Valley Ardivestra Godiasco and begins to cross the territory of several municipalities, which are worth visiting for one reason or just want to curiosity.
First, the fauna of this valley is composed not only by hares also squirrels, badgers, wild boars, skunks, foxes, deer and roe deer, not to mention the birds, from pheasant jays, owls, owls, hawks, buzzards, herons, etc. to the beautiful hoopoe.
A real natural paradise, beyond the fact that intensive farming is almost non-existent and therefore we speak of a valley with "high level of quality of life!"
Here are some "resident" before the camera :
To follow the valley Ardivestra start from Godiasco, whose name seems to derive from Gaudiasci, name of a town Ligurian appointed by the emperor Trajan. In the Middle Ages was part of the fief of the Malaspina (do not miss Palazzo Malaspina) and was famous for working stone, wood and the black market for salt. Walking through the old town you will have the opportunity to see a beautiful Renaissance portal and a well seventeenth century, both in sandstone.
The valley is a landscape of great natural beauty.
wonderful is the view of the Romanesque Church of St. Zachary, a fine example of Romanesque architecture which was built around the year one thousand.
then you come across in a beautiful castle battlements Montesegale of the fourteenth century, now a private residence, in perfect condition and very good example of medieval architecture due to the Marquis Malaspina.Il place was stormed in 1415 by the Count of Carmagnola, captain mercenary hired by the Visconti. The castle stands in a key position to control the upper and the lower valley of the river Ardivestra.
We have news of Montesegale (Montesicalis) since 1029.
Climb up to reach the coast of Fortunago ( http://www.comunedifortunago.it/ ) where you open a beautiful perspective of the entire relief and Apennine village of ancient Celtic origins, which, as legend has it, was a place of refuge for the persecuted early Christians, like St. Ponzo, which is tied to the belief in the miraculous source of water. Continuing through the hills, you can reach the east and south of Val Versa Castle Stefanago (XV sec.) Building brick on a stone, erected in the thirteenth century and later restored in the fifteenth century, to flow in the Valley Cup, where they touch the centers of Borgoratto Mormorolo and Borgo Priolo, places of scenic interest, with a good tourist business, but especially a leading agricultural vocation with wine making.
Instead these are pictures I took in these days of warm sun through the windows of my house ... from the "side Ardivestra ".... how can you not be enchanted by a show like that?
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