Easy trek along the South slope of Monte Calisio facing the sun, where, after over 2,000 years we are still extracting the beautiful calcareous stone used to build Trento. We start from the panoramic square of Villamontagna (spectacular view of Trento and the Adige Valley), and continue East, going over a narrow alley up to the historical quarries of Pila, which once were heavily exploited and are now equipped with information panel. You can still see the digging planes and faces and the barracks of the mine workers. Continue going down making a large semicircle around the last active quarry where you can see large blocks of white and red stone which are over 170 million years old and full of fossils. The modern urban furnishings of Trento were made out of stone coming from this quarry. Now go down to Tavernaro and Moià, situated along the Claudia Augusta Altinate route, an ancient Imperial Roman road which, through the Alps connected the Adriatic Sea to the Danube River. These places have the charming atmosphere of the small rural villages on the hills of Trento: manor villas, old country houses, fresh fountains made of local stone. Once you have gone past Moià, turn downhill on the left to reach Zell and the Parco delle Coste, which was once an important excavation site, and, thanks to wise town planning, has been turned into a popular town park. You are now close to the town, go down to the nice Santuario delle Laste (sanctuary built in the 17th century), Villa S. Ignazio, Porta Aquila, the town centre. 

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