VISITOR CENTRES

Our cooperative is active in the management of several visitor centres in various areas of the Gesso Valley, which allows us to offer visitors interesting and multifaceted information. In fact, it is possible to learn more about aspects related to the life of wolves, learn about the rich biodiversity present in the Maritime Alps, discover fragments of history in the Burial ground in Valdieri, or understand how the production of electricity works in the Enel Luigi Enaudi hydroelectric power plant.

Uomini e Lupi centre

The Centre consists of two complementary sections, namely the Visitor Centre and the Wildlife Area.

Visitor Centre, in Entracque village, offers a discovery route, dedicated to the myths surrounding wolves.

the Wildlife Area in Casermette, a multimedia path introduces the biology of the wolf in an exciting way.

A large enclosure houses some animals that are no longer able to live in the wild, which can be observed from the watchtowers.

ENEL Hydroelectric Power Plant, named after the former President of the Republic Luigi Einaudi, is located in the municipality of Entracque, in the province of Cuneo and is the largest hydroelectric plant in Italy, as well as one of the most powerful in Europe.

It can be visited through guided tours lasting an hour and a half where, you will see a working model on a scale of 1:20, historical films and then travel on an electric train, inside the tunnel where the engine room of this plant is housed.

By storing energy when the water rises and releasing it when it falls, the plant works like a giant battery, helping to stabilize the grid and allowing non-programmable renewable energy, such as solar and wind, to be used more.

The Protohistoric Burial ground in Valdieri, discovered at the end of the twentieth century, is an archaeological site that includes over 70 pit and sarcophagus tombs dating back to the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age, with finds such as weapons, jewelry and ceramics. These elements suggest that the site was a centre of regional production and trade. The first excavations began in 1991 and the site is open to the public under our management, together with the archaeological museum of Valdieri, which preserves a vast collection of finds.

The botanical garden is home to about 500 species distributed in fourteen environments, representative of the main ecosystems of the Maritime Alps: from limestone rocks to mixed fir, passing through streams, larch forests, peat bogs and gias.

This setting is designed to respond optimally to the informative and educational purposes of the garden, making it easy to observe species that could only be encountered in nature after hours of walking and thus offering a complete, clear and comprehensible picture of the entire "plant

VISITOR CENTRES

Uomini e Lupi centre

ENEL Hydroelectric Power Plant

Valdieri Archaeological Park

Valderia Botanical Garden