Moggessa di Quà
Moggessa di Quà is an abandoned, half-dilapidated, northern Italian farming village with no access road in the Carnic Alps around three kilometers northwest of Moggio Udinese in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region . Moggessa di Quà is one of two districts of Moggessa. The other, Moggessa di Là , in which the church is located, is on the opposite side of a gorge, even further in the mountains and also has no road connection. Moggessa di Quà can be reached after an hour and a half's walk from Moggio Udinese, which is on the A23 motorway .
From a historical point of view, Moggessa di Quà, furlan Muiesse di ca , in German roughly “Little Mossach this side”, is a medieval foundation of the San Gallo monastery in Moggio, as is Stavoli , another mountain village in the neighborhood. Despite the altitude of 510 m above sea level, the area is very suitable for growing vegetables. The valley basin at the foot of Monte Palevierte ( 1785 m above sea level ), traversed by ditches and gullies, is characterized by a mild internal climate.
As there are no access roads, the old system of mule tracks is still in use. A steep, partly paved path leads from Moggio di Sopra along the Rio di Palis stream from Moggio Udinese over a saddle, behind which the Fellatal remains, into one of the Carnia ravines, mountain streams and mountain forests, mostly with black pines . At the edge of the path there is a chapel and crosses that remind of the earlier processions of the Roman Catholic population. The paths are lined with dry stone walls overgrown with moss. Unlike in the Romanian mountain village of Obcina, even without an access road, you can see a network of paths that have been maintained for centuries before you reach the village typical of the area .
The narrow streets of Moggessa di Quà, in which the farmhouses are concentrated in a small space, are particularly charming. Intact houses and dilapidated buildings are very close together. In between there are often only a few meters wide alleys. The already noticeably overgrown fields are above and below the village. At the beginning of the 20th century, 200 residents were still largely self-sufficient in Moggessa di Quà. There is currently only one resident in the mountains over the winter. In Moggessa there are many examples of rural architecture reduced to the essentials, which was characteristic of this poor mountain area. The houses, all made of stone, are relatively high, they have up to four storeys. Farm buildings and houses almost always form a unit. There is a common well in the middle of the village. Many of the small 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. Unlike other places in the mountains, the roofs are relatively flat because of the mild climate.
Water and electricity connections made the very lonely life in the mountains a little easier, especially in winter. Since the earthquake of 1976 , the village has mainly consisted of ruins, which are gradually overgrown by scrub. Emergency quarters in containers were not possible. The boys left the village after the earthquake. There was no work and rebuilding would have been too expensive in most cases. Because of the distance, no one accepts daily commuting anymore. Some of the dilapidated houses are being restored by the descendants of the residents who once moved away and inhabited during the holidays.
From Moggessa di Quà, after crossing a deep ravine, it takes half an hour to get to Moggessa di Là, the part of Moggessa where the church is located. In the gorge of the Molin brook (Mühlbach), the last remains of the mill can still be seen, which was in operation until 1962 and was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake. Unlike the way down to Moggio, the connecting path between the villages is less steep and in better condition, so that you can also travel between the two villages by off-road motorbike, as some residents do. After another hour and a half, you will reach the third village without an access road, Stavoli .
The six-hour circular hike on old cultural trails through the three Carnic villages without an access road, Moggessa di Quà, Moggessa di Là and Stavoli, which the Moggio Abbey starts and ends, is considered one of the “most beautiful and extraordinary day hikes” in Friuli.
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- ^ ORF Carinthia : Abandoned Villages in Moggio-Udinese , accessed on January 9, 2016
- ↑ http://www.turismoruralefvg.it : Borgo Moggessa, accessed on March 3, 2010
- ↑ Pilgram / Berger, / Koroschitz / Pilgram-Ribitsch, The last valleys, hiking and stopping off in Friuli , pp. 113–121.
Coordinates: 46 ° 25 ′ 3.3 ″ N , 13 ° 9 ′ 10.3 ″ E