Historical and mythological route of the Buso delle Anguane and La Carega del Diavolo:
Today I want to tell you about this historical and mythological route, which is very evocative.
The description, I write it, as Grandfather Bortolo told it to me.
In the early 1900s, when Grandpa was a child, it was said that in the Rameston valley. Where a large boulder with two spikes of rock ‘Sojo di Rameston’ emerged from the vegetation. The Devil lived there and led a tribe of witches. But the Anguanas also found a place in the valley. However, they shuttled from the Rameston valley to the Orco valley, which lies a little further north. Following the historical and mythological path I am describing.
The ‘Sojo di Rameston’ was already called ‘La Carega del Diavolo’ and was very visible, so much so that at the end of the Second World War (1945), when the partisans were being supplied with food and ammunition by parachute drops, the Germans thought that the two rocky peaks rising from the Sojo were a landmark for the pilots of the planes and blew them up with dynamite.
Returning to the Devil, his ‘Carega’, as already mentioned, was immersed in the valley, from there he could only control the Witches and the Anguanas,
See https://avevolevertigini.com/2021/05/09/dritti-all-inferno-falesia-carega-del-diavolo/
Then he thought of moving slightly higher, towards Mount Xausa, where he positioned himself on a rock, from which he could see the entire plain below. The stone is in the shape of a throne, complete with seat and backrest; grandfather used to say that this was the real “Carega del Diavolo” . But in order not to distort the legend, we can say that the “Sojo di Rameston” remains the “Carega del Diavolo” and on Mount Xausa we find the “Trono del Diavolo”.
Now that I have told you the story, I invite you to walk it, and as you walk, I am sure you will relive what Nonno Bortolo told us.
On the way, you will find water springs, a climbing wall and the cave of the Anguane,… not to be missed.
The route is a loop, starting and finishing at Crosara. From Antico Borgo Brunelli, it can be reached on foot by walking along a very ancient road dating back to the first century AD. The Armentaria Romana del ‘Sejo’ or ‘Saliso’ road, used by the Romans to transport herds from the plains to the pastures on the plateau.
Have fun.
Cecilia