Seghe Valley

From the south, the Val di Seghe reaches far into the Brenta, The valley is crossed by the Torrente Masso, on whose alluvial cone Molveno was able to develop. The torrent originally drove originally powered many saws, which also gave the valley its name. name to the valley. Most of the boards sawn here were 6 to 10 millimetres thick. boards with a thickness of 6 to 10 millimetres, which were called "Molvene". the northern part of Lake Garda. These sawmills were the main source of income for the inhabitants of Molveno, which has which, however, with the development of tourism, became a well-known resort as tourism developed. Thus wrote Douglas William Freshfield, one of the first climbers of the Cima Brenta, wrote in 1871 after visiting one of the then still meagre accommodation facilities in Molveno, that a bright future could be predicted for this place. could be predicted for this place if appropriate accommodation were built. After the hoped construction of the inns, including a grand hotel directly on the lake hotel directly on the lake, the town developed into one of the most important the second half of the last century, the village developed into one of the most important in Trentino.