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Gromo

Gromo in Valle Seriana is a sudden shattered dream, when the water cleared the forges that made this village a treasure trove.

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Gromo (BG)
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Wood, iron, stone. And the sweetness of high peaks. This is Gromo (BG), a village in the upper Seriana Valley that was once a garrison of rich iron mines and a free municipality.

It was therefore a place of sorting for the European markets of weapons, swords and daggers forged using the powerful currents of its stream.

Water has been its richness and its ruin: it has shaped its forms in prehistoric eras, it has brought energy and profit to its shops before finally washing away all its forges in a single flood one day in November 1666, unhinging its economy.

From then on Gromo returned to being a rural village in the Orobie Alps, surrounded by pastures and mule tracks and with slate roofs that cover it like a hard and uniform protective mantle.

A few cars drive though but in the end, the village is not so different now than what it looked like in the seventeenth-century painting preserved in the church of San Gregorio.

The beauty of this small village expresses the artistic sophistication achieved by this community thanks to the prosperity brought by its forges: golden altars, sixteenth-century frescoes, wooden statues, ancient parchments, stone portals, artistic grilles, especially in the church of San Giacomo, outside the historical centre and true jewel of the village, to which were added the liberty villas that arose in the early twentieth century, when Gromo was a fashionable resort.

The heart of the village is the scenic Piazza Dante with the thirteenth-century Ginami castle, the Milesi palace (from 1443, now the Town Hall) with the elegant loggia, the civic archive with precious parchments and the aforementioned church of San Gregorio. And all around the "strecie", the narrow alleys, the green of the mountains unfolds.

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Places

Lake Valcanale

  • Active & Green
Lake Valcanale
3.04 km

Clusone

Clusone is called the “painted city” for its numerous fresco and is rich in history and art.
  • Art & Culture
CLUSONE_Panorama centro storico_LIB_Foto Studio Alfa
8.45 km

Monte Pora - Presolana

  • Mountains
Monte Pora - Presolana
10.55 km

Colere, slopes with a view of the Presolana

  • Mountains
Colere, Val di Scalve (BG)
12.24 km

Lake Gleno

  • Active & Green
Lake Gleno
13.4 km

Fitness park

An area for practising fitness, calisthenics and slackline along the Valtellina trail
  • Active & Green
Fitness park
14.62 km

Where to sleep

B&B CHALET FERNANDA

Gromo
B&B CHALET FERNANDA

HOTEL LOCANDA DEL CACCIATORE

Gromo
HOTEL LOCANDA DEL CACCIATORE
126 mt

DAGLI OLIVARI: CASA TEO

GROMO
DAGLI OLIVARI: CASA TEO
415 mt

DAGLI OLIVARI: CASA ALE

Gromo
DAGLI OLIVARI: CASA ALE
425 mt

DAGLI OLIVARI: CASA DANI

Gromo
DAGLI OLIVARI: CASA DANI
434 mt

CA' ROSEI

Valgoglio
CA' ROSEI
776 mt

B&B CA' ROSEI 2

Valgoglio
B&B CA' ROSEI 2
776 mt

ROVARIS PATRIZIA

Gromo
ROVARIS PATRIZIA
867 mt

GIOIELLO DI RELAX

Gromo
GIOIELLO DI RELAX
1.05 km

BAITEL DE SOT

GROMO
BAITEL DE SOT
1.3 km

BAITEL DE SURA

GROMO
BAITEL DE SURA
1.3 km

RIFUGIO CINQUE LAGHI

Valgoglio
RIFUGIO CINQUE LAGHI
1.57 km

VITTORIA

Gromo
VITTORIA
2.09 km

LA MARTINA 1

Gromo
LA MARTINA 1
2.17 km

LA MARTINA 2

Gromo
LA MARTINA 2
2.17 km

CA' DI RACC

Valgoglio
CA' DI RACC
2.29 km

GENTILE ANNA

ARDESIO
GENTILE ANNA
2.5 km

SPIAZZI

Gromo
SPIAZZI
2.86 km

ARDESIO

Ardesio
ARDESIO
2.88 km

APPARTAMENTO ARDESIO

Ardesio
APPARTAMENTO ARDESIO
2.93 km