The "silter" are small rural buildings that were once used to preserve milk, while waiting for the following treatments.
They are often masterpieces of rural architecture, that were located in humid zones or near springs or rilles to take advantage of humidity and the cooling action of water: the silter were managed in a cooperative way, involving several breeding families.
The "baitello" of Valmazzone, located in commune of Edolo, is one of the most characteristic silter of the Valle Camonica. It is unique due to the type of cover, made in granite slabs of incredibile weight (one ton each), simply leaned against the side wall, made of stone with a medium thickness of 50 centimeters.
The weight of the cover and the fragility of the soaked terrain caused in time the structural displacement of the walls, considerable openings and the slow slide of the covering stones, that were lately sustained by robust poles jabbed into the terrain.
A recovery project made in the Parco Adamello led to the total restructure of the silter of Valmazzone, through the recovery of walls, placement of water drainage pipes, and remake of the internal pavement.
The building, that has the construction or last restructure date - 1844 - written in the granite lintel of the door, measures 3 meters by 4, and can be reached from the town of Mù or from the country road of Mount Colmo.

The project
The Parco Adamello will use the baitello, rare and esclusive jewel of traditional rural architecture, as a small museum dedicated to milk, testifying the farm work and breeding in high mountain.