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Hidden Treasures: Pranzo, a village and its crafts

Tenno

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Difficulty
Easy
Duration
0:30
Duration in hours
Distance
1.3
Distance in km
Status
open
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A visit to the open air art installation in the village of Pranzo (Tenno): wooden panels made by the local school of sculpture in honour of the trades and professions of days gone by.

The trail with the theme of traditional trades takes you on a tour of Pranzo and recalls both the workshops in the small town and the public places where the collective life of the community took place.

The large panels which make up the installation are all sculpted in wood -Stone Pine, for the most part – by the students and teachers of the Scuola del legno of Pranzo, a small school of woodworking which has earned itself a name in recent years.

They record old stories about activities which are typical to the local area and give their names in local dialect. These are trades and professions which date back to the mid-20th century, but which are connected with an unbroken tradition with roots in centuries past. Pranzo, a town with many workshops, factories, laboratories and production facilities, invites you to come and discover these old jobs and get a glimpse of what is now a part of  local history.

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Route info
Easy
Route number
Distance
1,3 km
Duration
30 min
Altitude difference (+)
62 m
Altitude difference (-)
58 m
Physical effort
Scenary
Highest point
516 m
Lowest point
454 m
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This itinerary can be treated like a game for all the family: try to guess what job is being depicted in each of the panels!

Pranzo, the name of this little district of Tenno, is associated with a local legend which tells the story of Lake Tenno. There was once a little village just like all the others scattered all around the mountain side in the Tenno area, in the place where the lake now stands. When shortly after the year 1000 it was buried by the great landslide which formed the lake, the superstitious inhabitants moved to the other side of the valley and built a new town which they called Pranzo (lunch), in memory of the time of day when the mass of earth broke away and changed their lives forever.

Historically speaking, the first settlement in Pranzo is mentioned as far back as 771, but it is probably of far more ancient (Roman) origin. The town was probably abandoned after a great earthquake at the beginning of the 11th century (the cataclysm which actually led to the formation of Lake Tenno) and the inhabitants rebuilt their houses a little further downhill.

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