Saretto
Saretto , in the Occitan Lu Saret , is a village in the northern Italian Mairatal, southwest of Turin . It is a borgata from Acceglio in the uppermost valley. This is on the road from Acceglio to Chiappera. Saretto is 1530 m above sea level. The river that gave the valley its name, the Maira , has its source in a frazione of Saretto called Sorgente . The chapel of the village is dedicated to San Lorenzo, but San Vincenzo is celebrated there.
The name may go back to the pre-Latin word “serre”, which corresponds to the Italian “alto” or “sopra”, which is often used to designate the higher part of a place. A famous black marble was quarried near the site until the 1990s.
In 1923 the place had 23 inhabitants, today it has 27.
A house inscription is reminiscent of the so-called Patti di Saretto . In May 1944, a meeting took place between representatives of the partisan groups active in the Western Alps and French representatives of the Resistance at the 2687 m high Col Sautron (May 12) and in Barcelonnette, France, then on May 30 in Saretto. Agreements were made to combat Nazi rule .
Not far from the village are the lakes Lago Visaisa and Apzoi , paths lead to the Colle delle Munie in the direction of France, then to the Colle del Ciarbonet-Punta Midia and to Chiappera . In addition to the Grande Traversata delle Alpi, there are the Sentiero Frassati , Roberto Cavallero , and then the various Percorsi Occitani on hiking trails .
Web links
- Saretto , website of the municipality of Acceglio (ital.)
- Saretto on gedenkorte-europa.eu, the homepage of Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945