The Biotope Marocche

A sensation of entering in a lunar landscape.

A peculiar landscape, an imposing mass of rocky material, with blocks of huge dimensions. The Marocche were formed by landslides, precipitated from Mount Brento and from Mount Casale ( right side of the valley) and by landslides on the left side. The causes of the landslides are connected to the phenomenal of the Quaternary glacial period. The dialectal Trentino term, marocca, comes from the palaeoeuropean mar term, that meant rock, stone.  
The area of the Marocche of Dro is protected since several years as a biotope and there is a path with stopping places where you can admire the geomorphologic and natural particularity of this natural sanctuary.