| Maximal | ||
| State | Italy | |
|---|---|---|
| Region | Trentino Alto Adige | |
| Territory | Val Rendena | |
| Altitude | 861 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 21 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 127 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | Maxims | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0465 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 38086 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Rocco (August 16) | |
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Maximal is a center of the Trentino Alto Adige.
To know
Geographical notes
Located in the north of the Val Rendena it is not only the municipality with the fewest inhabitants of the Valley, but also of the whole Region. It is 58 km away. from Trento, 103 from Brescia.
Background
The place where the country stands would not be the same as its origin. It is said that it stood in the clearing north of the church of San Giovanni. The church area is commonly called Castèl, it seems in memory of a Castello Massimo from which the name of the town derives: Massimeno.
The ancient town was destroyed by a landslide, or perhaps by a fire, the latter event common to several towns in the Valley. Massimeno was rebuilt further down and retains some massive peasant houses that show the ancient characteristics of rural mountain buildings.
The ancient practice of agriculture has given way to works dedicated to tourism, in the wake of the development in this sense of the whole Valley.
How to orient yourself
Maxim: full screen map.How to get
By plane
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 the airport is at the terminal front. 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
It is crossed by the state road 239 Dimaro - Tione di Trento
• Exit "Rovereto Sud" towards Sarche, Tione, Campiglio (from the tollbooth about 70 km in Pinzolo) Brenner motorway
• Exit "San Michele all'Adige" towards Mezzolombardo, Cles, Dimaro, Madonna di Campiglio (from the tollbooth 67 km in Campiglio) Brenner motorway
• Recommended exit Trento Centro in the direction of Riva del Garda, Tione, Pinzolo (60 km from the toll booth) Brenner motorway
Exit "Brescia Est" on the Milan-Venice motorway towards Lake Idro, Tione, Madonna di Campiglio
On the train
Railway station of Trento or Brescia, then continuing by bus.
By bus
Direct connections from Trento, Milan, Brescia.
How to get around
What see
- Church of San Luigi. Along the road that leads to Bocenago is the small church dedicated to San Luigi. The simple and bare interior shows some recently restored frescoes. On the facade is depicted St. Louis praying; in the background stands out in the bell tower of the parish church of Massimeno.
- Church of San Giovanni Battista. Tradition has it that it arose on the remains of a fortification from the late Roman period. There were found tombs, coins, weapons and a skeleton in his armor. Mention is made of the church of San Giovanni Battista as early as 1400. Like many ancient churches in Val Rendena, it was frescoed in 1534 by Simone II Baschenis of the family of painters from Bergamo who left testimony of himself throughout the valley. The frescoes represent the Madonna of the Sepulcher, Virgin Mary enthroned, Saint Christopher with the child Jesus.
- The legend
- It is a popular belief handed down for centuries that anyone who wants to have a child must put his head in the hollow of a granite stoup walled up in the church.
- Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto. The parish church of Massimeno retains two paintings from the sacred building that once stood in its place, which are located in the presbytery. The ancient private chapel gave way to the parish church in 1861, when it was built with a single nave but of great spaciousness. The main altar is in white marble and houses the altarpiece dedicated to the Madonna of Loreto. A massive granite portal stands out on the façade.
- Capital of the Bàgole. This votive shrine was built in 1834; the Madonna del Rosario is depicted in the company of San Giovanni Battista and Sant 'Antonio. In this place, four human skeletons were discovered during agricultural work which were surmounted by a granite slab: the same one that now constitutes the roof of the capitals,
- Capital of the Madonna. It is located at an intersection on the road that, through the woods, leads to Bocenago. The construction of this votive shrine dates back to 1654 but was subsequently remodeled, it was built at the behest of the community of Massimeno and has always been preserved with loving care by its inhabitants.
- Capital of Martìn. The sacred shrine shows the depictions of the Deposition, of San Martino and of Sant'Antonio Abate
Points of naturalistic interest
- Mule track Salagada. It is one of the ancient roads of the Valley that has been preserved as it once was. It is entirely paved (hence the name salagada) and was used to reach the pastures of Malga Plan and the so-called houses from mont, homes that were used in the summer when the inhabitants of the country led the herds to pastures. The road was retraced backwards, from the pasture to the village, when in autumn they came back down with beasts and sledges laden with hay and foliage for the barn,
- Perforated larches. At one time the resin was extracted from the larches (wide) from which, through distillation, turpentine was obtained which was used in medicine. To obtain it, a hole was made in the hoof of the plant; the hole was then closed with a wooden plug to allow it to fill with resin, which was then extracted uncorking the plant. Many of these centuries-old larches still retain the plug. The resin collection ended after the 1950s, when turpentine began to be chemically produced.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Moderate prices
- La Civetta Pizzeria Restaurant, via Giardini, ☎ 39 0465 502699.
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Post office
- Italian post, via San Lorenzo 30 (in Pinzolo), ☎ 39 0465 503062, fax: 39 0465 501279.
Keep informed
- Journal of the Giudicarie [1] - online newsletter
Around
- Pinzolo - Halfway between Pinzolo and Carisolo the cemetery church of San Vigilio, with the famous frescoes of Macabre dance and of the series of Seven Deadly Sins painted by Simone Baschenis in the early decades of the sixteenth century, it represents one of the best and most important examples of a painted church in Val Rendena.
- Carisolo - At the entrance to Val Genova, the cemetery church of Santo Stefano, isolated in a panoramic position on a promontory outside the town, preserves important pictorial cycles of the Baschenis.
- Madonna of Campiglio - One of the most famous summer and winter sports resorts in the entire Alpine arc, already renowned in the Habsburg era, when it could boast the frequentation of the Austrian imperial family.
- Nardis waterfalls - Val di Genova
- Adamello-Brenta Natural Park
- Lake Garda - The tip trentina del lago includes the tourist centers of Riva del Garda, Arch, Torbole.
- 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 until the eighteenth century, the prince bishops of Trento.
