Formazza

Formazza is best known within Piedmont for Cascata del Toce, a 143-metre waterfall near the hamlet of La Frua. The municipality occupies the upper Val Formazza, where the Toce River passes through a high Alpine valley framed by the Lepontine Alps, close to the Swiss border. Its character is closely linked to the Walser communities that settled these mountains in the Middle Ages; the local Walser German dialect, Titsch, remains part of that heritage. Traditional timber-and-stone Walser houses and Lake Morasco, a reservoir higher in the valley, add to the area’s distinct identity. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Formazza relates to the upper Toce Valley and the Lepontine Alps.

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