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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 ...
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.
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.
On show are the remarkable Stone Age finds from Plan de Frea under the Gardena Pass consisting of flint tools among the most ancient traces found in the Gherdëina region (ca. 7000-5000 B.C.) as well as the evidence from the Bronze Age (ca. 1700-750 B.C.), such as the bronze dagger from the Balest mountain or the bronze needles from Resciesa ...
Hockey Club Gherdëina, also known as HC Gardena, currently named HC Gherdeina valgardena.it due to sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional ice hockey team, which plays in the Alps Hockey League, having formerly played in the top division of Italian ice hockey, the Serie A. [1]
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 Dolomiti Superski is a ski area in Italy. Created in 1974, it is spread over an area of about 3,000 km 2 in the North-East of Italy, and includes most of the winter ski slopes of the Dolomites. [1]
Gardena, California, a city; Gardena, North Dakota, a city; Gardena, Idaho, an unincorporated community; Gardena Pass, a high mountain pass in South Tyrol, Italy; Val Gardena, a valley in the Dolomites of northern Italy, best known as a skiing area.