| Magasa | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Val Vestino | |
| Altitude | 976 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 19.11 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 141 (31-12-2013) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0365 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 25080 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Magasa is a country of Val Vestino, in Bresciano.
To know
Geographical notes
Between Idro lake is Lake Garda, Magasa is located in the small Val Vestino at an average altitude of 1,000 m a.s.l.
The municipality is located on the border between Lombardy is Trentino Alto Adige and in 2005 a consultative referendum was held for the annexation of the municipality of Magasa e Valvestino to Trentino-Alto Adige. Despite the positive outcome, Magasa is still today in Lombardy.
When to go
Since there are no ski resorts in the area, the most touristic period is summer: when it is possible to go hiking and walking and the snow has melted (or in any case it is at high altitude).
How to orient yourself
Magasa: full screen map.How to get
Provincial Road 9 near Lake Valvestino
By car
The SP9 passes through Magasa Gargnano - Valvestino - Magasa, which descends from here passing through the artificial lake of Valvestino and along the Toscolano stream.
To reach the valley from Idro lake instead it is necessary to take from Hydro the SP58 leading up to Capovalle, then the SP113 up to Turano di Valvestino where the SP9 passes.
By bus
The following bus line passes through Magasa:
- LN015 (Gargnano-Magasa) (timetables).
How to get around
What see
Bell tower of the Church of S. Antonio Abate
Ethnographic Museum of Val Vestino
- Church of S. Antonio Abate. Rebuilt between 1739 and 1744, the church bell tower was built in 1768. As in many other buildings in the Val Vestino and in almost all the churches in the valley, the flooring of the church is of red and yellow harmonic from the "Marmer" quarries of the Mount Denervo. Among the works preserved in the religious building, the most important are: the altarpiece dedicated to the "Coronation of the Virgin with St. John the Baptist, St. Anthony the Abbot and St. Lawrence", created by the Brescian painter Francesco Savanni in 1763 and located on the altar major, the "Madonna del Rosario" painted by the Veronese painter Bartolomeo Zeni of Bardolino and the small canvas depicting the "Madonna delle Grazie" which was donated to the community of Magasa by the count Carlo Ferdinando Lodron who, in 1714, had it painted a Rome copying from a painting of San Luca. In the church in July 1866 the Garibaldini of the major stopped Luigi Castellazzo.
- 1 Church of San Lorenzo, Cadria. Probably built by the Lombards, the church was certainly renovated in 1547.
- Alpine church of Cima Rest. Consecrated to the Madonna della Neve, it was inaugurated on 7 August 1982.
- 2 Cima Rest barns. Stone barns with a wooden roof, pointed and with very steep pitches, covered with superimposed bundles of wheat stalks grown on high ground because the straw of the wheat grown at low altitudes rots. The barns are used on the first floor as a shelter for animals, for the processing of cheese and its temporary conservation, on the second floor as a deposit for forage.
- Ethnographic Museum of Val Vestino. The museum was inaugurated in 2000 in the old barn of the late Americo Stefani. Inside the barn, on two floors, ingenious sledges for hay transport, hay sickles, dairy and woodworking tools testify to the hard and industrious life of many generations of farmers and woodcutters.
- Somalàf water mill and the "calderöla", near the course of the Magasino stream in Somalàf (under the inhabited area of Magasa). Today the mill has been transformed into a rustic house, but in the past it worked at the service of the Community for the grinding of the wheat that was grown in the countryside surrounding the town. The movement of the wooden wheel was generated by the force of the water of the stream called "Acqua delle Fever". The last miller was Angelo Mazza Scarpèt who, towards 1970, sold the building to a buyer from the Garda Riviera. Near the mill, a few hundred meters away, there is the pot of the giants locally called "calderöla" formed by the erosive flow of the stream Magasino. Due to the erosion of the surrounding soil, it is no longer possible to approach the muffler.
Events and parties
Corpus Christi procession
- Song of the Star. Taking up a tradition probably born in the sixteenth century (immediately after the Counter-Reformation), every year on the evenings of January 5 a group of villagers walk the streets of the town anticipated by 4 people depicting the 3 Magi and a star-bearer singing and announcing to fellow citizens the entrance to Bethlehem of Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspar.
- Sacred Triduums. Celebration in honor of the SS. Sacramento and in suffrage of the dead, has been held since 1744 every year on the weekend after January 17th. During the evening service, faithful (and not) from neighboring villages light more than 200 candles.
- Salt distribution festival. Festival born following the testament of a local noble who left his goods to the community to buy and distribute salt to citizens every year. This tradition, which began at a time when salt was very precious, continues today in February.
- Cheese Festival.
Second Sunday of September. When the herds from the summer high-altitude pasture descend to the valley for the winter, local farmers display their dairy products in a market. Among the most famous cheeses we remember those from the mountain pastures and, above all, the Tombea. - Feast of the Pilgrim Madonna. Last weekend of November. The statue of the Pilgrim Madonna is carried in procession to the cemetery on Saturday evening after Holy Mass; on Sunday evening it is carried in procession through the streets of the town decorated for the occasion.
Second Sunday of September. When the herds from the summer high-altitude pasture descend to the valley for the winter, local farmers display their dairy products in a market. Among the most famous cheeses we remember those from the mountain pastures and, above all, the Tombea.What to do
- 1 Astronomical Observatory Cima Rest, @[email protected]. The observatory is open to the public (max 25 people) only on fixed days and on reservations (groups can request private visits to the managing body). For reservations contact the Forestry consortium between the two lakes - [email protected]. In the middle of the woods, far from artificial light sources, the astronomical observatory was built at an altitude of 1265 m a.s.l. around the year 2000 on the initiative of the Astrofili Association of Salò and the Municipality of Magasa.
Shopping
- 1 Alimentari di Faustini Elvira, Via Dosso 1, ☎ 39 0365 74233.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Tavagnu 'By Bettanini Ferruccio, Via Rest, ☎ 39 0365 74067. Bar-Trattoria in the barn area (the restaurant itself is in a barn) with seats both inside and outside. In the garden there is also a small souvenir shop related to local crafts and agriculture.
- 2 [link not working]Cima Rest da Giulio Refuge, Location Cima Rest, ☎ 39 0365 74054, 39 338 8660577, fax: 39 0365 74054. Closed on Mondays except for July and August. Refuge (reachable by car) where it is possible to eat dishes linked to the tradition of the Brescia valleys such as polenta tiragna and the spit.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 [link not working]Borgo Cima Rest, ☎ 39 036574067. Renovated barns (equipped with beds on the first floor and kitchen on the ground floor) where it is possible to stay.
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
The Rocca d'Anfo e Idro lake
- Val Vestino
- Lake Garda - the most touristic Lombard lake, with numerous accommodation facilities and splendid towns such as Limone sul Garda, Salò, Desenzano del Garda is Sirmione.
- Idro lake - small glacial lake where the fortress ofAnfo.
