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The village is called Dolcedo!

Dolcedo's late Romanesque bridge, which connected Ripalta with Dolcedo. The adjacent mill and the view of the village are noteworthy. It can be explored by bike.

Piazza with a wonderful view, ideal for a rest.

The charm of the mountain village of Valloria, which is part of Prelà and is surrounded by olive groves, enchants everyone. Artists have painted the village's front doors. Paolo's restaurant next to the church offers good coffee and tasty meals. And WiFi.

Certainly one of the most famous towns in the area due to the excellent idea, had some time ago, to have the doors of the town painted by famous painters. A tour to see all the works is worth it. An open-air art gallery!

Adjacent to the cemetery of Vasia, it is the oldest church in the Prelà valley. The sources consulted do not report anything about the possible building existing before the transfer of the area, in 1119, to the Benedictine monks of Lérins, in Provence. The current building is largely due to them: the salient façade, the structure with three naves, the square apse and the external bell tower seem to date back to the late 12th century. In 1453 the church became part of the priory of San Michele di Ventimiglia. The monks ceded all the properties to the consuls of Vasia in 1563. In the 17th century the church was partly restructured in modern forms. The bell tower was lowered at an unspecified time.

Villatalla: perhaps of origin prior to the Roman occupation. The toponyms with the Semitic-Aryan root "tala", "tel", "tula" which means "mountain, support" date back to the first inhabitants of the area. The toponym for some is of Provençal origin "small bicocca" or fortress, castle, located on the top of the mountain. - for observation, defense, fortress, etc., for others it means "flowered villa" from taleia which in Greek means flowered, but for most, and very probably with some foundation, Villa della Vallata from a total German etymology ... Wilhelm-thal, from the Lombard thal. Its parish church, already separated from the matrix of S. Giacomo di Prela in 1341, is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, a saint beloved by the Lombards, to whom they attributed their victory of Siponto in 663 over the Saracens. Note: until the 17th century, the Piedmontese used to call the Western Ligurians "i ficoni" meaning eaters, planters, fig traders. In Villatalla, an area behind the parish church is still called "vizzai" because in those lands the "vizze" (woven reeds) were placed with figs on top to dry in the sun. Cycling-wise, however, the view is worth all the effort to get to the village.

Note the beautiful Romanesque bridge over which the trail passes arriving from Villatalla. From the lake side perfect for photos