On the trail of the works of Giotto of Val di Fassa

<p>Through fountains and ancient washhouses, you reach in Pera a genuine treasure chest of historical and artistic treasures. The small church of San Lorenzo houses altars and paintings of extraordinary beauty.</p>

<p>In Mazzin the typical Ladin architecture is expressed in the houses but especially in the fountains with shingle roofs and separate spaces. This was where people used to meet to keep company, confide, strike deals and even fall in love. While women did the laundry and men stopped to water the cattle. From Mazzin, to reach the pretty nucleus of Ronch, at the gates of the town of Muncion, you cross a slope that in the 1950s suffered a large landslide. Along the old Way of the Cross path, you return to Pera, the village of Tita Piaz, called "The devil of the Dolomites" and entered into the history of world mountaineering. At only 20 years old, he gained fame with an extraordinary feat: climbing the Torre Winkler, one of the Vaiolet Towers. Next to the Pera cemetery that holds his remains, the San Lorenzo church, dating back to 1603, houses the precious paintings of Franzeleto Bernard, the great peasant painter, fellow countryman and conscript of Tita.</p>