Calade Circuit
Description
Discover the hills bordering the river of Garda and the old road up to the village through the oratory of St Joseph.
You will also discover the Fairy Bridge (vestiges of an arch of an aqueduct).
Easy hike.
Parking in the parking lot of the cemetery, along the Mill and you will see the start of the circuit.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Points of interest
Le Pont des Fees
Construction of the sixteenth century an ingenious gravity system which allowed the collection of water 3 km into the hillside, the Bridge of the Fairies by its very name can illustrate the "magic" of the process.
St Roch Mill
This mill, formerly called "Moulin de la Gardiole" is known since the seventeenth century. It seems to have worked sporadically. In the nineteenth century it belonged to the Aumeran family, then in 1886 the parish priest of Grimaud: Giraud Zechariah. It now belongs to the municipality. In the 1990s, the cross located on the tower was moved, the wings, the roof and the whole mechanism were recreated to revive this monument.
Chapel St Roch
Chapel St Roch (eighteenth century): Saint Roch is mentioned as protection from contagious diseases including the plague. Inside, are the paintings of the saint's life from 1937 and medieval altar stone basalt.
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