The waters of the rio Stava

The waters of the rio Stava

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The presence of a watercourse with a good flow throughout the seasons favoured human settlements and the rise of work places along its banks. Through special water ducts, the water was directed from the Rio Stava and channelled to a wheel directly connected to the main shaft. Through links such as belts, gears and pulleys, the movement was transmitted from the main mill shaft to diverse machines in the workshops. The principal was the same for the joiners’ workshops, sawmills, forges and flourmills. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_masonry_media_grid grid_id="vc_gid:1619623965927-135bfab0-f7a3-7" include="5939,5933,5930,5936,5950"][vc_separator color="black"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

The Stava Valley

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The first historical document that mentions the Stava Valley is dated 6th September 1269. The text describes the geographical position of the Pampeago Alp, just a fraction north of Tesero. " The Alp " is situated in the Fiemme territory at the top of the village of Tesero, in a place named Stava Valley.  It borders on the one side with the Regola of Nova (Ponente), on the other side with the Regola of Predazzo, or to be precise, the Mount Vardabio and on the outer limits of the Fiemme territory named Cornon. The lower middle part of the

Veduta dei mulini esistenti in passato a valle del ponte in località Cortàl: in primo piano il mulino «del Tonàcio», quindi il mulino «del Ràsa», infine, ai piedi del ponte, il mulino «del Moréto»

The Stava Valley as it was in the past

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first idea for this exhibition began in the autumn of 1985, in the secondary school of Tesero, which had lost many of its pupils due to the disaster caused by the failure of the tailings dams of the Prestavèl mine. The huge mass of mud and silt caused the death of 268 people and dramatically changed the entire valley, destroying or severely damaging homes, farmsteads, hotels, factories and everything that had been made over centuries of life and work. For this reason, the teachers decided to begin research together with their students, in order to create a reconstruction of