Moggessa di Là
Moggessa di Lá is an abandoned, partly dilapidated northern Italian farming village with no access road in the Carnic Alps west of Moggio Udinese in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region . The second district, Moggessa di Quà , and the neighboring village of Stavoli also have no road connection. Moggessa di Lá can be reached after a two-hour walk from Moggio Udinese, which is on the A23 motorway .
From a historical point of view, Moggessa di Lá, furlan Muiesse di lá , in German something like "Little Mossach beyond", is a medieval foundation of the San Gallo monastery in Moggio. Despite the altitude of 530 m above sea level, the area at the foot of Monte Palevierte ( 1785 m above sea level ) is very suitable for growing vegetables.
Since there are no access roads, the village can only be reached via mule tracks. A path leads from Moggio Udinese via Moggessa di Quá after crossing the gorge of the Molin brook (Mühlbach) after about two hours to the village. In the gorge, the last remains of the mill can still be seen, which was in operation until 1962 and was almost completely destroyed by the 1976 earthquake. The connecting path between the villages is, unlike down to Moggio, less steep and in better condition, so that you can travel between the two villages by off-road motorcycle. From the other side, Moggessa di Lá can be reached after about one and a half hours of travel via a steep, narrow path including crossing the Torrente Glagno (there is no bridge) from Stavoli , another mountain village with no access road. Another hiking trail leads up the mountain to Morolz, from where you can reach the Aupa valley .
At the beginning of Moggessa di Lá there is a small Roman Catholic church. However, there is no cemetery. The narrow streets, in which the farmhouses are concentrated in a small space, are particularly attractive. The relatively tall houses or partly dilapidated buildings are very close to one another. In between there are often only a few meters wide alleys. The clearly overgrown fields are below the village. At the beginning of the 20th century, the residents were still largely self-sufficient and self-sufficient. Several cobbled streets meet in the winding core. Five houses are inhabited, but not all year round. At the lower edge of the village towards the fields is the largest and most conspicuous house, an old craftsman's house with two rows of arcades lying one above the other, the lower arches of which are open. Two other surviving arches of a dilapidated house nearby show that this style element was used here more often. There was even a school here until 1960.
As in the neighboring villages, there are also many examples of rural architecture reduced to the essentials, which is characteristic of this poor mountain area. The houses, made entirely of stone, are high and have up to four storeys. There are common wells in the middle of the villages. Many of the wooden balconies on the south side have already fallen into disrepair. The outside chimneys are also typical for the Fogolâre, the open stoves in Friuli. The wreck of a two-wheel tractor shows that motorized agricultural machinery was already being used here.
Water and electricity connections made the very lonely life in the mountains a little easier, especially in winter. The 1976 earthquake destroyed many houses in the village, which are gradually being overgrown by scrub. Emergency quarters in containers were not possible. Today, some of the dilapidated houses are being restored by the descendants of the residents who once moved away, and they are living in during the holidays.
The six-hour circular hike through the three Carnic villages of Moggessa di Quá , Moggessa di Lá and Stavoli , all three without access roads, which the Abbey of Moggio has as its starting and ending point, is considered "one of the most beautiful and extraordinary day hikes" in Friuli.
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- ↑ turismoruralefvg.it Borgo Moggessa, accessed on March 3, 2010.
- ^ ORF Carinthia : Abandoned villages in Moggio-Udinese. , accessed on January 3, 2016.
- ^ Gerhard Pilgram et al.: The last valleys: hiking and stopping off in Friuli. Drava, Klagenfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-85435-638-7 , pp. 113-121.
Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '18 " N , 13 ° 9' 2.8" E