Luserna is one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, perched on the crest of a mountain, offering vertical panoramas in all directions over the mountains of Alpe Cimbra and Val d'Astico.

A minuscule world of its own, where the ancient Cimbrian language is still spoken - a Germanic dialect brought to these parts by people of Bavarian origin who arrived in Trentino between the 12th and 13th centuries. Skilled arms were needed to cut down trees and make space for new farmland, and indeed many woodcutters arrived in this area, in German "Zimmermann", the word from which the name "Cimbrian" originated.

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