A dream called Moena

Ideal location for an unforgettable holiday

Gently lying along the surface of an alluvial basin, Moena surmounts an altitude between 1094 and 2823 meters above sea level. Moena’s best dress is given by an intrinsic elegance, which manifests itself in all its beauty not only owned to the traditional features of a country with pure mountain traction but also and above all and because of a unique frame of its kind, designed and embellished with streets and alleys meticulously maintained. This is not a negligible aspect which, combined with other factors of the same importance, has allowed Moena to receive the recognition, as prestigious as an exclusive epithet of Perla Alpina, the objective is to reward the Alpine resorts which, for the characteristics and services offered, are more attentive to offering sustainable and qualitatively valid tourism, turning a careful and thorough look at respect for the environment which cannot be a particular of secondary and fantastic importance. Contrary to what one might mistakenly believe, Moena is a municipality that allows itself to be contemplated and visited not only in the winter season but also in the summer, with an almost unchanged charm. If it is true that its ski facilities are all that a snow lover could wish for, it is equally true that the possibilities are not lacking even in the hottest seasons, with optional activities ranging from climbing to hiking in nature up to itineraries specially designed to encourage long and exciting mountain bike adventures.

What to see

A possible itinerary could only start from the archpriest of San Virgilio. A site we are talking about that almost like a caring father dominates the whole inhabited center, protecting it and supervising the whole valley below. Its consecration, as was previously mentioned, took place in the year of 1164. The structure that makes up such an ecclesiastical building has undergone continuous processes of adaptation over the years and centuries. One of these, the first, was put in place in 1533, with a Gothic style that significantly changed its original features. Tangible evidence of the intervention in question can be found in the vault of the presbytery, which bears the inscription certifying the year 1533. It took about three centuries to see the second intervention, consisting of the rearrangement of the presbytery in favor of the Cappella del Carmine. To try to cope with incessant population growth, in the nineteenth century the archpriest church of San Virgilio was enlarged. The current appearance and conformation are because of the last intervention in chronological order, the one completed in 1929, and which main objective was the preservation of the Gothic tract and the primitive apse. The interior of the church, as well as having three naves, houses liberty style frescoes made by Carlo Donati. On the left wall, there is a fresco painting by the parish priest Giovanni Iori, while on the right there is a wooden crucifix produced by Cirillo Dell’Antonio, an artist famous for his outstanding versatility and flair. The windows, together with the wooden panels of the portals are also the fruit of his genius.

After completing what is a necessary visit to the Church of San Virgilio, the time has now come to travel the second stage of this tour: the church of San Volfango. The distance from the archpriest church of San Virgilio is very small, constructed above the remains of an ancient pagan temple. The precise era of its construction is still unknown, contrary to frescoes that can be dated to the fifteenth century. The third and final stage is Fort Someda, a fortification which, as the name easily recalls, can be found in the analogous hamlet. Belonging to an intricate complex of fortifications wanted by the Austro-Hungarian rulers, Fort Someda was born in 1898.