View of Monzone and its castle

Just fantastic this little village. The narrow streets and the never-ending steps. just great.

The tortuous valley of Lucido dug by water over millions of years, which has eroded day after day, grain after grain, the bottom and sides, carving dizzying furrows in the stone. Approaching the Balzone the hard rock towers impressively over the valley floor. Man wanted to make it his own by building a daring list to steal from the mountain its white stone, a miracle of geological formation. From below, passing along the adventurous railway that crosses the valley of Lucido and Aulella, the village of Monzone appears perched on a rocky tooth, almost threatening on days of bad weather. I have defined the railway as adventurous, because its construction lasted, in portions, for a good 67 years, from 1892 to 1959, crossing the impervious valleys of Lucido, Aulella and Serchio