P3 (Tensile structure)

Italiano

The free parking of Barzio closest to the town center which has many parking spaces is located along Via Provinciale, near a playground and a tent. The car park has a capacity of about 110 cars, the center is no more than 400 meters away. There is usually free space, except on days when everyone goes to Piani di Bobbio and during the peak hours of the Friday market in July and August. Until a few years ago at the entrance to the car park there was a P3 road sign,[^] which identified it as one of the five numbered parking lots in the village, what's its name now?. Parking 3 is adjacent to P2 (Market Square), which is paid on Saturdays and holidays, in July, August and in winter. The two parking lots are divided by a bar, often left open, allowing the transit of vehicles. The parking is in good condition.[^][^]

In front of Parcheggio 3 there is a tensile structure, to which the car park is associated as position, becoming Parking 3 (Tensile structure) or P3 (Tensile structure) or, not wanting to use the old numbering anymore, Parking at the Tensile structure. It is accessed to it by walking a few meters of the pedestrian area along Valle Fiumetta. The tensile structure of Barzio is a tent used in many ways by the Municipality of Barzio,[^] from a play area to a place to host events and evenings; there is also a kiosk bar and the playground for children.

Parking description

In Via Provinciale near a bend, the car park is marked by a blue road sign P. Access to the car park is in two lanes over a bridge on the Fiumetta. Those who leave will find a stop at the intersection with the Provincial Road. Circulation in the parking lot is marked by large arrows on the asphalt.[^]
The parking spaces have the bottom in small rhombus-shaped tiles, empty inside,[^] slightly raised from the road. Small flower beds with beautiful birch trees divide series of parking spaces.

A first part of the car park is almost flat, containing about 30 parking spaces;[^] at the edge, along the house in Via Provinciale, there are beech trees. On the side along the Fiumetta Valley, where there are three splendid specimens of chestnut, a road sign indicates that it is forbidden to park cars, because it is reserved for campers. Of course they only park cars,[^] which were once fined.[^] Before the climb, there is also a small building, with two windows and two boxes closed by wooden doors,[^] on the other side, two other wooden doors; on its wall, house number 1, from who knows what locality. A curve and an uphill stretch lead to the second parking space.[^]

The upper part of Car Park 3 of Barzio is the largest, on a slight slope, with 80 parking spaces.[^] The vehicles go up one-way to the right, surrounded by lime trees, and go down to the left in the same way. At the top, on the left, there is a bar, which divides the free parking of the Tensile structure from the Piazza Mercato car park; a road sign reminds you that P2 is paid and parking is prohibited when holding the Friday market. The barrier is left up, allowing vehicles to move from one parking lot the other,[^] and therefore between Via Roma and Via Provinciale. Near the bar, two places are reserved for vehicles with disabled mark; going down there is a lawn with some wooden steps for the pedestrian who moves between the two parking lots and a beautiful elderberry plant. Then, two other special places, equipped with a charging station for electric vehicles.[^]
The car park borders the Valle Fiumetta, which descended to the stream with an uncultivated meadow. In 2023, the valley was flattened to make way, at a cost of 135,000 euros, for a pump track (and a skill park),[^][^] a circuit of ups and downs and parabolic curves for bicycles, skateboards, scooters, to be covered without pedaling , with only the push of legs and arms.

Conclusion

The parking lot at the tensile structure is a modern design car park, the most used by those who come to the village because it is always free, along Via Provinciale, near the town center. .[^][^] To get there, those who leave the car at P3, walk through the Piazza Mercato park and climb the ramp with a view of the Passoni pastry shop. Usually there is free parking, on Friday it is crowded until full because the weekly market is held in the parking area above.
In Google Maps, Parking 3 of Barzio is simply Parking, which instead marks as Parking P3 Barzio - Piani di Bobbio the parking lot along Via Provinciale two hundred meters away from this, near the Prada condominium, Via Provinciale 15.[^] In OpenStreetMap is P3.[^] In Barzio, place names overlap or even missing its own, this car park testifies to it.
So I tell an anecdote. On 6 August I invited my cousin to celebrate my fiftieth birthday in the mountains at Piani di Bobbio, giving an appointment to P3, thinking about parking at the Tensile structure. Roberto followed the directions of Google Maps, stopping at the Prada condominium, where there was a P3A sign. Arriving early, he stayed with his family in that isolated parking lot for nearly an hour before phoning me.

