Head towards Zoza, passing the Tourist Information Office.
Watch out for traffic!

Giacomoni fortified house

Listed as a Historic Monument, this tower house is a significant example of fortified rural architecture, with its square floor plan, fruit-filled facings on the lower sections, robust construction, and its loopholes and machicolations. It was built in the 15th century and retains its original layout intact.
It is now a dwelling house and cannot be visited.

Church of Saint Lucy

An annex of the main Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Poggio-di-Tallano until the 17th century, when it became a parish and was partially rebuilt, the church of Sainte-Lucie, whose existence in the Middle Ages is attested to by archive documentation, was the subject of a major new works campaign from 1832 to 1856, under the direction of the departmental architect, Cotin. These works, which involved enlarging the choir and rebuilding the high altar, adding two side chapels and vaulting the building, were entrusted to master masons Joseph Zannicoli and Laurent Bartoli. The structural work was completed in 1849, with the finishing work continuing until 1856. The church was rebuilt in 1872 by Antoine Giovannetti, a contractor based in Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano. The bell tower was built in 1948, as the date indicates.

Continue on the road to continue the route
OR take the stairs on the left after crossing the bridge to visit the old oil mill.

Turn right onto the path towards Altagene, and follow the orange markings.

Sainte Lucie de Tallano Tourist Information Office

Alta Rocca Tourist Office information point.

Eco-museum of the Oil Mill in Sainte Lucie de Tallano

This former olive oil mill has been converted into a small eco-museum of ancient products. It traces the techniques used to produce oil and the impact of olive-growing on the micro-region and the village of Sainte Lucie de Tallano.

Turn right towards Altagene

Chapel of San Ghjuvani Battista

Built on a platform, this Romanesque chapel (12th century) overlooks a valley planted with centuries-old olive trees. Situated on a busy and strategic road at the time, it was the church of the Pieve d'Attalà. Comparable to the church of San Ghjuvani in Carbini, it exudes harmony and elegance with its arcaded frieze and the few coloured ceramic domes that have survived.

After visiting the village, retrace your steps to the crossroads.

Turn right to continue along the path

Church of San Pantaleonu

The parish church is dedicated to San Pantaleonu (patron saint of doctors), celebrated on 27 July. It was built on top of an older building that had become too small and which, in modern times, had taken on the name of a Romanesque chapel below the village.

Cross the road to continue along the path
Watch out for traffic!

Turn right towards Loreto di Tallano and the Chapelle de Poggio

Retracing your steps to the last crossroads

Continue straight on, towards Poggio di Tallano / Sainte Lucie de Tallano

Turn right onto the road
Watch out for traffic!

Turn left onto the road

Turn left to return to the starting point