Holiday apartment in Rima: Walser house style, alpine pastures and trails
Accommodation in Rima
Rima combines an alpine landscape with a clearly recognizable Walser and craft tradition. At the foot of Rima lies the Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie, whose façade is attributed to A. Orgiazzi il Vecchio. Much of the area surrounding Rima is protected by the Parco Naturale Alta Valsesia and is suitable for observing typical alpine flora and fauna. When planning your trip, you can take different interests into account here, including nature observation, trails and cultural history.
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Photo: Capricornis crispus via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Walser history and characteristic architectural forms
In the second half of the 14th century, Rima developed from an alpine pasture into a permanent settlement. This development shapes the historical perspective on the village. Rima’s Walser house style includes stone ground floors and upper floors, as well as attics built from horizontally interlocking tree trunks. Wide arcades and roofs covered with Beola stone slabs complete the characteristic architectural form. Those interested in regional architecture will find concrete traces of the settlement’s history here, without the village being reduced to a single building.
Alpine pasture trails and landscape experiences
The Anello degli Alpeggi is an easy trail through the alpine pastures of the Rima basin. It leads back to Rima, the starting point of the trail. This route also passes through one of the oldest settlement groups on an alpine pasture in the Rima basin; a year engraved in a stone gives the date as 1650. The GTA Rima–Carcoforo stage begins in Rima’s church square. There, a sign showing walking times and the markings for trail 93 make it easier to get started. The GTA Rima–Carcoforo route passes through woodland and grazing landscapes on the edge of or within the Parco Naturale Alta Valsesia.
Crafts, relics and alpine huts
A trail near Rima leads to Vallè di Sopra, with megalithic remains known as the “Antiche Dimore.” In the workshop of the Associazione del Marmo Artificiale in Rima, Master Dellavedova explains the traditional “secret” of artificial marble. Alpe Lanciole di Sopra also tells the story of how the mountain landscape was used: there are individual huts there, as well as additional huts arranged in rows from higher to lower ground to protect them from avalanches and provide cover. In this compact thematic area, you can encounter traces of early settlement, traditional craft knowledge and the architectural forms of alpine-pasture farming.
Rima as a starting point for planning your trip
Rima is easily accessible by car. When choosing your holiday apartment in Rima, you can therefore first decide which focus should shape your days: Walser architecture, observing alpine flora and fauna, trails through the Rima basin or the culture of artificial marble.
Other places to include in your plans
For further orientation, you can also find Trino, Vocca, Valduggia, Albano Vercellese, Ferrera, Vercelli, Piode and Campertogno.
To the higher-level travel overview: Vercelli.
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