The popular name of this stone came from a local legend. The “masche” (something like witches of the piemontese folklore) used these stones, this one is the only survived today, to perform magic and to call storms and tempests.
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The name of this path (Sentiero Delle Anime – The Path of the Souls) comes from a local legend: the walk of the souls of the deads on this way from east to west, expecially in the night.