Altitude: 890 masl.
Pieve Tesino is located on the Southern foot of Monte Silana and opens up fan-shaped within the Tesino Basin. The village is a winter and summer tourist destination and is renowned as it houses the birthplace of statesman Alcide Degasperi.
Pieve Tesino is an ideal starting point for many activities, both
in summer: hiking, nordic walking, climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking, paragliding, golf etc in a magical mountain scenery around Lagorai and in winter: skiing, snow shoeing “ciaspole”, sledging, snowboarding and cross-country skiing at Passo Brocon ski resort.
To visit: the churches of the Assunta and of San Sebastiano.
Tesino is located in the south of the Dolomites, surrounded by the Lagorai chain.
Within the Tesino basin there is three municipalities: CASTELLO TESINO, CINTE TESINO and PIEVE TESINO.
Alcide Degasperi was born at Pieve Tesino in this house on 3rdApril 1881.
This small museum was opened in 2006 with a view to preserving the memory of Degasperi's work and of transferring his experience, values and messages from one generation to the next; it bears testimony to the statesman's unsevered roots and ties with this part of Trentino.
The building itself is to be considered as a concrete and ideal witness of Degasperis’ origins. It hosts a very exhaustive iconographical wealth, images and objects of considerable cultural value. The “visit path” is organized in order to stimulate the visitor’s curiosity.
Tesino Museum of Prints and Street Vendors
It was established in Pieve Tesino to remember the street vendors of Tesino Plateau. With their box full of prints, they walked along the streets all over the world reaching the most diverse corners of every continent, they founded shops and in some cases they also became publishers.
Info: www.museopervia.it
The museum hosts a permanent exhibition displaying the development of one of the most popular past professions carried out by the inhabitants of Cinte Tesino, the sharpener, who used to sharpen knives with the sharpening tool.
The Astronomic Observatory is on the Celado plateau in Castello Tesino.
During the day you can observe the Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Venus. During the night you can observe the most spectacular planets which become visible (the Moon and its planets, open star clusters and globular, nebulas and galaxies).
The new museum displays a recreation of alpine environments and gives space to the many animal and flower species that characterize the mountain area. Besides the animals of the Alps, there are also sections dedicated to freshwater fish, reptiles, insects and butterflies, as well as minerals
