Crocefieschi - Italy

Crocefieschi (GE)

Liguria (Italy)

Watershed line between Val and Val Seminella Vobbia, to 741 meters altitude, Crocefieschi dominates the center of the high basin of writing.
Built around the Thousand strategic role in the village - formerly known as "Cross" or "Parissone" - goes back, according to findings of tombstones at the age of Augustus.
In the heart of the country, reaching down the paved road feature, there are two palaces Marchionale Fieschi Crocesi lords of the thirteenth century.
The development of triplets, sixteenth square, facing the Piazza IV November, the establishment of the township.
Going up to the green terrace called "garden of the Horse will enjoy the view over the rooftops of the village and the square.
The parish church of Santa Croce, built in 1578-79, it preserves the inner two seventeenth-century paintings and two statues of the school of Maragliano.
Flisch the castle, destroyed during the conspiracy of 1547, there is no trace.
In the second half of the fifteenth century between Genoa and even lived Crocefieschi Santa Caterina Fieschi Adorno.
Still summer holiday destination of Genoa and Milan, Crocefieschi maintains its prestige tourist landscape thanks to the wealth, but also canestrellini and typical cheeses, the unmistakable flavor, leave a good memory.
Hikers can enjoy the beauty of the trails leading to Mount Antola, Alpe di Vobbia and chain Reopasso (1050 m), the characteristic profile.
The Reopasso "bad step", and the North Peak, "Carrega the Devil", is to the fatal place names to the difficult workability of the walls: there is now a via ferrata and a path to reach a cave, a place of many fans of rock and caving.