Masi Comunicanti

<p>The ancient farmhouses of Capriana, the wild Avisio, and the splendid hamlet of Rover</p>

<p>Our route starts from the square of Capriana and descends until reaching SS 612 near the Miravalli restaurant. Here, it takes the path to Maso Lio and retraces paths that once connected ancient farmhouses, now partly abandoned.</p> <p>A panoramic and suggestive stretch runs along the Avisio stream until reaching Maso Ponte: this place in the last century was inhabited and surrounded by gardens, fields, and vineyards. Today only ruins remain near an ancient crossing that linked Capriana and Valfloriana, swept away by the 1966 flood. Here the Avisio stream shows its full magnificence, thanks to a still intact wild nature. We follow it for about 1 km before taking the climb to Maso Rover, a beautiful hamlet of Capriana. At Rover, the landscape tells us the story of this place: steep terraced fields, the small church built by the workers who built the Stramentizzo dam, houses abandoned following the 1966 flood. Here, a small farm, FiordaLisa, has resumed cultivation of the terraces with vegetables, medicinal plants, and ancient local bean varieties.</p> <p>The route continues to the small but lively hamlet of Carbonare, which definitely deserves a visit, and then reaches the Beata Meneghina Mill Museum, an important figure of the local devotion. You then return to Capriana following a comfortable path.</p>