Casera in Orza di Sovramonte
Terraced Casere
Location: loc. Orza - Municipality of Sovramonte (Bl)
Access: from Aune country hamlet (891m), along Val Masiera, follow on foot an easy road across the wood (only authorized vehicles allowed); after entering the Park, you will reach a junction: here turn right and you will shortly reach Orza clearing (1,100m).
Environmental context – Description of the site: the building is situated in a clearing with a slight slope, within the "woody area" characterizing the slopes at the south-western border of the Park; the area of Orza, probably named after the cultivations characterizing it in the past, is scattered with several temporary settlements, above all stables-barns linked to the summer mountain grazing practice. Until the mid-20th century, the clearing was larger and there were several cultivated land plots; in the latest decades, the abandonment of the agricultural and breeding practices had as a consequence the implacable development of the wood.
Situated at about 3 km from Aune, at 1,100m asl, it lies within the administrative borders of the Municipality of Sovramonte and within the Park perimeter.
Building period: unknown (the year on it, 1826, probably refers to renovation measures)
Architectural features: isolated stable-barn with terraced frontispiece (scalinèle), rare and ancient building structure. Of the greatest historical - environmental value.
