In the dreary winter months, what could be better than remembering a happy summer visit to a pleasant mountain village.

So let's take a stroll through the streets of the village, admiring the colours and mountain views.

A bit of history:
Presumably in 1111, the Magnifica Comunità was established.
In 1285, it submitted itself to the feudal lords of Beseno, under the jurisdiction of the Prince-Bishop of Trento, then in the 15th century it passed to the Serenissima republic.
At the fall of the Venetian republic, it returned to the House of Austria.
The Magnifica Comunità ceased to exist in 1805 due to the reforms introduced by Napoleonic rule, then confirmed by the Bavarian government at the fall of Napoleon.
Like many others, it suffered the vicissitudes of the First and Second World Wars

A note:
Folgaria together with the neighboring villages of Lavarone and Luserna is the home of the exquisite cheese Vezzena produced during the summer mountain pasture

For more info:
wikipedia: Folgaria
wikipedia: Magnifica Comunità degli altipiani cimbri
wikipedia: Magnifica Comunità di Folgaria
wikipedia: Cimbri

Thanks to our friend Massimo for the pictures he allowed us to publish.