Important observations

All these villages in the area are very similar. They all share common dynamics and structures, which vary from place to place and are dealt with in slightly different ways.

New expansion zone with standardised houses in Pomarolo and Piazzo's old part

Isera and Pomarolo

What distinguishes one village from the next is the number and kind of associations and activities that are proposed, mainly having the inhabitants of one specific village in mind. But also here there are many overlappings between the places. Another point of distinction are the more or less progressive moves that different institutions implement (Nomi is very different from Besenello in this).

Looking at the valley from above Noarna, the built areas seem like a very interconnected urban agglomerate: Rovereto, Villa, Nogaredo, Piazzo, Pomarolo, Chiusole etc. Geographic distances seem ridiculously small, but still there's the sense that there are invisible barriers preventing people from moving between places. But most probably this is more a problem of the quality of events that are offered and the communication of them.

Another aspect that differentiates the various places is the 'geographic setting', a mix of terrain morphology and use of territory. So, all the villages within or directly facing the valley have a lot in common (everything north of Rovereto and besides it, like Isera), villages of side valleys also have a lot in common but less with the main valley. And then there are other places, like the Val di Gresta, Mori, the Brentonico plateau and the part of the valley south of Rovereto.

Patone

And again there is this weird urban/industrial vs. rural divide between the bottom of the valley and small villages up the flanks of the mountains. The scale of subsistence economy seems to increase the more you leave more urbanised areas. Is this true?

View from Patone

​​Important observations