Old Traditions that are Still Alive

Name: Mendatica
Item: Mendatica
Author: KarlH

Millennial traditions that are still alive and heartfelt, mountain valleys, very savoury gastronomy called “White Cuisine” (meaning very modest dishes) and clean air.

Mendatica, in the Alta Valle Arroscia, is a typical mountain village immersed in greenery, where the tradition of transhumance is still very much alive and where you can enjoy very particular dishes of the white cuisine especially on the occasion of the Late August Feast. In these distant and isolated zones, centuries-old agricultural and pastoral transhumance has united the populations of the Ligurian mountains. There are old tracks, created over the centuries by flocks and herds that seasonally went up towards the high mountain pastures.

In these areas this old custom is still very much alive and at the end of September is evoked with a big feast lasting three days. There are Occitan dances, markets with gastronomic and handicraft products and educational meetings with the youngest people. The village is at the foot of Monte Frontè, immersed in greenery 782 metres above sea level.

Tranquillity, nature, healthy air and plenty of water, famous for its purity (Mendatica means precisely “send-water”). The quaint fountains in graven stone that are found in the whole historic area still testify to this richness. Along the nature path you can admire the beautiful waterfalls of the Arroscia stream, which make leaps of about thirty metres.

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