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ARCHIVIO 17/2003 - SPECIALE CANSIGLIO - 1

2003 - The ancient Forest of Cansiglio

OUR LADY OF TREES

It walk through beech and fir trees, on the beautiful Cansiglio. Going to Monte Cavallo, one of the highest rise, up to Forcella Palantina border with Friuli, the walk is infinite. The nature, built by foresta, crea salute, impressioni, sollecita ricordi.
C’è la storia, in quei faggi. Venezia, che possedeva i territori dal 1404, usava la “grandissima quantità di legni bonni per far remi”. C’è la vita del sottobosco, con i roditori, scoiattoli e ghiri, caprioli e soprattutto cervi. Dalla fine dell’Ottocento i Cimbri, nei caratteristici villaggi, sono gli abitanti del Cansiglio indicato, dal Regno d’Italia nel 1871, “Foresta Demaniale Inalienabile”. Le Rotte, Vallorch, I Pich, Canaie, Campon, Pian Osteria sono loro insediamenti. Oggi il territorio è suddiviso tra le province di Belluno, Treviso, Pordenone; is part state-owned, managed by the Forest Service. One part is owned by the Veneto Region, with responsibility for Agriculture Veneto.

Photo: Museum of Ethnography Cimbro at top houses in Cimbrian Vallorch and view of Pian Cansiglio.

Under the sign of the Cimbri
Lumberjacks, the Cimbri had wooden houses with stone base, which are found in every village on the plateau. A Pian Osteria, where there is the Museum, the tradition was recalled on 2 and 3 August with the 9th Festival of Cimbri Cansiglio and S. Oswald, their patron, with crafts and evocative "cutting Fagher with Segon. The elderly volunteer who oversees the Ethnographic Museum and Cultural Cimbra, Sunday, Sept. 7, is a Azzalini. It tells us that with her there are three other names that are repeated in Cansiglio: Bonato, Slaviero and Gandin. The main hall of the Museum offers a large model with panoramic Cansiglio to Lake Santa Croce. Tools and instruments for wood, wood craftsman cimbro means exactly, are everywhere. There is also a beech tree, Fagher, ready to work with the design of an oar, and leaning against the wall, an oar over. Publications on the history and culture Cimbrian are available and helpful. Oltre al Cansiglio, i loro insediamenti storici sono sull’Altopiano di Asiago e in provincia di Verona, tra la Val d’Illasi di Badia Calavena e Giazza, la Vallata d’Alpone di San Giovanni Ilarione e Bolca. Sapremo, successivamente, che un importante finanziamento è stato di recente destinato al Museo perché sia potenziato.

La Huta, in Pian Osteria, è una tipica baracca cimbra, presente a fianco del Museo. Ma La Huta è anche un ristorante, sull’altro lato della strada, dove incontriamo Luisa Azzalini, residente qua dove già il nonno, Beniamino, e poi il papà. Luciano, gestivano quello che era un bar, tavern. Luisa wrote that, "All right season this year, however, work if it is hot in summer and if there is snow in the winter." He continues: "We have no parking problems, but we are always connected to the Veneto Region. For some 'dan you to do, are moving from the tourist side. Even Tambre, almost two years now, worked well. Here at Pian Osteria are a dozen residents. There is peace and quiet. The Cansiglio do not want it developed from the urban point of view. "

Vallorch In addition Cansiglio Pian, Osteria is the same name. Responsible is always un'Azzalini, Graziella. There was a time to work on his grandmother, Mary, before the war. Graziella was in Belgium until '73. There, at Court St. Etienne, the father had emigrated to work in the steelworks. He returned for reasons of health, have kept the inn until 80. Then she took over the management, initially as a cooperative Alpa, finally alone. Graziella confirmation "The good performance of the season, with continued open from June 15, every day. There was some problem with the lack of water and the pump that was to come from a large basin. There are thirteen families Vallorch, no resident throughout the year. " That part of the Cansiglio under il Comune di Fregona (TV), è demaniale. Graziella lamenta che “Si taglia troppo, gli alberi, e non viene conservata la natura. I sentieri dovrebbero essere puliti ma vengono lasciati là. Ad esempio, qui sotto, il sentiero “S” deve ancora essere pulito dopo la nevicata di aprile che ha fatto cadere alberi”. Verificando, constateremo che effettivamente il sentiero è interrotto.

Foto, in alto, Huta e Centro Veneto Agricoltura a Vallorch; sopra Graziella Azzalini dell'Osteria Vallorch; sotto, punto informazioni turistico/ambientali Veneto Agricoltura.

The months of the deer

September and October are the months of deer in love. Dawn and dusk, many go to hear the "bells" and fighting between males. Da Pian Osteria we head into Valmenera and walking for about 45 minutes, takes you to the place of observation of deer. Equipped with binoculars, pointing to a clearing in the valley, you can see the flocks and the fighting, announced by smash and broken branches. Only one male should be the winner and, for that season, all females will be his.

Photos: Images of deer (archive Lele Taborgna) come from the oasis Vincheto of Celarda / Feltre (BL)

The beautiful days of October are an invitation to Cansiglio. The thousand meters of altitude can be heated by the sun. Picnic areas are equipped with Veneto Agriculture has also determined that with good information and table signage. About thirty different panels, placed in the appropriate places, explaining the particularities of Cansiglio. Unfortunately, texts and photos have not yet been reported on the leaflets, but in the future, hopefully, it will have. An Information Centre was opened to the public every day in the month of August. The sensitivity of the plateau is confirmed by Pian Cansiglio, with great depression pastures, meadows and pastures where there are numerous services. Here is the very popular Bar Blanc, the Farm and Dairy Farmers of Cansiglio Centre, which looks like this, renovated and comfortable, for eleven years. Needless to say, the great mountain cheeses are all here. In the direction of Vittorio Veneto Restaurant is the Gentian, a few steps toward Vallorch, another popular restaurant. In 'Hotel Bar Restaurant "Rifugio S. Osvaldo ", Sunday, Sept. 14, the owner, Renato, tells us that he saw this year" so many people, as in the years of the president, "that is, as in '90, in '91 and in '92 when you Cansiglio were no visits by the Presidents of the Republic Cossiga, in the first two occasions, the last Scalfaro. Next to the Huta, at Pian Osteria, we also finally met Luca Fontana, '93 at the Inn at Roe, a restaurant with eight beds. He, too, while waiting tables and the bench Thursday, September 11, expressed satisfaction with how the season has gone.