Forcola: Sirta - Val Fabiòlo
The lower Valtellina, carved by the Adda, defines the setting of Forcola — its broad cultivated floor is enclosed by sharply rising Alpine slopes and crossed by an important road corridor. Sirta is one of the settlements on this valley floor, while Val Fabiòlo extends into the mountains above the municipality. Forcola lies in the province of Sondrio, between the larger centres of Morbegno and Sondrio, in a part of Lombardy where villages, fields and transport routes share limited level ground. The surrounding Valtellina is also associated with Bresaola della Valtellina IGP, the cured beef specialty produced in the province of Sondrio. This is a working Alpine valley rather than an isolated high-mountain settlement, with agriculture and through traffic forming part of its everyday character.
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