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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Twin farmhouses Riscion Dessot (Unterrschon) in Überwasser are an example of timber construction from the Middle Ages; only the cellar level has a wall around it.

Rescion Dessot

Listed twin farmhouses on Ronc slopes

Tree-ring dating techniques date the wood used for the dwelling back to 1426, while the wood for the barn is assumed to date back to 1419. The upper floor of the house is a 'Blockbau' timber log construction, and the chambers were added later. Rescion Dessot is the farm of origin of the painter Bernadin Piceller (Pitschieler), who worked at the turn of the 20th century in Rome and Perugia. His brother Josef was a professional musician there.

Main category:
Building culture
Subcategory:
Farmhouses
Epoch:Middle Ages
Area(s):Castelrotto
GPS coordinates:@11.66981,46.57064

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Video about the 'Mejes de Gherdëina' exhibition with a selection of photographs of preserved farmhouses in Gröden by the renowned Prague architecture photographer Václav Sedy in 2018 and 2019.