DAY TRIPS or TOUR of the DOLOMITES MOUNTAINS
   






TERRITORY OF THE DOLOMITES EXTENDS FROM WEST TO EAST OF THE NORTHERN ITALY.( More than 200 Kilometres (125 Miles ) of roads meet well-treated but also with dolomite passes, curves and so n )
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DOLOMITES MOUNTAINS

Origin of name:The Dolomites are called by the French naturalist Déodat de Dolomieu (1750 - 1801) who first studied the particular type of rock predominant in the region, christened in his honor dolomite
The genesis of this type of carbonate rock starts through the accumulation of shells, coral and algae calcareee in marine and tropical environment (similar to the coral reefs of the Bahamas, Australia and Eastern Europe). In particular, these accumulations took place in the Triassic, around 250 million years ago (remember that the Homo genus is 3 million years ago), in areas with latitude and longitude very different from the lease of the Dolomites, where there were hot and seas not very deep. On the bottom of the seas are piled hundreds of meters of sediment that were transformed under their own weight losing fluids and internal becoming rock. Subsequently, the clash between the European plate and the African plate did emerge these rocks increasing over 3,000 m above sea level.
The elevation of dolomite rocks is still ongoing. Today the Dolomites show the whiteness of carbonates coral reef, the sharpness of rocks involved in recent orogenesi, engravings of powerful agents exogenous (glaciers, wind, rain, cold-warm ...). Many parks protect this particular nature and various ad hoc committees are involved in proposing the Dolomites as a World Heritage Site.

A tourist mecca, the Dolomites are famous for skiing in the winter months and mountain climbing, daily excursions, climbing and Base Jumping, as well as paragliding and hang gliding in summer and late spring/early autumn. Free climbing has been a tradition in the Dolomites since 1887, when 17-year-old Georg Winkler soloed the first ascent of the pinnacle Die Vajolettürme. The main centres include: Rocca Pietore alongside the Marmolada glacier, which lies on the border of the Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto regions, the small towns of Alleghe, Falcade, Auronzo, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and the villages of Arabba, Ortisei and San Martino di Castrozza, as well as the whole of the Fassa, Gardena and Badia Valleys.

The Dolomites (Italian: Dolomiti; German: Dolomiten; Friulian: Dolomitis) are a section of the Alps. They are located for the most part in the province of Belluno, the rest in the provinces of Bolzano-Bozen and Trento (all in north-eastern Italy). Conventionally they extend from the Adige river in the west to the Piave valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley (Val Pusteria) and the Sugana Valley (Val Sugana). But the Dolomites spread also over the Piave river (Dolomiti d'Oltrepiave) to the east; and far away over the Adige river to the west is the Brenta Group (Western Dolomites); there is also another smaller group called Piccole Dolomiti (Small Dolomites) located between the Provinces of Trento and Vicenza .
One national park and many other regional parks are located in the Dolomites.
Marmolada (the Italian name; also Ladin: Marmoleda, German: Marmolata) is a mountain in northeastern Italy (just east of Trento) and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps) 3.340 Meters from the sea level.

The mountain is located about 70 miles north-northeast of Venice, from which it can be seen on a clear day. It consists of a ridge running west to east. Towards the south it breaks suddenly into sheer cliffs, forming a rock face several kilometres long. On the north side there is a comparatively flat glacier, the only large glacier in the Dolomites (the Marmolada Glacier ).
Cortina d'Ampezzo (German: Hayden) is a town and municipality in the province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy. Located in the Dolomites, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene. It hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Alleghe" is a village and commune in the province of Belluno, Veneto, NE Italy.
Purists of the Italian language would derive the name Alleghe from the Latin "alica" or "alicarius", meaning granary, but as no grain is grown in this Alpine village, it is most likely that Alleghe is a contraction of the Ladin "a l'agua", in reference the deep mountain valley that marked the western boundary of the village prior to the landslide of 1771. A community existed as far back as the 12th century CE.
Corvara (Italian: Corvara in Badia; German: Kurfar; Ladin: Corvara) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 80 km northeast of Trento and about 40 km east of Bolzano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,267 and an area of 42.2 km².

Corvara borders the following municipalities: Badia, Canazei, Livinallongo del Col di Lana, San Martino in Badia, and Sëlva (Selva di Val Gardena).

   
 




 
       
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