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The Italian army occupied Cortina, the Austro-Hungarian troops Dolomites of Ampezzo, Belluno, and in the Carnic Dolomites, as common tradi- Romans used them to connect the Mediterranean and the Germanic world. backed out to the Lagazuoi mountain to defend the Val Badia/Gadertal and tions and dialects with German and Ladin influences show. The heart of the Along the imperial roads – Claudia Augusta, Pustrissa, Alemagna – important the Val Pusteria/Pustertal valleys. Along the crest of the Lagazuoi mountain Dolomites is Ladin: in the valleys of Gardena/Gröden and Badia, of Ampezzo and customs stations were created. Between the roads “Pustrissa” (old Roman and of most of the Dolomites the trenches of the two opposed armies were Cadore, of Comelico and Fassa this language of Rhaeto Romanic origins is still name for the “Val Pusteria/Pustertal” valley) and “Alemagna” there was the laid out – it was the scenery of an unbelievable war fought in high altitude. alive. The inhabitants of the different valleys have been fostering relations for market town of San Candido/Innichen, with the Collegiate Church in Roman The soldiers had to build trails and tunnels to transport food, grenades, and centuries, tying commercial and parental bonds, going to “miraculous” sanctuaries style and with the most ancient weekly market of the whole valley (1303). ammunition to the front line. Today these have been transformed into hiking crossing borders, taking part in the community life of other valleys. Many pilgrim Pilgrims, merchants, buyers came from everywhere. Inns, guesthouses, trails, and one of the most fascinating ones is the one through the “Monte trails and old “smuggling paths” are panoramic cross-border hiking trails today. workshops of blacksmiths, carters, wheelers were built, and the trade Paterno/Paternkofel” mountain. thrived thank to German and Venetian merchants. … must to experience … … must to experience … >> The Ladin Museum Ciastel de Tor gives precious information about the … must to experience … >> In the open-air museum on the “Monte Piana” mountain (Belluno) the history, the language and the culture, the legends, the archaeology, the >> In the village San Lorenzo di Sebato/Sankt Lorenzen the ruins of trenches and tunnels restored between 1977 and 1981 by the “Friends of geology, the tourism and the craftsmanship typical of Ladin valleys, and buildings dating back to Roman times can be seen. In the Town Hall the Dolomites”. In the village Dobbiaco/Toblach, at the Nature Park House, shows particular circumstances of the history of the five Ladin valleys. there is a prehistoric exhibition called Antiquarium. the reconstruction of a trench reminds of the events during World War I. >> The “Viles” are tiny hamlets, typical of the Ladin valleys, made up of >> The “Troi Paian” is the oldest path that lead from the “Valle Isarco/ >> On the Lagazuoi the ski slopes cross the front line of the combats between two or three buildings, rarely of five or seven. Some “viles” have grown together creating proper villages with church, inn, school, several farms, the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies. The military positions, tunnels, and Eisacktal” valley to the “Val Gardena/Grödnertal” valley. Archaeological and workshops. machine-gun positions have been restored and can be viewed in the open-air founds testify that it was used by hunters and gatherers already in the >> Ladin is a Neolatin or Romance language, like Occitan, Catalan, and www.suedtirol.info/gettingthere museums of the mountains Lagazuoi, Sasso di Stria, Cinque Torri. Mesolithic (9000 BC). Provencal. It resulted from the overlap of Latin on the existing Celtic Dolomythos >> The wooden sculptures of Val Gardena, famous all over the world, are a Window seat >> In the “Val di Landro/Höhlensteintal” valley, close to Dobbiaco, there is … safely Arrive dialects. With time Ladin took on terms and expressions deriving from proper industry of its own. The Tourist Associations organise wood a war cemetery with the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire whose Grand Hotel and Health Spas German and Italian, making thus the language more topical. Fossilised Coral Reefs carving courses. mother tongue was not German. In Brunico/Bruneck, in the cemetery With their pinnacles and towers, the Dolomites, according to Le Corbousier In the Dolomites, tourism has a long tradition. The first tourist resorts were “Waldfriedhof”, there are tombs of soldiers of different nationalities the spas, which were visited already in Medieval times: Maistatt, Altprags, Time required: Ladin Museum Ciastel de Tor: 1 ½ hours “the most beautiful architectural work on earth”, are