Castello-Molina di Fiemme
Castello-Molina di Fiemme is a municipality in the lower Val di Fiemme, in Trentino, born in 1973 from the union of two distinct c...
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At the entrance to the Val di Fiemme: two centers, one municipality
The municipality of Castello-Molina di Fiemme occupies the lower part of the Val di Fiemme, the stretch where the Dolomite valley, descending towards the south, opens into a wide basin before narrowing again towards Vallagarina and the Adige river. The municipal territory, extending over about 54 square kilometers between altitudes of 850 and over 900 meters, includes four nuclei: Castello di Fiemme, seat of the town hall, Molina di Fiemme, Predaia, and Stramentizzo. The two main inhabited centers were born as distinct entities and were only administratively united in 1973, while maintaining different physiognomies: Castello, of medieval origins, develops around the hill overlooking the valley floor, while Molina, which grew later along the Avisio river, preserves the imprint of a village born to process water and wood. A few kilometers further upstream is Cavalese, the main center of the valley, of which Castello-Molina di Fiemme represents the natural gateway for those ascending the Val di Fiemme from the south.
The Lago di Stramentizzo and the Avisio river
The element that most characterizes the landscape of the municipality is Lake Stramentizzo, the artificial basin created in 1956 by damming the Avisio river, right at the entrance to the valley, on the border between the province of Trento and that of Bolzano. The reservoir, built to produce hydroelectric energy transported to the San Floriano power plant near Egna, submerged the ancient inhabited center of Stramentizzo, which was rebuilt a short distance away in the following years; of the old village, only the ancient stone portal of the church remains today, recovered as a testimony. The waters of a characteristic greenish color, also populated by trout, stretch into a gorge between wooded slopes, offering suggestive views along the road that climbs the valley. The lake and the stretch of the Avisio upstream, also suitable for rafting, remain an important reference for those visiting Castello-Molina di Fiemme, tangible proof of how the exploitation of water has transformed the face of this stretch of valley during the twentieth century.
Resonance forests and the wood of the Magnifica Comunità
The territory of Castello-Molina di Fiemme is part of the wooded area administered by the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme, the ancient collective institution, documented since 1111, which has managed over twenty thousand hectares of forests and pastures in the entire valley for centuries. Among these woods are the famous resonance spruce trees, slow-growing trees with very regular fibers that generations of luthiers, from Antonio Stradivari onwards, have selected to build the soundboards of violins, violas, and cellos: a vocation that earns these slopes the name of the violin forest. Precisely in Molina di Fiemme, along the Avisio, this wood tradition found its productive outlet for centuries in the Venetian sawmills, such as the historic one from 1888 powered by a large wooden water wheel, and in the mills that processed the timber brought downstream from the woods of Val Cadino. The flood of 1966 severely affected these activities, but the processing and trade of wood still remain part of the local economy today.
Nature, cycle path, and landscape
Beyond the lake and the working woods, the territory of Castello-Molina di Fiemme offers a varied alpine landscape, where the meadows around the inhabited areas soon give way to coniferous forests that climb towards the higher slopes of the valley. The municipality is crossed by the Val di Fiemme cycle path, which follows the course of the Avisio river, connecting the villages of the valley and allowing you to reach by bicycle, on largely flat routes, both the upper part towards Cavalese and Predazzo and the southern section towards Vallagarina. The same roads and paths are suitable for more demanding walks and excursions into the woods of the Magnifica Comunità, with panoramic viewpoints over Lake Stramentizzo and the gorge carved by the stream. In winter, the area becomes a starting point for those heading to the valley's ski resorts, while in other seasons it remains appreciated for cycle tourism, walks along the water, and the tranquility of a territory less crowded than the main tourist centers.
History and experiences between the two villages
The history of Castello-Molina di Fiemme is that of two communities that grew at different paces. Castello di Fiemme has its roots in a medieval settlement that arose around a manor on Colle di San Giorgio, the seat of the county established by the Counts of Tyrol in 1214 and destroyed in 1296 by the valley inhabitants who considered it a symbol of oppression; on the site of the old castle stands today the parish church of San Giorgio, built in the mid-nineteenth century. Molina di Fiemme, on the other hand, had a later origin, around two ancient mills, and experienced rapid growth between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries thanks to sawmills and intense timber trade towards Venice. Today, visitors can stroll through the two nuclei, admire the typical stone fountains of the valley, visit the church of San Giorgio and the historic Venetian sawmill, and then broaden their experience to the lake, the resonance woods, and the cycle path, in an itinerary that tells, century after century, how wood and water have shaped this corner of Val di Fiemme.
Not to be missed
- Church of San Giorgio, on the hill of the old castle of Castello di Fiemme
- Lago di Stramentizzo, the artificial reservoir on the Avisio at the valley entrance
- The historic 1888 Venetian-style sawmill of Molina di Fiemme
- A hike into the resonance forests of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme
- The Val di Fiemme cycle path along the Avisio
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