Eporedia (Ivrea)

The Eporedia area is formed by the morainic mountain chain of the great glacial tongues of the Aosta Valley, and the tip of the lower Dora Baltea Valley. It borders to the north with Aosta Valley, to the west with the Chiusella and Canavese Valleys, southwards with the Vercelli and Chivassese plains, and eastward with the Biella plains.

All the flat areas conserve traces of a complex farming systems, strongly bound to the canal network and ancient waterway system, but also evidence the land management system of Roman times. The areas at higher altitudes along the Sierra hills have been cultivated for centuries with fruit orchards and vineyards, along with the terraced slopes (still vineyards) which are a predominant characteristic of some of the Piedmont areas. Close to the inhabited centres of Magnano and Zimone, in the valleys parallel to the morainic ridges of the Sierra, there are perfectly conserved historical rural landscapes, with the narrow parcels of land still cultivated today and in a comb-teeth arrangement along the central path.
The viticultural landscape is outstanding in Carema and Settimo Vittone, in the locality of Cesnola, with the particular terraces supported by walls of local stone forming the arbors surrounding the town, and at Caluso, with its traditional vine-laying method.

Privileged points of observation identified in the PAYS.DOC “ Good practices for the landscape” created by a virtual observatory of the Mediterranean landscape.