The Calà del Sasso is a path leading down from the village of
Sasso di Asiago towards the town of
Valstagna,
province of Vicenza
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The province has an area of 2,722.53 km2, and a total population of 865,082 (as of 2017). There are 113 ''comuni'' (municipalities) in th ...
, north-eastern
Italy
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. It has 4444 steps, is 2.546 km long, and is the longest staircase in Italy as well as the world's longest staircase open to the public
[The staircase is the world's longest stairway service funicular Niesen in ]Switzerland
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, with 11674 steps (the service stairway for
Niesen Funicular is longer, but only open to the public once a year). The highest and lowest points on the path differ by 744 m. Next to the staircase runs a gully. Both gully and steps are paved in limestone. The gully was used to transport timber from Sasso downhill. Once in Valstagna, ''Calà del Sasso'' ends near the
river Brenta, where the logs were floated to
Venice
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; here, in the times of the
Republic of Venice
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, they were used in the
local arsenal for the construction of boats.
References
External links
Page at
Club Alpino Italiano website
Hiking trails in Italy
Mountains of Veneto
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