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The casaforte, the oldest monument in Val Soana, is reborn

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Ronco, is located in Servino and is dated between the 11th and 14th centuries. Foodstuffs would have been stored in Gran Betun

RONCO

After centuries of neglect, the strong house of Servino will finally be restored, the main ancient historical-architectural monument of the Soana Valley. A building, also known as Gran Betun, which stands in the side valley, known as Servin, which branches off from the Scandosio and Cernisio hamlets, reachable only on foot. Among the projects presented to the Gal Valli del Canavese to request funding as part of the call for the local development plan, measure “Redevelopment of the typical elements of the landscape and rural architectural heritage”, in fact, there is the project of recovery and restoration of the stronghold of Servino presented by the Municipality of Ronco.

The project, drawn up by the architect Andrea Fausone and the surveyor Davide Querio, aims to save this historic building from collapse, which was owned by numerous private individuals and was recently acquired by the Municipality, to create a “discovery point” of strong houses along the local hiking network. If financed, the recovery intervention will be carried out, as mentioned, after a long period of neglect and lack of maintenance that has led to the current situation of damage to this building built in stone with admirable technical skill, which came to us from the Middle Ages . The dating is not certain, depending on the scholars, it goes from the eleventh to the thirteenth or fourteenth century, but in any case the fortress-house of Servino, registered as a cultural asset under the 1995 law, constitutes a testimony of the past of the Soana Valley of indisputable historical and cultural value, as well as architectural. As well as important testimonies are also the buildings that surround it, in particular a typical rascart, which has undergone severe degradation in recent decades.

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Unfortunately, the valsoanina stronghold and the others present in the area (fortified buildings, of which very little is known, but which according to some studies were intended to safeguard goods and foodstuffs) have not been taken into consideration in recent decades, despite the reports of scholars and various cultural associations. In the 1990s, Professor Micaela Viglino Davico of the Polytechnic University of Turin highlighted the importance of the fortress-houses of the Orco and Soana valleys, who studied these artifacts, reporting in a book the reliefs of those more significant, among which, in fact, that of Servino, and other similar buildings that are located in the territories of Cuorgnè, Locana, Ribordone. Furthermore, in Frassinetto there is the Ca ‘del Cunt and also for this strong house a recovery project was presented to the Gal.

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