San Dalmas of Tende

San Dalmas evangelised the valley in the 3rd century. A convent was built in 731 by the monks of Saint-Dalmas de Pedona, before the arrival of the Saracens, who gave their name to the village. In the last century, the village was a holiday resort and was also home to workers from the Vallauria zinc and silver-lead mines, and nowadays to workers from the hydroelectric power plants. According to popular tradition, the Saracens employed black slaves and villagers from the valley in Vallauria,...