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CH-TI Erbonne and Bocchetta d'Orimento - Route 64 km, D+ 1550 m, 1 pass

Author description

Author André Rudaz

Departure Riva San Vitale (Ticino). Pay car park, Via del l'Indipendenza. Height: 276 m

Tourist information

This route straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy, with Switzerland's territory, curiously enough, lying to the south of Italy's! It passes through Erbonne, a tiny village on the edge of Lombardy.

This village, with 15 residents in 2001, 9 in 2012 and 4 in 2023, is located 6 km from Casasco d'Intelvi and just 1 km from the Swiss village of Scudellate. More than three hundred years of conflict between the municipality of San Fedele Intelvi and the people of Erbonne, who were cut off from all kinds of municipal services, led the people of Erbonne to conclude an agreement with the Swiss village of Scudellate, which, in return for payment, guaranteed medical, school and funeral services to the people of Erbonne!

In 1911, for the first time, a cemetery was built in Erbonne!

The road linking San Fedele Intelvi to Erbonne was built in 1954.

Between 1916 and 1969, San Fedele guaranteed a school in Erbonne, initially in private premises and, from 1958, in a purpose-built structure.

1 neck

Bocchetta d'Orimento IT-CO-1275a

Technical description

Scudellate and Erbonne are linked by a path about 1 km long (easy to push with a hiker). There is a footbridge between Switzerland and Italy just before Erbonne.

Link https://www.openrunner.com/route-details/16937130

Key wordsTicino, Riva San Vitale, Erbonne, Scudellate, centcols

This itinerary is given as an indication only. The author declines all responsibility, as well as that of the Club des Cent Cols, for imponderables caused by the cyclist himself, the equipment used or anything relating to the road, its environment or other road users.

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