L'AltraMontagna Festival "The Flower of Baldo"

"The Flower of Baldo": the first edition in Brentonico

For the first time, the L'AltraMontagna Festival left Rovereto to arrive in Brentonico, on the Monte Baldo Plateau, with the "The Flower of Baldo" edition, dedicated to the extraordinary floral biodiversity of the area. The central theme was the profound relationship between humans and mountains.

Key highlights

• Thursday, June 4: excursion among the medicinal herbs of Monte Baldo, a talk on edible flowers with chef Peter Brunel, and in the evening at the Teatro Monte Baldo, the performance "Bestiario idrico" by Marco Paolini;
• Friday, June 5: meetings on forests, a dialogue on cycling and mountains with Davide Cassani, and the awards ceremony for the mountain rescue competition with mountaineer François Cazzanelli;
• Saturday, June 6: book presentations on glaciers, flora, and pastoralism, with a demonstration by the Mountain Rescue team, and in the evening the theatrical storytelling "Frêney 1961" by Marco Albino Ferrari;
• Sunday, June 7: sound walk in the woods, meeting on mountain huts (malghe) with Gianni Rigoni Stern, and the concert "I fiori cantati" at the Rifugio Baita Fos-Ce.

The event, with free admission and Eco Eventi del Trentino certification, brought life to Palazzo Eccheli-Baisi, the Teatro Monte Baldo, and other venues in the Municipality of Brentonico.

Thursday, June 4

• 10:30 – Excursion among the medicinal herbs of Monte Baldo (Lucio Sottovia, Filippo Prosser, Giulia Tomasi)
• 14:20 – Workshops: soaps and creams, cyanotype photographic printing, "Savanna on the Apennines"
• 17:00 – Talk on edible flowers with Bruno Bizzaro and chef Peter Brunel
• 18:00 – Talk "How to tell the story of the mountain?" (Marco Albino Ferrari, Mauro Varotto)
• 20:30 – Performance "Bestiario idrico" by Marco Paolini (Teatro Monte Baldo)

Friday, June 5

• 10:00 – Inauguration of exhibitions and docufilms (Fondazione Museo Civico Rovereto)
• 16:30 – Talk "In the garden of art"
• 17:30 – Talk "How to tell the story of forests" (Luigi Torreggiani, Marco Ferrari, Riccardo Rizzetto)
• 18:30 – Talk on cycling and mountains (Davide Cassani, Silvia Gottardi)
• 21:00 – Mountain rescue competition awards with François Cazzanelli

Saturday, June 6

• 10:00-11:00 – Book presentations: "Jasmine the climatologist", "Glaciers of Trentino"
• 15:15 – Mountain Rescue demonstration
• 15:30 – Talk on changing flora
• 18:30 – Talk on sustainable pastoralism (Luca Battaglini)
• 21:00 – "Frêney 1961", theatrical storytelling by Marco Albino Ferrari

Sunday, June 7 (Rifugio Baita Fos-Ce)

• 09:30 – Sound walk in the woods
• 11:00 – Talk on mountain huts with Gianni Rigoni Stern
• 13:30 – Concert "I fiori cantati" (Coro Soldanella)
• 14:00 – Presentation of the novel "Il Duca" by Matteo Melchiorre

Getting there

By car from the A22 Brenner motorway, take the "Rovereto Sud – Lago di Garda Nord" exit, then follow the provincial roads towards Mori and ascend to the Brentonico Plateau (about 20 minutes). By train to Rovereto station, with bus connections to Brentonico.

Admission and bookings

Free admission to all events. Mandatory booking for performances at the Teatro Monte Baldo and for children's workshops.

Where to stay

For accommodation, you can contact the Rovereto, Vallagarina, Monte Baldo tourist office. A camper area is available near the sports facilities.