Traditions
itinerary
The itinerary leads to the discovery of Monte Isola through the memory of its past and the craft activities that characterize it and which have been handed down to the present day: the manufacture of boats, the processing of nets and the creation of paper flowers.
Introduction to the itinerary
The itinerary leads to the discovery of Monte Isola through the memory of its past and the craft activities that characterize it and which have been handed down to the present day: the manufacture of boats, the processing of nets, and the creation of paper flowers.
1The processing of nets
Until a few years ago it was impossible to enter a house on Monte Isola and not find a fishing net. The processing of the nets involved the entire community because the quantity of the catch depended on the quality of the net itself. The farmyard, the road, the stable were real laboratories, where women learned to weave the thread from an early age.
2The Voga Longa
On August 15th, between Peschiera Maraglio and Sensole, the “Voga Longa” is held, a rowing event of three and a half kilometers with modern naèt. Very common on the lakes of Lombardy, standing rowing is rowing done with the aid of long oars. This sport brings together young athletes, who have inherited the passion of adults and represent the lifeblood for the future.
3The legends of the island
Legend has it that the women of the island learned to make nets from a foreign woman from the sea. The poor girl, feeling homesick for her country, sat by the lake to weave the thread to the rhythm of the waves. The women of Montisola spied and admired from afar that wide and long net, so different from the small and worn nets that were used there.
4The production of nets
Essential for fishing, nets have been produced for centuries on Monte Isola, first manually in homes, then by hand in the first mechanized workshops (1857) and finally, during the 1900s, in real manufacturing companies. Nowadays, in the Football World Cup, at Roland Garros, in the basketball and volleyball championships and on the ski slopes, the nets of Lake Iseo are used.
5Creation of paper flowers
Perhaps it was the cost of fresh flowers, an unaffordable luxury for the inhabitants, that determined the tradition of paper flowers, which are still packaged in great secrecy with procedures handed down from mother to daughter. There are thousands, of all kinds, from roses to wisteria clusters, to orchids, imitated with such precision and skill by the women of the village as to be confused with the real ones.
6Festa di Santa Croce
The five-year solemnities in honor of the Holy Cross date back to the times of the first cholera epidemic in 1836, when the population resorted to the protection of the Cross and the disease ceased as if by a miracle. Archways covered with pine branches and paper flowers, illuminations, cannon shots, processions and fireworks are the fixed script around which expectations and emotions revolve.
7The origins of the naèt
A legend, not entirely unfounded, has it that the first naèt was built by a man called Archetti in 1500, who landed on Monte Isola with drawings stolen from Venice. The naèt, in fact, is like a gondola adapted to the water of the lake. Mainly built in mahogany and larch wood, with a flat bottom and long, narrow shape, it is a light and agile boat, which has always been used for fishing.
Introduction to the itinerary
The itinerary leads to the discovery of Monte Isola through the memory of its past and the craft activities that characterize it and which have been handed down to the present day: the manufacture of boats, the processing of nets, and the creation of paper flowers.
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1The processing of nets
Until a few years ago it was impossible to enter a house on Monte Isola and not find a fishing net. The processing of the nets involved the entire community because the quantity of the catch depended on the quality of the net itself. The farmyard, the road, the stable were real laboratories, where women learned to weave the thread from an early age.
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2The Voga Longa
On August 15th, between Peschiera Maraglio and Sensole, the “Voga Longa” is held, a rowing event of three and a half kilometers with modern naèt. Very common on the lakes of Lombardy, standing rowing is rowing done with the aid of long oars. This sport brings together young athletes, who have inherited the passion of adults and represent the lifeblood for the future.
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3The legends of the island
Legend has it that the women of the island learned to make nets from a foreign woman from the sea. The poor girl, feeling homesick for her country, sat by the lake to weave the thread to the rhythm of the waves. The women of Montisola spied and admired from afar that wide and long net, so different from the small and worn nets that were used there.
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4The production of nets
Essential for fishing, nets have been produced for centuries on Monte Isola, first manually in homes, then by hand in the first mechanized workshops (1857) and finally, during the 1900s, in real manufacturing companies. Nowadays, in the Football World Cup, at Roland Garros, in the basketball and volleyball championships and on the ski slopes, the nets of Lake Iseo are used.
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5Creation of paper flowers
Perhaps it was the cost of fresh flowers, an unaffordable luxury for the inhabitants, that determined the tradition of paper flowers, which are still packaged in great secrecy with procedures handed down from mother to daughter. There are thousands, of all kinds, from roses to wisteria clusters, to orchids, imitated with such precision and skill by the women of the village as to be confused with the real ones.
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6Festa di Santa Croce
The five-year solemnities in honor of the Holy Cross date back to the times of the first cholera epidemic in 1836, when the population resorted to the protection of the Cross and the disease ceased as if by a miracle. Archways covered with pine branches and paper flowers, illuminations, cannon shots, processions and fireworks are the fixed script around which expectations and emotions revolve.
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7The origins of the naèt
A legend, not entirely unfounded, has it that the first naèt was built by a man called Archetti in 1500, who landed on Monte Isola with drawings stolen from Venice. The naèt, in fact, is like a gondola adapted to the water of the lake. Mainly built in mahogany and larch wood, with a flat bottom and long, narrow shape, it is a light and agile boat, which has always been used for fishing.
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