References

1. Mauro Vezzoli (20 August 2013). "The P3 road sign at the entrance to the Barzio car park in Via Provinciale, 20 August 2013. The sunlight after five in the afternoon is ideal for taking pictures.". In In giro per Barzio and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Flickr photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
2. Mauro Vezzoli (27 June 2012- ). "P3 (Tensostruttura)". [Google Photos album]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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5. Mauro Vezzoli (26 July 2013). "The entrance and exit from Parking 3 in Via Provinciale with the two directions of traffic on the asphalt. At the bottom, there is still a lot of room.". In P3 (Tensostruttura). [Flickr photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
6. Mauro Vezzoli (25 August 2013). "Cars parked in P3 di Barzio.". In Estate and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
7. Mauro Vezzoli (20 August 2013). "I insist with P3 (Tensile structure), full at five in the afternoon a few days after August 15th. In the summer of 2013 I really worked hard to photograph Barzio and Grignone. It is the third year that I spend my holidays in the renowned town of Valsassina with my parents. They also enjoy being in the mountains.". In In giro per Barzio. [Facebook photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
8. Mauro Vezzoli (28 August 2021). "Also this summer is dedicated to the parking lots in Barzio that I rewrite in my blog with a pair of eyeglasses folded over the black Lenovo laptop while mum sunbathes on the balcony on a deckchair. Places occupied along the Fiumetta of the parking lot near the tensile structure, a sign says that it is forbidden to park except for campers. The Municipality of Barzio seems virtuous, thinks of everything, including campers and electric vehicles to be recharged.". In Estate and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
9. RedCro (19 August 2021). "Auto in sosta sugli stalli dei camper, a Barzio arrivano le multe [Cars parked on camper stalls, fines arrive in Barzio]". Valsassina News (In Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
10. Mauro Vezzoli (14 January 2013). "Facade of the house with house number 1 inside P3, with two wooden doors as garage shutters and two windows.". In Inverno and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
11. Mauro Vezzoli (27 June 2013). "The two arrows in P3, left exit, right climb to the top of the parking lot.". In Estate and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
12. Mauro Vezzoli (20 August 2013). "View of the Barzio Parking 3 with the uphill lane.". In In giro per Barzio and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Flickr photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
13. Mauro Vezzoli (31 August 2017). "Passage between P3 and P2 left free in 2017.". In Estate and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
14. Mauro Vezzoli (28 August 2021). "Charging station for electric vehicles with two spaces at P3 di Barzio. I have rarely seen a vehicle charging.". In Estate and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
15. (3 July 2023). "Piste da Pump Track e Skill: che spettacolo a Barzio! [Pump Track and Skill slopes: what a show in Barzio!]". (in Italian). prima Lecco. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
16. Mauro Vezzoli (27 July 2023). "Cars in the free parking lot, overlooking the new pump track of Barzio. At the beginning of summer 2023, the sloping meadow of Valle Fiumetta was flattened with bulldozers to make way for a track for bikes and wheeled vehicles such as skates and skateboards. A precious natural territory lost forever for an amusement space that can be built elsewhere.". In Estate and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
17. Mauro Vezzoli (26 July 2013). "On the afternoon of Friday 26 July 2013 the people finally arrived in Barzio. In the upper part of the free parking P3 (Tensile structure), which is the part closest to the town center, it is difficult to find where to put the car. o find where to put the car.". In Estate, In giro per Barzio and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Google Photos photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
18. Mauro Vezzoli (22 February 2015). "Skiers to the car in P3 of return from Piani di Bobbio, Sunday 22 February 2015, the parking lot is full. Early in the morning it was bad weather, so being back in Milan for the Sunday at the market was useless and Dad is not well. Then, the weather opened up and a beautiful day came out.". In In giro per Barzio and P3 (Tensostruttura). [Flickr photo]. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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