Miscellaneous News from Ticino - Camping Tamaro

LAGO
MAGGIORE
E VALLI
Change is the only constant
At the school of sculpture in Peccia,
stone becomes art.
IN THE MAGGIA VALLEY, ROCK FACES ARE MADE INTO
WORKS OF ART: A VALLEY SYMBOLISED BY STONE.
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Without a doubt, the inhabitants of the valley love their
wild, romantic Maggia with the great range of options for swimming
and picnicking. But they truly adore the stone. Granite from
Vallemaggia is everywhere, especially in the shape of works of art.
In Foroglio, the foundations for unique fountains also emerge from
the rock. Today, Peccia in the upper Maggia Valley is truly the most
famous sculptors’ village in Switzerland.
Thanks to its white marble, it can count on a valuable natural
resource which is nurtured by the quarry, the marble works and
the famous school of sculpture. The sculpture trail in Peccia is a
new cultural milestone in the Maggia Valley, made up of thirty
works which are rearranged each year. This brings it full circle: the
artists not only breathe new life into the stone, but it is also the
stone in form of sculptures that breathes new life into the whole
Maggia Valley.
It is no wonder that the region’s marketing is also based on
stone (“Vallemaggia Pietraviva”). Exhibitions on the theme, hiking
trails, study programmes, visits to the quarry and overnight stays
in stone houses are some of the offers already in place, with others
to be completed by 2006.