Attractions
Pietra Pendula
A granite erratic balanced on a stem of rock, in the woods above Torno.
650 m
Torno
Porta di Travaina, Torno
- Visit duration
- 1 h – 2 h
- Booking
- Not required
- Area
- First Basin
Why go
The Porta di Travaina is a stone arch on the paved mule track climbing from Torno to Piazzaga among terraces and farmsteads.
Publicly owned, it has been protected since 1912 as a medieval gate; a Roman origin and use as a toll point remain hypotheses. Beyond the arch, the route enters the small valley and crosses the Travaino stream on a stone bridge. At the next fork, the path to the left leads to the massi avelli, tub-shaped graves cut into boulders left by glaciers. Their dating is uncertain, generally placed between the late fifth and sixth centuries AD. The area includes the Maas, Rasina, Piazze, Negrenza and Cascine di Negrenza tombs.
- An ancient arch on the Torno mule track, at the mouth of a densely wooded little valley.
- A little further, the massi avelli: tombs cut into boulders the glaciers left behind.
Highlights
- The gate's stone arch
- The cobbled mule track between the terraces
- The stone bridge over the Travaino stream
- The massi avelli beyond the fork
Getting there
- It stands on the mule track from Torno up to Piazzaga; the massi avelli are a little beyond the bridge over the Travaino stream, turning left at the fork.
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