Malga Casint
The place
Malga Casint in the southern Rhaetian Alps, Bagolino/Storo sector (Trentino-Lombardy border, Brescia, Italy), at 1698 m elevation, south-western Adamello slope. Continuous Adamello cluster (batches 200-356, ~132 entries, record cluster). Traditional alpine pasture hut (dialectal name "casint", possibly "casina" small chalet or a local topographical derivation), area with subalpine larch-spruce forests + Bagoss cheese, IGP Trentino-Lombardy, 400 kg wheel, 30-45 months ageing, the oldest Lombard cheese, dating to the 18th century + Casolet DOP Trentino cheese + Rendena cattle, endemic Trentino breed, 1000 head, protected breed + Val Camonica Rock Art, UNESCO 1979, 300,000 Camunian petroglyphs, Iron Age.
The setting
Southern Rhaetian Alps Bagolino/Storo Trentino-Lombardy border Brescia Italy 1698 m SW Adamello, continuous cluster batches 200-356 ~132 entries RECORD, malga Casint casina small chalet topo derivation, subalpine larch-spruce forests + Bagoss cheese IGP 400 kg 30-45 months 18th c. Lombard + Casolet DOP TN + Rendena cattle endemic TN 1000 head + Val Camonica Rock Art UNESCO 1979 300,000 Camunian petroglyphs Iron Age.
