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Sondalo (mt.
940)
Thanks to its dry climate and clean air, in Sondalo in 1901 stood a mountain
of the first institutions for the treatment of lung disease, the Pinewood
Sortenna, the first Italian sanatorium.
Among the pines themselves at the foot of Mount Sortenna stood in 1946
on the behest of fascist climate Eugenio Morelli Hospital with 2500 beds
well.
An architectural gem, which is also surrounded by pine trees, is the Vocational
Training Centre Vallesana.
The story screams still the desire of faith through its numerous churches,
among which stands out for the artistic value of S. Marta the thirteenth
century but in Baroque style, it restructured in 1787 (none the Romanesque
bell tower).
Inside, several paintings signed by John from Sondalo (XV).
Arriving in Sondalo can not raise his eyes and admire, almost suspended
in the Dosso Boffalora, the church of St. Agnes, documented in 1215, which
also housed the "Romit", a crucifix of the twelfth century that
bears the name of a hermit who lived there in 1600: a wooden sculpture
of merit, the oldest in the entire province of Sondrio, now housed in
the church of S. Francis.
Several frescoes on the walls of the houses and Home Bassanini (former
rectory) is still a valuable stüa fine show.
But the wealth of Sondalo is also natural.
The pretty villages Front Fumero and lead directly in Val di Rezzalo,
immersed in the Stelvio National Park, traversed throughout its length
by a military road, a paradise for walkers and lovers of rural architecture,
the river Rezzalasco sometimes flows in cascades, and following the trails
can be reached by Gavia valley until the arrival of the lifts of Santa
Caterina, or Val Grande in Brescia.
The territory of Sondalo Valtellina is the richest minerals, after Malenco
Valley.
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