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Woodcarving in Val Gardena. Around 1900 when carving of statues of Catholic saints was at its bloom. The woodcarving industry has flourished in Val Gardena since the 17th century. [9] Since the 19th century, statues and altars carved in the area have been shipped to Catholic Churches throughout the world. In the 18th century, besides religious ...
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 were held from 8 to 15 February in Gröden/Val Gardena, Italy. [1] [2]For the only time, results from a World Championships were included in the World Cup points standings, then in its fourth season.
Peg wooden doll from Val Gardena, 1850. Peg wooden dolls, also known as Dutch dolls (German: Grödner Gliederpuppen), are a type of wooden doll from South Tyrol. They originated as simple lathe-turned dolls from the Val Gardena in the Alps. [1] The name Pennywoods is also used for dolls of this type, in particular those made in the United ...
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.
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.
Decorated by artist Corrado Pitscheider of the Val Gardena, it is a small church of particular interest given the reconstruction sculpture. [67] The Cappella di Sant'Antonio da Padova in the village of Chiave was completed in 1791, but the interior was renovated in 1809 after serious fire damage caused by the Napoleonic troops.
The Val Gardena Railway or Klausen-Plan (Italian: Ferrovia della Val Gardena, German: Grödner Bahn, Ladin: Ferata de Gherdëina) was a 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) narrow gauge railway operating in the Val Gardena in the Dolomites of northern Italy. It was constructed in 1915/6 when the region was part of the Austrian Empire.
The Ladin-language name Urtijëi derives from the Latin word urtica and the suffix-etum, with the meaning "place of nettles". [4]From 1860 to 1914, Urtijëi experienced a relevant economic growth due to the opening of a major road connecting Val Gardena to the main railroad; as a result the local woodcarving industry flourished.