the geological legacy left Time required who died during World War I. Bad Moos, Bad Salomon, Bad Bergfall in the Val Pusteria/Pustertal valley. The by a primordial sea. At the feet of the mountain peaks of Tre Cime/Drei Zinnen Prehistoric exhibition Antiquarium: 2 hours Addresses a hiker found a rock with the footprint of a Prosauropoda who happened opening of the “south railway” in November 1871 opened the doors to an elite Time required Troi Paian: 2 hours Museum Ladin Ciastel de Tor – San Martino in Badia/St. Martin in Thurn to walk there 220 millions of years ago. Even more ancient vestiges were tourism. It used to connect Vienna to the Garda Lake, and along its course big Museums of World War I: one-day hike hotels were built, some of which still exist. The pioneering spirit of the time is Tel. +39 0474 524 020 – www.museumladin.it found around the village Braies/Prags, with the sensational discovery of the Addresses Val di Landro, Dobbiaco – war cemetery: 30 minutes Tourist Association Badia/Abtei - San Cassiano/St. Kassian well Emma Hellenstainer, who built first the hotel “Schwarzer Adler” and then “Megachirella wachtleri”, the ancestor of snakes and lizards, and with fossils Prehistoric exhibition Antiquarium in San Lorenzo di Sebato - Town Hall Brunico - war cemetery: 30 minutes Tel. +39 0471 849 422 – www.altabadia.org of ferns, cycads, and conifers. Walking along the river Frötscher, on the alpine Tel. +39 0474 474 092 – www.sebatum.it a second one on the rivers of the Lago di Braies/Pragser Wildsee lake. Another Tourist Association San Vigilio di Marebbe/St. Vigil in Enneberg pasture of “Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm”, interesting evidence of the geological Tourist Association San Lorenzo di Sebato - Tel. +39 0474 474 092 – www.st-lorenzen.com famous person was Theodor Christomannos, promoter of the panoramic road of Addresses Tel. +39 0474 501 037 – www.sanvigilio.com past of the Dolomites can be found. Val Gardena-Gröden Marketing - S. Cristina/St. Christina the “Val d’Ega/Eggental” valley and builder of the Grand Hotel Karezza. Tourist Board Alta Badia - Tel. +39 0471 836 176 – www.altabadia.org Ladin language lessons at the Institut Ladin Micurà de Rü - San Martino in Badia Tel. +39 0471 777 777 – www.valgardena.it Lagazuoi 5 Torri Tourism - Tel. +39 0436 2863 – www.lagazuoi5torri.dolomiti.org Tel. +39 0474 523 110 – www.micura.it www.einfach-suedtirol.info Wood carving courses: for information contact Tourist Association Ortisei/St. Ulrich … must to experience … … must to experience … Tourist Association Dobbiaco - Tel. +39 0474 972 132 – www.dobbiaco.info apartments: or rooms 15 of capacity Tel. +39 0471 777 600 - www.valgardena.it Tourist Association Brunico - Tel. +39 0474 555 722 – www.bruneck.com >> At the Geological and Ethnographic Museum Dolomythos in San Candido/ >> The Grand Hotel in Dobbiaco/Toblach, today a culture center and nature maximum a with facilities tion park house, was built in 1878. The Grand Hotel Karezza, at the feet of the - accommoda convenient and Good Innichen, several exhibitions show the genesis of the Dolomites, the world Catinaccio/Rosengarten mountain, was the first alpine hotel in the area of dinosaurs, the mysterious evolution of plants, the crystal treasures. www.familienhotels.com www.familienhotels.com Masterpiece of nature convenient and Good >> The canyon of Aldino/Aldein: Bletterbach is the greatest gorge of of the Catinaccio-Latemar. Both hosted several European monarchs and other The Voices of Silence specialists: holiday family-friendly 24 famous people of that time. South Tyrol at the feet of the “Corno Bianco/Weißhorn” mountain. South Tyrol Familienhotels Tyrol South >> The “Geologists’ trail” in the Nature Park Sciliar/Schlern-Catinaccio/ >> The Tourism Museum of Villabassa/Niederdorf: the basic aspects of the The mountain peaks Tre Cime/Drei Zinnen, formed by the erosion of an www.redrooster.it originally huge single rock, consist of stratified Main Dolomite. The Sella Tyrol: South in tourism industry: ancient inns and spas, the building of the railway line in Rosengarten on the Alpe di Siusi is one of the most interesting routes of www.belvita.it www.belvita.it the Dolomites from a geological point of view. Information points help to Oswald von Wolkenstein the Val Pusteria/Pustertal valley, the history of the first alpine enterprises. mountain group on the other hand is a rock castle with spectacular forms, holidays farm for portal Official that change on one of its slopes. It looks like a huge majestic island aiming healthy cuisine: healthy >> At Trauttmansdorff castle in the town of Merano/Meran, amidst botanical holidays Farm understand the genesis of this mountain group.