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The Cascata dei Papalini suddenly appears in a small clearing in the heart of the forest, along the path: over time the falling water has formed a columnar deposit of gray limestone that descends like a drape and that partly acts as a springboard for the jet. But the peculiarity and spectacular nature of this waterfall is the possibility of seeing it even from behind the scenes: in fact, by climbing to the left on a short but steep path, you reach a natural roof of the rock from which you can observe the forest below through the curtain of water, without getting wet! The passage is not protected and is wet, so you need to pay particular attention. Like all torrential waterfalls, it is not always full and active: you need to look for the right period, perhaps after heavy rains, to visit it in all its thunderous splendor.

In the high and deep Chiampo Valley, among the numerous and ancient districts, Papalini is the most isolated, uncomfortable, forbidden to any mechanical means, reachable only by a rugged path through the woods... almost incredible to think how such an inaccessible place was once habitable! It has been abandoned for decades, ruined and unsafe: old stone walls, wooden window frames and crumbling barns make the place arcane and suggestive. In the immediate vicinity, works from the 18th century survive: to the east of the district, an arched fountain surmounted by a capital with a fresco; to the west, another fresco depicting a friar.

Westenavecia

Beautiful waterfall, it looks like a face with one eye, a big nose and teeth😊

Charging point and last water supply point

Pinocchio is located along the itinerary of the nativity scenes of Campodamericano

Contra' Papalini beautiful and uninhabited, reachable starting from the first hairpin bend that leads from Ferrazza to Campodarancio, a path that runs alongside the Chiampo stream

The Papalini waterfall is a small waterfall in the middle of the woods, it deserves to be seen