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| SIMPLY ...WOW! |
The plan was "let's go to the top of a mountain!" - We went to the bottom of a lake instead.
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| THE TRUE CHALLANGE OF THIS TRIP OF 93 KM WAS TO RIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY IN EAST NORTHERN ITALY: WE STARTED WITH A TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO IN THE EARLY MORNING, AND WE SLOWLY GET ACCLIMATIZED TO THE FREEZING COLD. |
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| BESIDE RIDING, WE WALKED FOR A LENGHT OF 4 KM: AFTER PARKING OUR MOTORCYCLES NEXT TO THE SHORE, WE DECIDED TO CROSS BY FOOT THE LAKE FLOOR (FOLLOW THE WHITE DOTTED LINE IN THE MAP!), TO REACH THE POINT WHERE THE RUINS STAND. |
East Northern Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Friulian Dolomites.
[Counties of Udine and Pordenone]
13.02.2022
HAVING BEEN INVITED TO JOIN THE AMAZING LOCAL BIKERS' GROUP NAMED “PISTONS AND...”, I BOLDLY TOOK PART TO A TRIP WHOSE ORIGINAL GOAL WAS THE TOP OF THE BERNADIA MOUNTAIN (CARNIC ALPS). THE VERY LAST MINUTE THE RIDE WAS REDIRECTED TO THE "LAKE OF THE SUNSETS", AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE (ALREADY VISITED BY ME AND MY BIKE IN THE SUMMER OF 2021), WHICH ENTAILS A MYSTERIOUS AND WELL HIDDEN SECRET.
THE BEAUTY OF VISITING THIS PLACE DURING THE WINTER TIME, IS THAT THE LATEST REMNANTS OF AN ANCIENT VILLAGE CALLED MOVADA, SITUATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, ARE ONLY VISIBLE DURING A NOT-RAINY SEASON, WHEN THE LAKE IS EMPTY. OTHERWISE, THEY ARE PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY SUBMERSED BY WATER. ABANDONED WALLS OF SIMPLE STONES ARE STILL STANDING THERE, IN SPITE OF THE PUSHING AND PRESSURE OF WATER, FLOWING ON AND OFF FOR SEVENTY YEARS!
PLUS, EVEN IF I USUALLY AM A LONELY WOLF, RIDING WITH THIS PACK WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!
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| THE STARTING POINT: PARKING LOT OF THE BAR "DA TERESINE" [PHOTO BY A. SCAGNETTI] |
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| THE GOAL: THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF MOVADA, IN THE FLOOR OF THE "SUNSETS LAKE" [PHOTO BY L. BALDASSI] |
The Lake of the Sunsets, also known as Redona Lake, is an artificial lake featuring an impressive dam. It was built taking advantege of the Meduna river in the Tramontina Valley, habitually very rainy. But when the season is unusually dry, the lake appears to be almost completely empty of water, and reveals the remnants of the ancient little village called Movada, which used to exist there before the construction of the dam.
Around 1950, the last inhabitants of Movada were still living there, after the migrations of the main population of that area to the cities. But they were forced to go away too, through an expropriation imposed by the government: the motivation was classified as ‘public utility’. They were given a refund, and had to move out of the plateau, ‘cause it had to make place to the project of producing the electricity necessary for the factories of the lowland.
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| KSU AT 8:00 - BREAKFAST AT TERESINE'S IN SAN TOMASO - MAJANO |
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| HERE WE ARE: READY TO GO! |
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| SHORT PIT STOP IN THE TOWN OF MEDUNO, JUST TO WARM UP OUR HANDS |
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| SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ALONG THE LAKE! [PHOTO BY L.BALDASSI] |
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| ASTONISHING VIEW OF THE RUINS OF MOVADA, AS VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD [PHOTO BY M. BOSCARELLO] |
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| US, EXPLORING A SURREAL LANDSCAPE [PHOTO BY L. BALDASSI] |
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| THE SUN PEEKING OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN IN PERFECT TIMING [PHOTO BY L. BALDASSI] |
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| WHAT A SUGGESTIVE VIEW: A GHOST TOWN STANDING A DESERTIC GROUND! [PHOTO BY A. SCAGNETTI] |
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| LET'S GET A SELFIE! [PHOTOS BY M.BOSCARELLO[]  |
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