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THE RING OF ANCIENT TRADES
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The Ring of Ancient Craftsmen is divided
into two routes. The first one is about 3.5 km
long with a 200 m gradient, and develops in
an area that largely surrounds the village of
Andreis, on mainly dirt ground in contact with
the natural environment. The route starts
from the “Al Pical” area (1) and runs alongside
the Ledròn Stream, crossing a mixed forest
where you can see a mill (2) and another mill
with blacksmiths workshop (3). The path
then climbs to the old dairy (4), now used as
Information Centre of the Friulian Dolomites
Park. From this point the birdlife area with the
aviaries of birds of prey can be easily reached.
Along the route that leads to the Favria (5), the
old blacksmith’s workshop, you can admire two
refined capitals, while nearby, in the square
of Andreis, you can visit the Ethnographic
Museum. The town centre still preserves three
historic fountains and typical stone houses
with wooden balconies called “daltz”.
Along the streets, signboards display the
poems by Federico Tavan, the poet who sang
his village, Andreis, with great intensity. The
route leads to the Saint Daniel Church and to
the bank of the Susaibes Stream, where there
are two old lime kilns (6-7), once used for
limestone processing. Here you can also visit
an important geosite where you can admire
the signs of the collision of the continental
plates on the rock walls. A photo signboard
indicates the presence of a mill (8) just before
the old path of the Cordata (or Crodata), with
its restored dry stone walls. Return to the
starting point, at the caravan park and picnic
area, both with easy access to the Alba Stream
and with a panoramic view of the mounts
Raut and Castello. The second route, which is
about 2 km long and has a gradient of 150 m,
completes the previous one and starts at the
bridge over the Alba stream. It retraces for a
good distance the ancient Par Crous road that
connected the whole Valcellina with the upper
Friuli plain. The route, surrounded by greenery,
leads to the historic Bosplans fountain (9), dug
into the rock, where it seems that Attila himself
quenched his thirst.
In front of the fountain there is the old
Bosplans dairy (10) to witness the intense
cheese production activity of the past.
Bosplans is a hamlet of Andreis: here too you
can find the typical houses with the “daltz”
which can be accessed through the “puarta da
li scjalis”, meaning in Friulian “the door to the
stairs”. Nearby on the banks of the Alba Stream
you can enjoy a relaxing rest in summertime.
End the route with one last stop at the warmwelcoming
Scout Base centre (11).
Route general data
5.5 km 3h
dirt road
paved road
pet
friendly
Andreis
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