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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Italian for 'Three Peaks of Lavaredo'; pronounced [ˌtre tˈtʃiːme di lavaˈreːdo]), also called the Drei Zinnen (German for 'Three Merlons'); pronounced [ˌdʁaɪ ˈtsɪnən] ⓘ), are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy.
Austro-Hungarian trench at the peak of Ortler, the highest trench in the First World War (3850m). The White War (Italian: Guerra Bianca, German: Gebirgskrieg, Hungarian: Fehér Háború) [2] [3] is the name given to the fighting in the high-altitude Alpine sector of the Italian front during the First World War, principally in the Dolomites, the Ortles-Cevedale Alps and the Adamello-Presanella ...
Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites. The Dolomites were the birthplace of big wall climbing where many important early tools and techniques were developed, and the scene of many milestones by pioneers such as Emilio Comici and Riccardo Cassin, [5] and modern milestones in big wall free and solo climbing by Alexander Huber. [4] [5]
Michael Innerkofler was one of the climbers of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Later very important local mountaineers, known for many first ascents, were Angelo Dibona and Giovanni Piaz. [7] During the First World War, the front line between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Army ran through the Dolomites, where both sides used mines extensively ...
1881: Michael Innerkofler and Hans Innerkofler ascend the Kleine Zinne in the Cima Piccola, (Tre Cime di Lavaredo), Sexten Dolomites, at 5.5 (4b). [19] 1886 : June, W. P. Haskett Smith free soloed the 70-foot Napes Needle , in the Lake District of England; this is considered the "birth" of the sport in the UK. [1]
It encompasses the natural and historical regions of Cadore, Feltrino, Alpago, Val di Zoldo, Agordino, Comelico and Ampezzano. The province is home to the Dolomites, including Tofane, Marmolada, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and Antelao. For much of its course, the river Piave, runs through Belluno, as do its affluents the Boite and the Cordevole.
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Tre Cime di Lavaredo: Alps: Italy: dead end: Misurina: Sometimes designated the Cima Coppi in the annual running of the Giro d'Italia. [citation needed: 2,327 m [18] Berninapass / Passo del Bernina: Alps: Switzerland: pass: Celerina and Tirano