{"id":593,"date":"2014-01-17T13:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valdesina.it\/?p=593"},"modified":"2015-04-24T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T08:49:46","slug":"rocha-pisoira-angrogna-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/2014\/01\/17\/rocha-pisoira-angrogna-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rocha Pisoira, Bealera Peyrota – Angrogna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning kids!
\nToday we\u2019ll go on in our walk to the discovery of Bealera Peyrota<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u2026 We\u2019ve been there once some time ago, d\u2019you remember? Well, today we are at the second stage of our walk. We are now at Rocha Pisoira.<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>
I’m watching the drops of water under the Rocha Pisoira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do you get what its name means? Literally it means \u201cthe peeing rock\u201d\u2026 isn\u2019t it funny? Well, it always makes me laugh, too\u2026 But the reason for this name is very, very easy.
\nDue to the fact that Bealera Peyrota runs right above this rock, water that continuously flows from the drain\u2019s spills doesn\u2019t let the stones ever be dry.
\nDo not think that leaks of water from the Bealera are because of people\u2019s neglect! You have to remember that the only way to make water flow from the stream to the hill is by keeping the drain\u2019s slope exact all the way long its way\u2026 and it\u2019s a long way from Angrogna to San Giovanni (in Luserna). Sometimes the route of Bealera Peyrota met big obstacles, just like this rock!<\/p>\n

\"These<\/a>
These flat stones once served to reinforce the banks of the \u201cbealera\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What was the solution in these cases? People had to arm themselves with patience and work with perseverance, but, above all, they had to look for the best and smartest solution.
\nIn this case they decided to dig the millstream straight in the rock, making the water flow through the woods up to San Giovanni.
\nOnce this strategy had also another aim: thanks to the dig of the \u201cbealera\u201d, all of the rainwater was collected and channeled towards the valley bottom, avoiding floodings and other disasters.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The millstream flowing between the trees of the woods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unfortunately today most of the course of Bealera Peyrota is channeled into PVC-vinyl pipes that avoid gathering of rainwater, and that make the water stream not visible any more; this solution, even if less \u201cromantic\u201d, allowed to save a lot of money and a lot of work that previously had to be spent on \u201croide\u201d, the collective shift of cleaning and maintenance of the millstream.<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>
I’m thinking about the labor employed to build the canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you search carefully, however, there are still some points where the Bealera Peyrota is visible and is very similar to the ones you could see 600 years ago.
\nJust like above Rocha Pisoira, some dry-stone walls were built upstream the watercourse to prevent landslides from blocking the creek, but also to strengthen the \u201cbealera\u201d when it was built on steep grounds.
\nThe banks of the canal were then protected using big \u201close\u201d (large flat stones used also for covering roofs) and the cracks between the stones were stopped up with clods of silt.
\nDo you understand now how fragile was the work that had to be done and the reason why \u201croide\u201d should be so frequent?<\/p>\n

\"Here<\/a>
Here we are: left, the road that goes towards Rocchamaneoud and Vaccera; in the middle, the way to Torre Pellice; right the Pellice stream where does the Bealera Peyrota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The only difference today in this portion is that the stone walls have been replaced by concrete banks, but there are still some leaks and Rocha Pisoira is still called that way because water keeps on trickling long its side. And if one day the rock dries\u2026 What would its name become?<\/p>\n

How to get here:<\/strong>
\n\u00a0coming from Pinerolo\/Torino to Val Pellice, just before getting to Torre Pellice, turn right towards Pradeltorno<\/span> <\/a>(Angrogna).<\/em>
\nThe place you\u2019re looking for is on your left; as you go ahead the paved street you\u2019ll notice a road sign just where \u201cRocha Pisoira\u201d is.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning kids! Today we\u2019ll go on in our walk to the discovery of Bealera Peyrota\u2026 We\u2019ve been there once some time ago, d\u2019you remember? Well, today we are at the second stage of our walk. We are now at Rocha Pisoira. Do you get what its name means? Literally it means \u201cthe peeing rock\u201d\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,120,446,115,445,368,165,150,70,69,432],"tema":[],"area":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria-en","tag-angrogna-en","tag-angrogna-creek","tag-bealera-en","tag-bealera-peyrota-en","tag-millstream","tag-pellice-valley","tag-rocha-pisoira-en","tag-traditions","tag-val-dangrogna-en","tag-val-pellice-en","tag-water"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pisoira_cover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"tema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tema?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valdesina.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}