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beautiful, quiet pass with picnic area

Arriving from Segno on the bridge that crosses the Vara river, an enchanting view opens up over the village of San Pietro Vara. In front, stands the Church of San Pietro, the oldest in the valley, which houses works of art from the sixteenth century. Next to it, the Oratory of Nostra Signora della Spianata. The view from the bridge also includes the surrounding valley floor, with its cultivated fields and the green hills that frame the village.

Colli Valletti is a charming hamlet of the municipality of Maissana, located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria. Positioned at about 776 meters above sea level, the town is located on the watershed between the municipalities of Maissana and Varese Ligure, offering wide panoramas of remarkable beauty on the valley below. During the Second World War, Colli Valletti was the scene of tragic events linked to the Resistance. On December 3, 1944, near the town, the partisan Angelo Bardelli, a young fighter belonging to the Casoni Brigade, was killed by the Nazi-Fascists. In his memory, a plaque was placed that commemorates his sacrifice, a symbol of the fight for freedom that also involved these small villages in the Ligurian hinterland.

The historic center of Varese Ligure is truly surprising in its urban structure, to the point of deserving the nickname Borgo Rotondo. The medieval building plan, which is due to the Fieschi, had a defensive purpose. In the center is the castle, with its high and sturdy walls. Around it, the houses are arranged in rows following the round curvature of the square, with porticos on the ground floor that allowed access to the shops and warehouses (some of which have now been transformed into public places). Also very interesting are the recently restored eighteenth-nineteenth century buildings with polychrome facades, which recall the pictorial decorations of the past. Furthermore, Varese Ligure is at the center of the Val di Vara biodistrict.

Very small village with typical stone houses and narrow alleys.

The road gradually climbs towards Ossegna, with an average gradient of 6%-7%.

The very first settlements in these places date back to 3500 BC. In fact, about 7 km from Cembrano, a very important archaeological site was discovered in 1987, the Rocca di Lagorara. It is an enormous outcrop of red jasper, approximately 200 meters high, which was used in the Bronze Age to obtain precious tools through chipping and processing this mineral.

The descent from the pass towards Varese Ligure is brand new and tarred - it works! The other side of the pass is not quite as scenic and the asphalt looks a bit like cobblestones.