| Giovo | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Trentino Alto Adige | |
| Territory | Trentino | |
| Altitude | 496 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 20.81 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 2.513 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | Verlani | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0461 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 38030 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Giovo is a municipality of the Trentino Alto Adige.
To know
Background
The first mention of the community of Giovo (Comunitas de Zovo) in the sense of civil administration dates back to 1211, while in subsequent documents the presence of a Rule assembly of the municipality is well attested. Throughout the medieval period and until the Napoleonic suppression the territory of Giovo (Comitatus Zovi et Faedi), including the current area of Giovo, Faedo, Lavis and the area of San Michele on the left of the Adige, continued to be a fief owned by the Episcopal Principality of Trento. The Appiano family first benefited from the numerous investments relating to this strategic land ownership.
Jurisdictional seat was the ancient castle of Monreale (or of Königsberg) in San Michele of which there is evidence as early as 1243. Around 1276 the castle and jurisdiction passed to the Counts of Tyrol who controlled it until 1407, when the Thunns took over. In 1648 the Zenobio of Venice held the government of the jurisdiction and finally the Zenobio-Albrizzi who renounced it in 1834. The county of Giovo and Faedo in the past represented a road axis of great importance. Ad iugum (from the Latin iugum = step), hence the name Jupiter, was called the passage that gives Salorno it went up to the Sauch, and through the territory of Faedo, it went down to Vesin (today Ville), bypassing the often flooded plain between the Chiusa di Salorno and San Michele upstream on the left Adige.
In Vesin the watchtower built in the 15th century with an evident garrison function is still visible. The building was an integral part of a complex of houses with towers called Castel Giovo or Castello della Rosa, home to families of notaries and notables who, since the 12th century, played the role of gastaldi and vicars of Königsberg. However, Castel Giovo was never a judicial and administrative seat. The community of Giovo appears from the beginning as a territorial entity divided into at least four districts (colomelli): Verla-Mosana, Valternigo-Ceola, Ville, Palù. At the head of the municipality there was since 1529 a regano assisted by mayors (a sort of fraction leaders), by a secretary and by a clerk.
How to orient yourself
Giovo: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Its municipal territory embraces the towns of Ceola, Masen, Mosana, Palù, Valternigo, Verla (municipal seat) and Ville.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bolzano-Dolomites Airport (IATA: BZO) (6 km from the center of Bolzano), ☎ 39 0471 255 255, fax: 39 0471 255 202.
open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from Lugano is Rome with Etihad Regional (by Darwin Air). At certain times of the year, the Lauda Air company connects the city with Vienna once a week. On the other hand, charter flights are more numerous. - 2 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
- 3 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only
open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from By car
Trento Nord motorway exit on the Brenner motorway- It is crossed by the state road 612
of the Val di Cembra, which is detached from the state road 
12 of the Brenner grafting onto state 48 
of the Dolomites.
Trento Nord motorway exit on the Brenner motorway
of the Val di Cembra, which is detached from the state road 
12 of the Brenner grafting onto state 48 
of the Dolomites.By bus
Public bus transport services in South Tyrol are managed by SAD [1]
Public bus transport services in South Tyrol are managed by SAD How to get around
What see
- Church of Santa Maria Assunta (in Verla di Giovo). Seat of the parish church of Giovo, it was built in the years from 1766 to 1774, based on a project by the Como architect Caminada. In late Baroque style, it has a facade with solemn forms, punctuated by pilasters and stucco cornices. On the southern side rises the bell tower, also from the eighteenth century, 50 meters high and surmounted by a characteristic pear-shaped dome. The precious decoration in polychrome stucco enhances the airiness of the hall with a single nave inside. The choir houses a precious organ, built around 1754 by Wörle for the Sanctuary of Pietralba and purchased by the parish around 1788.
- Church of Sant'Antonio (in Verla di Giovo). The church was born around 1724 as a public chapel for the village of Verla, originally dedicated to the Madonna dell'Aiuto. The dedication to Sant'Antonio is mentioned for the first time in 1775. At the center of the main altar the altarpiece depicts the Madonna Help of Christians with the saints Antonio Abate and Francesco di Paola at the bottom. A valuable side altar is placed in the left niche. The altarpiece is the work of Don Martino Gabrielli (1681-1747).
- Church of San Giorgio. It is already mentioned as a place of hermitage in 1369. Rebuilt in the 5th century, the building was the destination in May of processions from Cembra, Segonzano and Meano to invoke protection on the fields from frost, hoarfrost and wrinkles. The polygonal apse preserves two Gothic windows in sandstone, while on the southern wall traces of a large one are visible Last Supper frescoed. Giambattista Ghezzi di Faedo was the last hermit of San Giorgio. The hermitage was suppressed by the law issued by Joseph II in 1782.
