Visit Sanzeno
The Municipality of Sanzeno (from Sancti Sisini, one of the three Christian deacons who were martyred here) is situated in the centre of one of the most charming Alpine valleys, Val di Non (Anaunia), in Trentino, an autonomous province of Northern Italy bordered on the north by Alto Adige-South Tyrol, on the southeast by Veneto and on the southwest by Lombardy.
Sanzeno is history and culture. Starting with the archaeological finds gathered in the Rhaetian Museum, which recount the presence of Rhaetian and then Roman populations starting from the 6th century B.C. to then cover the period of the early Christian settlements and the Middle Ages, the symbol of which is the extraordinary San Romedio Sanctuary, we arrive at the aristocratic period of the 16th and 17th centuries. That period is immortalized by buildings of enormous historic and artistic value. Lastly, we can see how the 19th century and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire shaped the nucleuses of the town’s villages. All of this forms a unique web from the cultural point of view. It fascinates scholars and tourists who are appreciative of art and of the vestiges of history and of the sacred.
The Sanzeno area, made up of three hamlets (Sanzeno, Banco and Casez) unified in 1968, rouses great interest in tourists also due to its landscape. There is countryside thriving with apple trees, the atmosphere-filled road embedded in the rock that leads to San Romedio, nature paths that skirt nearby San Giustina Lake, the characteristic areas of the three villages with houses deliciously surrounded by green gardens and meadows, and squares thick with remnants of its aristocratic past.
The Non Valley
The Non Valley takes shape in western Trentino, along the shores of the Noce Stream from the Rocchetta ravin up to the Palade and Mendola Pass.
With its 35,000 inhabitants, it is the most densely populated valley of the province of Trento. It is distinguishable by its narrow, limited Alpine valleys as it extends over a group of three wide plateaus separated by ravines and gorges, sprinkled with a myriad of small towns.
The valley’s towns are characterised not only by the presence of churches, sanctuaries, castles and aristocratic residences, but also by delightful nature paths amidst woods, brooks and lakes, of particular note being the large Santa Giustina basin and the enchanting Tovel Lake. These paths penetrate into the midst of orchards overflowing with the valley’s most important product: the apple.
It is an area filled with history, farming and nature. It is extensive and characteristic, and sits beneath some of the most famous chains of Alpine mountains, such as the Dolomites of Brenta and the Maddalene.
For mor info visit the official web site of Azienda di promozione turistica della Valle di Non.