Arkanians

The name Mezzano derives from the village’s midway position relative to the other municipalities of Primiero, a valley at the eastern end of Trentino, at the foot of the Pale di San Martino di Castrozza in the Dolomites. Many attractions lend the village its character: the frescoes on the walls, vibrant and naive yet intense in their religiosity; the capitals, crosses, and Madonnas on the street corners; the hundred inscriptions on the roofs and ridges; the capillary water system, with its catchment tunnels; the “stoli”, the stone fountains, the “lisciaie”; more than two hundred gardens; the myriad stables, balconies, and barns; the pavements and false ashlars; and the permanent exhibition “Cataste&Canzei”, 30 works that came about through the artistic reworking of woodpiles, a key resource in wintertime.