- Church of San Floriano. It stands in a panoramic position on the homonymous hill of Valternigo di Giovo, which has been a prehistoric castle since time immemorial. The legend that links its foundation to the evangelizing work of San Vigilio is unequivocal evidence of the antiquity of this building, perhaps the first church in the Cembra valley and the parish church of Giovo. The current building, in Gothic style, stands on medieval foundations which are still partly frescoed. The bell tower with its characteristic Romanesque mullioned windows is surmounted by a pyramidal stone spire. The belfry houses a functioning bell since 1664. The strong asymmetry of the gabled façade is determined not only by the slope of the ground, but also by the decentralized opening of the Gothic sandstone portal with the window on the left side. Massive masonry buttresses move the external side walls.
- Giovo Castle (Castle of the Rose) (in Ville di Giovo). It is also known as Castello della Rosa, due to the coat of arms depicting a rose once set in the walls of the current tower. Seat of the lords of Giovo, vassals of the Appiano, it was never a jurisdictional seat. It later passed to the Counts of Tyrol, to the Morembergs of Sardonico and to the barons a Meadow. The building, consisting of several buildings, was located, with a garrison function, near the pass (ad iugum) that led from Faedo to Giovo and from here towards the Adige Valley.
- Roccolo Mosaner. Roccolo Mosaner is to be counted among the most significant testimonies of natural art. It is a plant complex consisting of beech and spruce trees pruned to create a circular arcade gallery. The structure, near the Sauch, was once used for catching birds. After a large number of birds had positioned themselves on the central space, attracted by pastures and by calling birds, the bogeys were shaken from the shed. The flight of the birds horizontally led them straight to a net stretched inside the tunnel, more than 60 meters long. Netting was prohibited in 1968.
Events and parties
- Grape Festival. Last weekend of September. The traditional autumn appointment with the grape harvest is celebrated in Verla di Giovo which, after Friday and Saturday with food and wine stands, painting and sculpture exhibitions, conferences and evening parties throughout the town, ends on Sunday with the evocative parade of allegorical floats through the streets of the historic center of the town and continues throughout the afternoon, until the final award ceremony in the evening.
- Sagron of the third of him (in Verla). Third Sunday of July. Sagra di Verla with procession of the Madonna del Carmine.
- Sagrin de la quarta de lui (in Palù). fourth Sunday of July. Palù festival with procession of the Madonna del Carmine.
- Feast of San Romedio (in Valternigo). Sunday close to January 15th. Festival of the town of Valternigo
- Feast of San Floriano. the first Sunday of May.
- Festival of San Giorgio (in Mosana). April 23. Festival held at the homonymous church just outside Mosana
- Marian festival (in Ceola). last Sunday of May. Religious festival with procession.
- Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (in Ville). the third Sunday of September.
- Band concerts. There are many band concerts of the Banda Piccola Primavera and Bandina (August 15), together with choral concerts, theatrical performances and many other activities that annually mark the traditional calendar of the people of Giovo.
What to do
- Mancabrot and Lac de Montesel nature trail. Among the most suggestive excursions, the Mancabrot and Lac de Montesel nature trail deserves particular attention, starting and ending in Valternigo.
- Mountain biking. For mountain bike lovers, an arduous circular route winds along the ridge of Monte Corona. Champions like Francesco Moser and Gilberto Simoni have always tried their hand at this circuit. From Masen, through the Canopi, go up to Maderlina and from here to Lago Santo di Cembra, with a possible detour to Sauch. A dense network of paths and country roads leads to the discovery of ancient farms and solitary churches of rare beauty, from one of these, San Floriano, in fact, you can enjoy the most beautiful view of the lower Cembra Valley.
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- Bel Bait restaurant, Via Dos Crozi (in Palù), ☎ 39 0461 684111.
- Restaurant Pizzeria Hotel Fior Di Bosco, Location Masen Di Giovo, 10, ☎ 39 0461 695008.
- Doss Pules restaurant, Via Dos Pules, 26, ☎ 39 0461 684046.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 [link previously not working]Simoni farmhouse, Alpini Square, 14 (in Palù di Giovo), ☎ 39 0461 684381.
- 2 Nenez B&B, Via Carraia, 15 (in Palù di Giovo), ☎ 39 347 9308928.
- 3 Farmhouse Ress, Via Nazionale, 48, ☎ 39 0461 684061.
Safety
Pharmacy
- 4 Degasperi, Via Ai Molini 1 (in Verla), ☎ 39 0461 684360.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 5 Italian post, Via Principe Umberto 29, ☎ 39 0461 684022.
Around
- Cembra, the municipal seat of the new municipality of Cembra Lisignago, preserves fifteenth-century frescoes in its churches.
- Egna - Its main feature is the arcades that create a suggestive atmosphere especially in the main street. It is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
- Trento - Capital of the region, its symbol is the Buonconsiglio Castle, the largest and most important monumental complex in the Trentino Alto Adige. It hosted, from the thirteenth century up to the eighteenth century, the prince bishops of Trento.
- Salorno - The amazing position of its castle, perched like an eagle's nest on a rocky outcrop, its waterfall, the richness of the flora and fauna of its territory certainly make it a good destination.
Itineraries
- Dolomite passes - The itinerary follows the most scenic passes of the Dolomites, where the rock and nature are the protagonists.
