Museums and collections · Dimaro Folgarida · Val di Sole
Ecomuseo Val Meledrio
The Fosinace of Dimaro: in the sixteenth century twenty-eight forge hammers worked here, using iron from Comasine.
From above
93 metres from here
In the Meledrio valley, in an area still called Fosinace, meaning the old forges, twenty-eight forge hammers were at work in the sixteenth century: an iron district, with the ore coming mainly from the mines of Comasine. The valley provided what was needed: wood to make charcoal for the forges and water to drive the hammers. Beside each hammer stood the furnace for heating the metal, the anvil, the grindstone and the blacksmith's other tools. The forges of Dimaro were in operation until the end of the nineteenth century, and the ecomuseum tells their story around the forge hammer.
- Visits
- Ecomuseo Val Meledrio, 0463 986113; ecomuseovalmeledrio.it
Trails that pass through here
- O329Route O329EE9.9 kmabout 200 m away
- O365Route O365EE6.9 kmabout 400 m away
From the register of alpine trails of the Autonomous Province of Trento. © SAT.