Sottoguda - Club Rocca Pietore

Going up the Val Pettorina, in the upper part of the province of Belluno and in the heart of the Dolomites, Sottoguda is the last village before Malga Ciapéla and the Marmolada.

The municipal area, which has Rocca Pietore as its capital, extends from Punta Penia, the summit of the Marmolada (3342 meters) to the entire Val Pettorina and to the orographic right of Lake Alleghe. Sottoguda is an ancient village whose written records date back to 1260. It is characterized by the numerous tabièi, wooden barns widespread in the Dolomite area of ​​Ladin culture, used by farmers for hay storage and shelter for livestock and agricultural tools. Agriculture has been the main source of livelihood for the small community for centuries.

Today the tradition of artistic wrought iron processing also survives thanks to some artisans who have their shops on the road that connects the village of Palue to Sottoguda. The oldest building in Sottoguda, the only one spared from the fire of 1881, is the small church dedicated to Saints Fabiano, Sebastiano and Rocco, consecrated in 1486 when it was to serve a community consisting of a dozen houses. The bell tower is from 1550 and the altar from 1616.

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