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CAPITELLO DEL COSTO
COSTO mountain slope

Costo_(a. 1608) the toponym Costo derives from the pre-Latin COSTO, masculine of the Latin “costa”, with the same toponym near Monte Barco and various other widespread ones such as “costone” and “coston”.
To be precise, the “COSTO” would be the nearby rocky precipice, which falls to the west visible from the valley, from which the name of the Capitello, of the ancient road, of the military road of the “Costo Vecio”, and also of the “new Strada del Costo” built between 1845-1854 then modernized several times finally transferring the name “Costo” to the entire slope above Mosson and Caltrano.
The capitals are small architectures built on border points, crossroads, passes or as votive offerings or to curry favor with fate. It is no coincidence that the Capitello del Costo precedes the most dangerous and exposed section of the itinerary.
There are two capitals:
1) the oldest (on the map to the side) and without a superimposed cross, which was perhaps a shelter for shepherds;
2) the Marian shrine on the left with the dates of the restorations of 1832, 1885, 1965 and inside the beautiful panel depicting the Virgin with child, Saint Lucia and Saint Christopher. The painting, considered ancient, was restored by Gianfranco Brusegan, an art teacher at the local middle school, who took Lucia Zordan from Cogollo as a model for the face of the Madonna.
The capital was a stopping point in the Rogation of Cogollo and also in the funeral processions from Conca to bury the deceased in Cogollo.
In the autumn of 1918, the old ramp was cut for the construction of the military road and since then the “Capitello” has stood above the 18th hairpin bend.