Bedollo
Bedollo è un comune del Trentino che occupa la parte settentrionale dell'Altopiano di Piné, l'ampio pianoro a circa venti chilomet...
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Bedollo, the Northern Heart of the Piné Plateau
Bedollo lies in the northern part of the Altopiano di Piné, the Trentino plateau suspended above the Adige Valley and the Val di Cembra, about twenty kilometres north-east of Trento. The municipality, which covers 27.46 square kilometres and counts just over 1,500 residents, stands at 1,133 metres on the south-facing slope of Monte Gač, across a territory with a height difference of more than 250 metres, dotted with scattered farmsteads and woods. Together with neighbouring Baselga di Piné, Bedollo is heir to the Magnifica Comunità Pinetana, the ancient institution that for centuries jointly administered the plateau; the memory of that shared history still lives on in the municipal coat of arms, granted in 1930, which depicts a birch tree (bedol, the origin of the village's name) topped by three pine cones. Administratively, Bedollo today belongs to the Comunità Alta Valsugana e Bersntol and borders, among others, Baselga di Piné, Lona-Lases and Sover, retaining a rural character distinct from the more touristic centres of the plateau.
Lago delle Piazze and the Plateau's Woods
Contrary to common belief, Lago delle Piazze is not simply an attraction of neighbouring Baselga di Piné: most of its surface actually lies within Bedollo's territory, precisely in the hamlet that bears its name, while the larger Lago della Serraia, a little further downhill, belongs entirely to Baselga. The waters of Lago delle Piazze, also fed by the Rio Regnana stream, offer summer walks and sport fishing, and in winter, when the surface freezes, host natural ice-skating. The municipal territory is also crossed by the Rio Regnana and Rio Brusago streams, which flow down toward the Val di Cembra, carving small gorges through the spruce and beech woods that cover the slopes. Among the municipality's natural surprises stands out the Cascata del Lupo, a waterfall of about 36 metres, one of the most significant on the whole Altopiano di Piné, reachable with a short hike through greenery and particularly striking in spring, when the melting snow swells its flow.
Porphyry and the Mountain Economy
The Altopiano di Piné, together with the adjoining Val di Cembra, is one of Italy's areas most historically tied to porphyry extraction, the reddish-violet volcanic rock that paves squares and pavements across Europe; Bedollo's territory, on the edge of this district, shares in that economic and landscape identity, visible in the dry-stone walls and old pavements of its villages. Alongside this mining tradition, the local economy has always been rooted in mountain agriculture: as early as the thirteenth century, the first settlers, known as roncadori, cleared the forest to create pastures and fields, work that continues today in the alpine pastures and small livestock farms scattered across the high meadows. This rural vocation now goes hand in hand with a still-genuine tourism made of hiking and mountain-biking trails, walks along the lakeshore, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter: activities that let Bedollo make the most of its territory without altering its authentic character.
The Hamlets: Farmsteads, Alpine Pastures and the Gateway to the Lagorai
The municipality of Bedollo is made up of the main village and three principal hamlets, each with its own church and its own history. Brusago, which includes the small hamlets of Montepeloso and Gabart, is the northern gateway to the Lagorai range: from here, trails climb toward Monte Croce (2,488 metres), Monte Fregasoga and other peaks to the north, a high-mountain environment just steps from the plateau's meadows. The hamlet of Piazze, which also includes the locality of Cialini, spreads around the lake that shares its name, while Regnana, with the historic centre of Pitoi, preserves the most traditional layout, made of stone-and-timber farmsteads scattered among the woods. Each hamlet holds a small church - Madonna del Buon Consiglio in Brusago, Natività di Maria in Piazze, Madonna delle Grazie in Regnana - evidence of devotion spread across the territory; around these settlements, the alpine pastures still active in summer bring livestock to higher ground, keeping alive an agro-silvo-pastoral landscape among the most intact in central Trentino.
Bavarian-Tyrolean History and Experiences to Enjoy
The history of Bedollo is marked by the Bavarian-Tyrolean colonisation begun in the thirteenth century, when the Prince-Bishop of Trento Federico Vanga and the administrators of Castel Pergine encouraged the arrival of German-speaking settlers, who founded around seventy-four farmsteads in the area of Bedollo, Brusago and Regnana. That same period saw the first church dedicated to Saint Oswald, built in 1299 and later rebuilt in its current form, consecrated in 1833. The Bavarian-Tyrolean dialect survived into the nineteenth century, when it began blending with the speech of Lombard settlers who arrived from the sixteenth century onward, giving rise to Pinaitro, the local dialect that still preserves German loanwords and place names from that colonisation. Traces of an even older settlement emerge at the Acqua Fredda archaeological site, with evidence predating the Middle Ages. Walking today among Bedollo's hamlets means crossing these layers of history, alternating a visit to a mountain chapel with a hike toward the Lagorai or a stop on the shore of Lago delle Piazze.
Not to be missed
- Lago delle Piazze, mostly within Bedollo's territory (Piazze hamlet)
- Cascata del Lupo, a roughly 36-metre waterfall in the woods
- The Sant'Osvaldo parish church in the main village
- A hike from Brusago toward Monte Croce and the Lagorai peaks
- The Acqua Fredda archaeological site and the historic farmsteads of Regnana and Pitoi
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