Val Chisone

Hi! With this post I want to launch a series of articles dedicated to the legendary creatures which populate Waldesian Valleys. Today I’m going to describe you the most famous: the dahu! It is said that this animal looks a little bit like a goat with long horns but also fitted with long fangs. Despite […]

Today I want to recount you a legend set in Prarostino, in the forest near Roca Gheisa. We already talked about this place, which is connected to many historical facts. People tell that a day, in these thick and precipitous woods, a peasant saw a man, dressed in an unbelievably way, that was climbing the […]

Hello guys, welcome back! Our daily adventure is going to be a bit special, ‘cause I want to talk to you about the Waldensian movement and about the celebration that will be commemorated next Tuesday… On February 17th, in fact, all of Waldensian communities, in particularly in the valleys near Pinerolo, celebrate an important religious […]

Hi! Today I’m telling you a legend which gives me the creeps. We’re in Prarostino, a village between Val Pellice and Val Germanasca that maybe you already know because of other legends I recounted you. The story is about two peasants which a night, illuminated by the moonshine, were coming back home talking and chatting […]

Hey guys! I’m back here to tell you a story about a hidden treasure. Today I went to Prarostino, in the woods near the Lioudera hamlet, where a legend (that all of the children who live round there know) takes place. Near this village, just below the cemetery of San Bartolomeo, there is a wooded […]

Hello! Today I want to have a laugh, and so I’m going to recount you a very funny legend. We’re in San Germano Chisone, more precisely into Goudin hamlet, which is on the way from San Germano to Perosa Argentina. If you look carefully, in the heart of this hamlet, just next to the road, […]

Hi all! Today we’ll walk up to Prarostino, near to Borgata Colombini, in a place called Castel del Loup, literally Wolf’s Castle. As you can imagine, formerly in this place there was a castle, which in its 500 years of history has been a battle scene for many times. The fortification, indeed, was assaulted two […]

Here I am, on time for the weekly appointment with a new story for you. This legend is set in Prarostino, a little town in the province of Torino, between Pellice and Chisone valleys, but, alas, we don’t know the exact place. I like to imagine that everything is set in this lawn, in a […]