Audioguía The Chestnut Path - Il Sentiero del Castagno

The Chestnut Path: a paradise of contrasting surroundings, from hills with vineyards and orchards to wet areas of the biotopes, through ancient chestnut groves and votive shrines.
Chestnuts were once found all throughout Roero, but now they are mainly found only in the communes of the Rocche. Since the Roman era, the chestnut has effectively become a native species, and its fruit has always been so important that it was called the “bread tree”. As the old farmers still say: “It was the only crop that cost nothing. They were gathered and that’s it, like food that fell from the sky”.