The Northeast Territories of the Piedmont Lakes

The rural and agrarian landscape

Le lac d'Orta est certainement d'origine glaciaire, riche en moraines latérales et frontales modelées par l'érosion de l'ancien glacier. Dans ces zones plus plates, où sont présentes des lieux de séjour renommés, les forêts et les prairies alternent, avec peu de zones agricoles. Dans la partie plus septentrionale, au contraire, le paysage est plus escarpé à cause de l'élévation rapide des pentes qui prennent un aspect décidément montagnard. La zone côtière est parsemée de splendides villas, entourées de parcs avec des plantes séculaires spontanées ou exotiques, qui enrichissent les beautés naturelles des berges.

Particulièrement intéressantes sont la Réserve Naturelle spéciale du Mont Sacré d'Orta, du Mont Mesma et de la Tour de Buccione, située sur les collines qui surplombent les rives orientales du lac d'Orta et le Parc Naturaliste du Mottarone.

Le paysage naturel est caractérisé par les constructions d'alpages qui, sur le bord occidental, présentent quelques rares exemples de toiture originale en paille, appelées taragn. Sur le bord oriental, au contraire, sont présents de vastes prairies, les systèmes des alpages et des pâturages du Mottarone et du bassin du torrent Agogna avec ses "baitini" (petits chalets) pour la conservation du fromage, les bassins pour abreuver le bétail, les alignements d'arbres le long des parcours et des limites, les clôtures en bois avec des poteaux en châtaignier directement enfoncés dans le terrain. Encore à signaler le petit bassin caché entre Cesara et Arola, avec prés de fauche et pâturages et la partie à prairies, vergers et cultures de la plaine de Agrano.

Precisely this rural system assumes a particular significance in the historical structuring of the territory of the two rivieras between Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore: the numerous mountain pastures present on the slopes of Mottarone, Monte Falò or Tre Montagnette and along the splendid Agogna Valley have shaped the landscape with unique solutions that respect the main morphological and environmental characteristics based on a careful understanding of the local climatic realities, the sunshine of the slopes and the water supply.

The mountain pastures were divided into two or more buildings with simple architecture and with the use of dry stone for the perimeter walls, often placed with the main body perpendicular to the contour lines or parallel to them, with the house separated from the stable and from the barn and covered in rye straw. Chestnut, which has always been a precious local resource for fruit and as work timber, was used for the supporting beams of the roofs and external balconies. Subsequently, the straw roof was definitively abandoned and replaced by brick tiles and Marseillais.

Walking through the undulating meadows and along the many paths that lead to the various mountain pastures, it is still possible today to admire a unique and harmonious landscape, albeit in many cases prey to the abandonment of traditional agricultural and forestry practices.

The landscape and environmental quality of the Agogna Valley was also the basis for the proposed establishment of a natural park between the two lakes.

Point of landscape observation

Municipality	Place	Observation point	Type of view	What to view
Boleto	Madonna del Sasso	Churchyard of the Oratory	Wide panorama,Visual fulcrum of Lake depth	Lake Orta, Island of San Giulio and Sacred Mount of Orta
Ameno	Madonna della Bocciola	Churchyard square	Wide panorama,Visual fulcrum of Lake depth	Lake Orta,Island of San Giulio and Sacred Mount of Orta, Madonna of the Rock
Omegna	Mottarone	Celle Rock	Wide panorama	Lake Orta basin, Mount Rosa, i Pennine ALps, Agogna Valley, Lower Novarese
Armeno	Monte Falò	Tre Montagnette	Wide panorama	Lake Orta, Mount Rosa

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Recipe

Filetti di agone marinati

Preparation

Pulite e squamate con cura gli agoni, lavateli ripetutamente in acqua corrente, sfilettateli, infarinateli e friggeteli in olio bollente fino a doratura.
In una casseruola fate imbiondire in olio la costa di sedano, la carota e la cipolla affettate. Unite il timo, la salvia, la maggiorana, il vino bianco, l'aceto, lo zucchero, un pizzico di sale e cuocete per un quarto d'ora circa (le verdure devono restare al dente).
Disponete i filetti di pesce a strati in un contenitore non metallico, ricoprendoli con la marinata bollente. Fateli raffreddare a temperatura ambiente e poi metteteli in frigorifero, dove si conserveranno anche più di 10 giorni.