Fotografie di Cristian Riva
Dopo aver percorso la romantica scaletta di Santa Lucia, proseguiamo l'agreste itinerario con la sua "gemellina", una scaletta che conduce in...Paradiso!
PARTENZA: Via Riva di Villasanta (zona piscine Italcementi)
ARRIVO: Via Tre Armi
TEMPO DI PERCORRENZA: 15'
POSSIBILITY MTB: 50%
The name of this route refers to a religious community and missionary of the early 700 call - in fact - "Paradise", housed in a convent on the top of ' hill at the foot of the glacis of St. John.
today to witness this important presence, there remain only the name and sunny beauty of this road dates back to the staircase that grassy slopes separating the village from the ramparts of Saint Lucia in Via Tre Armi.
The route branches off from Via Riva di Villasanta and leads by way of three weapons with the regularity of 250 solid steps laid out in a workmanlike manner.
Despite fifteen minutes from the information provided to complete the route, there seem almost impossible not to succumb to the temptation to explore Paradise Alley, which crosses after climbing about half way, at the height of the votive shrine dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin.
At this point, soften up the slope to even out and becomes a kind of natural and panoramic terrace on the area of \u200b\u200bthe Temple Votive and underlying bourgeois villas of the late twentieth century.
Passo dopo passo, la via gradinata s'apre alla luce e al sole accendendo ogni cosa di calde sfumature dorate e invitando a proseguire senza fretta.
E a dimostrazione di quanto le nostre Scalette siano godibili e generose, una mano antica ha messo lì, nel cuore del cammino, un'invitante, comfortable bench, and suggest to evoke joy and moments of pure contemplation, alone or in company.
In the intermediate section, while the view opens on gentle slopes and the plain becomes more distant, there is an increased feeling of space and time belong to a size not more "citizen" but rural and bucolic. The mind records this sudden gap, which sees the city, nature and art together in a miraculous focus: Bergamo.
Where the slope is then settles, it will give the eye a fine view over a delicious slice the village of Saint Lucia and the bourgeois villas of the late twentieth century, which pop up all their elegance in a stone's throw away.
After a nice stretch on the flat, there is still awaiting the final part of this magical journey, at the foot of its natural outlet on a Three Arms and rears with a final decision, a bold performance.
Conquered the sortie Via Tre Armi, we arrived at the foot of the glacis of St. John. And it should
qui ricordare che, prima del 'Novecento, anche via Tre Armi, come la via Noca , alle nove di sera veniva chiusa con cancelli di legno ed i finanzieri montavano la guardia in quanto, aldilà del limitare, si era fuori dal dazio. Si vocifera da più parti, con tono alquanto compiacente, che dalle mura fronteggianti, con la complicità delle notti buie senza luna, venivano calate lunghe corde per issare sacchi e cesti colmi di commestibili “de sfross”.
Da via Tre Armi è possibile il rientro collegandosi con l'attigua scaletta di Santa Lucia oppure, for the most willing, continue uphill to the west, and to achieve Borgo Canale and then to Colle Aperto in just a few minutes.
the return will be interesting and rewarding - from Borgo Canale - for Fontanabrolo way, performing well, "a beautiful waltz" ring.
VARIANT
As anticipated, about two-thirds of its development, a means of Paradise bifurcates, giving rise to "dead", just the height of the votive shrine dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin.
Behind this chapel, a fountain of water cools il viandante e, carezzando le ultime ville, affronta in modo deciso con 126 gradini il restante pendio, sino a raggiungere la parte alta di via Tre Armi, esattamente sotto lo spalto di San Giovanni.
Di nuovo un sentito ringraziamento a Cristian Riva ( http://www.facebook.com/riva.
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