Accessibility It lies on a side of the valley under the towering Mt. Avena (1454 m) and the further away Grappa Mountain (1775 m). Fonzaso is an important crossroad in the western area in the valley of Piave and allows the transit and access to the Valsugana and to the Primiero (TN). This area is also called "Fenadora", because the mule road of Roncon would start here and it was possible to descend with the sleds loaded with hay before loading it on the carriages. Now, this town has a more industrial image that has also changed its appearance. The old town surrounds the large parish characterized by its lean and tall tower bell (78 m. high) that distinguishes itself over the rocks of Mt. Avena. During the past centuries, this town was very prosperous in the commercial and the lumber trade. The wood was drifted along the Cismon from the Lamonesi and Primiero Forest. With such a rich past, there are many old buildings that testify to: villas, nobles houses, the wealthy church that still holds painting dated back to the 1600's by Andrea Vicentino, Forabosco, Frigimelica, etc.Below the rocky Avena, protected by a large cave, there is the house of the "fire guardian" that secures against any fires from there. Nearby, there is a natural rock gymnasium, which is usually quite crowded. It is possible to climb to the top of Mt. Avena in between rock spurts and steep grassy terraces. From Fonzaso to the nearby town of Artèn (we can also find some beautiful country houses that are, unfortunately not well kept) along the old road that climbs the last part of Mt. Avena, we can find some characteristic popular chapels with their porches over the road. In the old church of S. Nicolò, by the cemetery, there are beautiful and interesting frescoes dated back to the 1500's. In Arten, of special interest, is the 1500 villa Tonello-Zampiero that has a particular suspended hall whose inside is decorated by a frescoes cycle dated back to the 1600's by a painter of the Pietro Vecchia school. Going toward the Primiero, and leaving behind the new state road, just before the gallery entrance that leads to Serra Bridge, it is possible to travel along a wild trail near the Cismon, which runs between rocky gorges here similar to canyons. Above, on the right hand side, there is the tiny church of S. Giustina di Pedesalto and its fresco cycle by Giovanni di Francia (mid-1400's), which is reachable by a mountain road.