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Location: Vagli Sotto, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Lake Gramolazzo – Lake Gramolazzo loop from Castelnuovo Garfagnana

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03:51

1,110m

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2. Pontecosi Lake – Lake Vagli loop from Castelnuovo Garfagnana

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03:17

850m

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3. Lake Vagli – Lake Gramolazzo loop from Massa Centro

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09:46

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

December 14, 2023

Beautiful and nice town where you will certainly relax. Small core where silence is a sound.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 15, 2024

Lago di Vagli (Vagli Sotto) - That's all it needs to be / Day 13

Last day of vacation in Green Tuscany. Temperatures rise above 40°C.

In search of cooling, which we find on the banks of the Lago di Vagli reservoir.

We are triggered by the sunken village, Fabbriche di Careggine, which was evacuated in 1947 to create a reservoir for the public interest. This village had a beautiful Romanesque church from the 13th century, a few houses and a cemetery. Every now and then the church tower of the village appears above the water. In a haze of mystery and the mirage above the water surface, we hope to catch a glimpse of the spire.

The ghost village only reveals its hidden secrets every 25 years. The last time the reservoir was drained for maintenance work was in 1996 and was allowed to receive millions of visitors. Due to corona, the draining has been postponed. Now we are looking forward to a new period when the lake will be drained once again. Ruins will then reveal their secrets again... will the church tower of San Teodoro still be intact? It is also said that the spirits of the deceased residents then return and haunt the village, a real ghost town...

'More' is not enough for us...

Ponte Morandi and Ponte dei Fanti di Marina let us enjoy beautiful views over the idyllic lake, the picturesque village of Vagli Sotto with the beautiful green mountain landscape in the background.

We walk past the statues of Parco dell'Onore e del Disonore in an exemplary manner. Here 'Honour and Dishonour' stare out over the surface of the water. The statues of Trump and Putin are only worth a two-second glance. We complete our discovery adventurously along the shady banks of Vagli Sotto. With a delicious lunch behind us, we finally leave...

The heat is getting too much for us, returning to our B&B seems like a good idea...

Want to read more about our experiences? Click through to komoot.com/nl-nl/collection/2195535/-visit-italy-2023-regio-massa-carrara-lucca

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Elevation 650 m

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Location: Vagli Sotto, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Church of San Teodoro, Vagli Sotto

1. Lake Gramolazzo – Lake Gramolazzo loop from Castelnuovo Garfagnana

2. Pontecosi Lake – Lake Vagli loop from Castelnuovo Garfagnana

3. Lake Vagli – Lake Gramolazzo loop from Massa Centro

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