in the future. Therefore, it is important to avoid unnecesary noises, to help maintenance by removing the stone, the fallen branch, or by cutting the bramble from the path.
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SC1 Santa Caterinella
Santa Caterina - Tretto, SchioThe path is named after the little church of Santa Caterinella, which recalls a special event and a miracle. Along the path there are significant points, where migrating birds pass through and, as a consequence, hunting activities.
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SC2 Valbona e Valmara
Santa Caterina, SchioValbona e Valmara are the names of the two main valleys in S. Caterina. One of them is cultivated and disctricts were settled; the other, which is harsher, is rich in water, in fact, there are watermills along it. The path crosses both.
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SU1 Alta Vista
San Ulderico, SchioIt is a path which offers amazing views over the plain. It is also characterized by the presence of different woods: chesnuts, maples, ash-trees, hornbeams, beeches...).
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SU2 Sopra la Valle dell’Orco
San Ulderico, SchioThe path is characterized by the crossing of some districts, different in terms of typology and materials. All of them show typical buildings and they represent people lifestyle.
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SR1 Prati di S. Rocco
San Rocco, SchioMeadows and pastures characterize S. Rocco and this path. However, it offers also evidence of farming. This landscapes' beauty is strongly associated with the role and the value of open and cultivated areas of the hilly-mountainous ecological system.
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SR2 “Sojo Negro”
San Rocco, SchioA volcanic rock outcrop after which the path is named chacarterizes the early part of the path. In the second part the main elements are farming and cultivation.
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SM1 Lungo l’Acquasaliente
S.Maria Pornaro, SchioThe path, which climbs the Acquasaliente valley and runs along the stream in some places, is an opportunity to discover the link between the names of places (toponymy) and the physical characteristics of the territory (Aqua saliens), the crops (nogare, pornaro), legends (Quartiero).
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SM2 Terre e miniere
S.Maria Pornaro, SchioThe mountain side of S. Maria is characterized by the presence of minerals and materials that have been extracted and used by man over time: silver, kaolin, quartzite, barite and others. The route passes through some of these sites and in particular the area of kaolin extraction.
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Sentiero Natura
Bosco di Tretto, SchioSentiero Natura Bosco di Tretto is a historical path of Tretto highland, conceived for educational purposes with the aim of discovering the entchantment of a territory rich of both naturalistic, historical and cultural elements.