インペリアの絶景の山頂・トップ20

There's something mystical about Mount Faudo: a trail of ancient stories, far back in time. Today, it's best known for the marathon trail that climbs from Imperia to its summit and for the antennas dotting it; yet for centuries, it was a contested land between the church, neighboring states, and the villages on its slopes. Since the ancient Ligurians, well before the Romans. It shares this burden with Mount Follia and Mount Sette Fontane. The oldest evidence of human settlement in the Dolcedo area is near Mount Follia, a conical peak on the southern slope of Mount Faudo. Traces of metalworking have emerged there, with furnaces and residential structures, dating back to the Iron Age castellari, fortifications placed high up for observation and defense, in visual contact with other castellari in the area. Today, the site is abandoned: one can still walk and imagine the defensive landscape of the ancient Ligurians.

The summit of Grammondo can be reached by three possible routes: 1. From Bevera-Collabassa, climbing a military road that is quite rugged at times; 2. From France, the easiest route; 3. From Sospel, along the old Jewish trail, which was used to transport Jews persecuted in France. But this third route is only a descent, as far as I remember.

Upon reaching the summit of Monte Follia, hikers will find a beautiful summit cross crowning the mountain. These are often massive wooden crosses, but this one was designed quite differently. It is made of iron or steel, and decorative ornaments are incorporated between the outlines of the longitudinal and transverse beams that define the cross shape, as well as at the four outer corners of the crossing point.

The view from Grammondo is truly 360 degrees!

Beautiful view and adrenaline at its peak

famous and colossal statue of Christ the Redeemer on Saccarello. It dominates the entire Argentina valley and with its blessing includes it all. The towns below that you can see are Realdo and Verdeggia, and then little by little all the others. To the north instead Monesi.

In addition to the monument to the Redeemer there is a spectacular view, a drop of a few hundred meters over the valley below

Great view of the mountains of France. Old Italian bunkers. Very windy, even in July it was cold.