Pizzul Alm

On the first Sunday of August, mass is held for the Alpine troops in the chapel next to the Malga, in memory of the discovery of the Redeemer during the Great War: the chapel was built by Alpine troops specifically to protect this finding. The pasture is called Pizzul because the Malga was split in two parts and this word means “Small” in the Friuli dialect. From the shelter, visitors can climb towards the Pizzul pass and descend from there directly to Cason di Lanza (CAI trails n. 441, 442, 442A). If on the other hand they choose to follow the dirt road, this will lead them to the nearby malga Paluchian (CAI n. 441B). The first historical document to reference the area indicates that animal grazing took place in malga Pizzul as early as the summer of 1295.