Le Strade dei Forti

Le Strade dei Forti is a route dedicated to hikers and cycle tourists. Along the way, plains, heroic vineyards, lowland castles, the City of Pinerolo, lakes, waterfalls and forts, Usseaux (one of the 'Most Beautiful Villages of Italy'), high mountain forts, the magnificent Assietta Road, up to the Fenestrelle Fort with its 4,000 steps, the largest fortified structure in Europe and the largest masonry construction after the Great Wall of China.

A spectacular journey that partly winds through the Parco delle Alpi Cozie and follows for a long stretch the Trail of the Glorious Repatriation of the Waldensians.

Itinerary designed and provided by the Municipality of Pinerolo, within the project 'Fortified Landscape, in the historical evolution of the relationship between Piedmont and France – Le Strade dei Forti – phase 2', carried out thanks to the contribution of the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo through the Call 'In Luce. Enhancing and telling the cultural identities of territories'.