Borgo Casnacc

Casnàcc is strategically located on a hillside terrace above the Maira. It is a "borgo" (fortified village) or "monte" (mountain pasture) and consisted of dwellings, stable barns and cascins (dehydrators for chestnuts), which were arranged in a village-like manner around a meadow area. Today, in addition to the stone house of the Fondazione Garbald, another dwelling house, several barns made of mortar masonry with corner pillars, but also various dry stone walls without mortar are visible. Many of these have been unused for at least 400 years. As with other places in the region, the abandonment of these buildings could thus coincide with the Graubünden turmoil.