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Val Gardena (Italian: [ˌval ɡarˈdeːna, ˌval ɡarˈdɛːna]; [1] [2] German: Gröden [ˈɡʁøːdn̩]; Ladin: Gherdëina [ɡʀ̩ˈdɜi̯na] ⓘ) is a valley in the Dolomites of South Tyrol, Northern Italy. It is best known as a tourist skiing, rock climbing, and woodcarving area. [3] [4] View of the northern side of the valley
Santa Cristina Gherdëina (Ladin: [ˈsanta kʀ̩̊ʃˈtina ɡʀ̩ˈdɜi̯na] ⓘ; Italian: Santa Cristina Valgardena [ˈsanta kriˈstiːna ˌvalɡarˈdeːna,-ˌvalɡarˈdɛːna]; German: St. Christina in Gröden [saŋkt krɪsˈtiˑna ɪn ˈɡrøːdn̩]) is a Ladin comune (municipality) and a village in Val Gardena in the South Tyrol of northern Italy.
A map from 1874 showing South Tirol with approximately the borders of today's South and East Tyrol. South Tyrol (occasionally South Tirol) is the term most commonly used in English for the province, [10] and its usage reflects that it was created from a portion of the southern part of the historic County of Tyrol, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire and crown land of the Austrian Empire of ...
English: Location map of Trentino-South Tyrol region Español: Mapa de localización de la Región de Trentino-Alto Adigio ( Italia ). Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 115 %.
1.14 South Tyrol. 1.15 Trentino. 1.16 Tuscany. ... This is a list of valleys in Italy. Valleys of Italy ... Val Badia; Val Gardena; Vallelunga; Valler Tal; Wipptal;
Sëlva (Ladin: ⓘ; Italian: Selva di Val Gardena [ˈselva di ˌval ɡarˈdeːna,-ɡarˈdɛːna]; German: Wolkenstein in Gröden [ˈvɔlkn̩ʃtaɪn ɪn ˈɡrøːdn̩]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the Val Gardena in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city of Bolzano.
Since the 1970s, most legislative and administrative powers have been transferred to the two self-governing provinces that make up the region: the province of Trento, commonly known as Trentino, and the province of Bolzano, commonly known as South Tyrol (Alto Adige in Italian). In South Tyrol, German remains the sizeable majority language.
It is located in the western part of the Dolomites and has an elevation between 1,680 meters (5,510 ft) and 2,350 meters (7,710 ft); it extends for 52 square kilometers (20 sq mi) between Val Gardena to the north, the Sassolungo Group to the northeast, and the Sciliar massif to the southeast, which with its unmistakable profile is one of the best-known symbols of all the Dolomites.