Caldes

A five-storey tower built in the 1230s to watch over trade in the Val di Sole is the core of Castel Caldes, which the Thun family later enlarged into the castle that greets arrivals at the village entrance. Legend says a young countess, locked in its tower for loving a minstrel, painted the frescoes of her cell herself. Woodworking for furniture is still a well-known local craft.

Highlights

• Castel Caldes and the frescoed 'prigione di Olinda' room in its tower (IT)
• A path from Samoclevo up to the ruined Rocca di Samoclevo on Monte Vesa (IT)
• The Gothic cemetery church of San Rocco, with a Romanesque bell tower
• Austro-Hungarian First World War trenches at Bordiana and Bozzana

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.