A large monolith located next to the ruins of a tower from which it gets its name. The boulder may be of erratic origin, and studies conducted on its composition suggest similarities with the same material as the *Sàscia di Buèir, a rocky massif located on the opposite slope, from which it may have detached and settled on the plain. These erratic boulders were called “trovanti” (in dialect **troànt, possibly derived from the verb **troàr* “to find”) and were often surrounded by an aura of mystery, likely due to their enormous size and the unusual positions in which they were often found. Many legends surrounding them were linked to the devil, as only an extraordinary force would have been capable of moving them from their distant, unknown origin; the scratches on the stone, then, became “the devil’s claws” or his fingers, and in ancient times such beliefs were so ingrained that during witch trials in Bormio, one of the misdeeds attributed to a witch in 1630 was that she had caused the “trovanti” to fall on inhabited villages. Today, a good number of these harmless erratic boulders are popular destinations for climbing enthusiasts who practice bouldering.
