Castagneto Experience

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Luogo:Borzonasca (GE)

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The experience

On the Saturday before the annual Agricasta event, in collaboration with the Consortium A Mountain of Hospitality in the Park, an Experiential Workshop will be proposed to live a half day like our grandparents, together with those who still take care of the chestnut groves to produce chestnut flour as in the past.

We will visit Nicola’s chestnut grove, discovering the efforts but also the satisfactions of this agricultural activity, which has remained substantially intact over time. From the chestnut grove we will move on to the
techniques used for drying chestnuts, up to the mill where they were transformed into flour. You will visit the Belpiano Mill, classified as a Monumental Mill, expertly restored and still functioning. The experience will end in the kitchen, with a workshop to learn a typical recipe based on chestnut flour and, of course, to taste it. The experience will be open to Italian-descendants and non-Italians.

“Castagneto Experience” is one of the Roots Workshops proposed in the Municipality of Borzonasca together with Italea Liguria. Agricasta, organized in collaboration with the Borzonasca Promotion and Development Committee, is held every year on the 1st Sunday of October and this year reaches its 20th edition.

The event celebrates the culture of the chestnut, with installations, exhibitions, games, music, markets and gastronomic points that wind along the streets of the whole town.

Roasted chestnuts and typical dishes made with chestnut flour spread their scent in the caruggi of the village, which on this day showcases all the cultural aspects of a territory that has always been linked to what was considered the Bread Tree for having fed entire generations in the past. Belpiano Mill Ra Pria, 16041 Borzonasca, GE, Italy

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italiano

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Location/The place

Address

Mulino di Belpiano Ra Pria, 16041 Borzonasca GE, Italia

How to get there

From the Lavagna or Chiavari motorway exit, continue in the direction of Carasco and then take the
detour to the right for Borzonasca (about 15 km from the Lavagna toll booth).
Ignore the first junction for Belpiano that you meet before entering Borzonasca.
Pass the village and continue to Brizzolara, where you will have to take the junction on the left for Belpiano
and continue for about 4 km.

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