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Savogno Historic Village

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Savogno Historic Village

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Location: Piuro, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Tour of the Acqua Fraggia waterfalls and the fraction of Savogno

5.54km

02:52

510m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Acquafraggia Waterfall loop from Borgonuovo

5.93km

03:07

580m

Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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3. Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Acquafraggia Waterfall loop from Borgonuovo

4.47km

02:38

510m

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Valchiavenna Turismo

July 8, 2023

Savogno is located along an important communication route that brings the upper Rhine valleys directly into contact with Valchiavenna. Already in the Middle Ages it was a transit point for those going to Chur, capital of the Three Gray Leagues.

The town was inhabited until the 1960s as an important transit point towards the Val di Lei, but with the progressive exodus towards the towns of the valley, it became almost uninhabited. Of the 400 original inhabitants, the last one abandoned the town in 1968. Currently, in addition to the managers of the refuge, only a few families return from time to time to their original home.

To reach Savogno there is no road, but a long staircase that climbs between the chestnut trees on the rugged side of the mountain. You go up for about ten minutes, always staying in the woods, in sight of the stream. A mule track then deviates towards the east and leads to a large, steeply sloping deforested space where minute vine terraces and meadows invaded by brambles surround numerous huts, partly built of wood. Traces of previous intensive agricultural use become increasingly evident as you climb the steep slope above the houses.

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Ingo Weiß

May 28, 2022

"Only" 2,886 steps up a steep mule track separate Savogno from the rest of the Valchiavenna and from the rest of the world. From the village of Sarlone in Borgonuovo di Piuro, not far from the Acquafraggia waterfalls, follow the mulattiera, the mule track that leads directly into the forest and up the mountain, always along the dry stone terraces where vines once grew. Once at the destination you can enjoy the suggestive view of the valley, only then should you enter the village where the priest Luigi Guanella worked between 1867 and 1875. The medieval origins seem to have remained unchanged in Savogno, with houses made of stone and wood and above all with stone roofs, still as of times long past.

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Sabine 2.0

May 28, 2022

Super nice mountain village, the climb is worth it

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Location: Piuro, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy

Savogno Historic Village

1. Tour of the Acqua Fraggia waterfalls and the fraction of Savogno

2. Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Acquafraggia Waterfall loop from Borgonuovo

3. Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Acquafraggia Waterfall loop from Borgonuovo

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