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Cortina is a municipality in the Italian province of Belluno in Veneto with 7000 inhabitants <9> <9> The village lies at an altitude of 1.224 m in the Dolomites (Ampezzo Alps) and is the largest populated center of the Dolomite Ladins.. Cortina hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956 and has long been considered a winter resort of high society.. Even today, tourism has a cultural and financial impact on the village.. <9> <9> With its neighboring communities Livinallongo del Col di Lana and Colle Santa Lucia forms Cortina d´Ampezzo the landscape Ampezzo.. <9> <9> Most of the surrounding mountains are higher than 3000m: <9> Tofàna 3243m, Cristallo 3218m, Sorapìs 3205m.. <9> <9> <9> Historical <9> <9> * from the 6th cent.. n. Chr. under longobardischer rule, establishment of the Regules, a kind of the local self-administration, partially valid here until 1918 <7> * starting from 776 takeover of the rule by the Franks under Charlemagne <9> * 1080 built patriarch Heinrich von Biburg castle Peutelstein, today only to be visited as a ruin.. <9> * 1420 conquest through Venice <9> * 1508 Pope Julius II initiates the League of Cambrai, a coalition directed against the Republic of Venice with the participation of the Roman-German Empire.. <9> * 21st 10th 1511 Return to the Imperial Union of the Counseled County of Tyrol in the presence of Emperor Maximilian I The Emperor confirmed the Ampezzoans with the Regules their self-government.. <9> * 1796 - 1813 active participation of the Ampezzo riflemen in the Tyrolean freedom fight against the French troops <9> * 31. 8. 1809 occupation by French troops <9> * 1813 conquest by Austrian troops <9> * end of the 19. Jhdt Beginning of a prosperous period as a tourist center under the considerable assistance of the German and Austrian Alpine Associations.. Both in summer and in winter Cortina d´Ampezzo became a noble resort.. Cortina d´Ampezzo became known as the Pearl of the Dolomites and Queen of the Alps.. <9> * at the outbreak of the First World War this golden time ended overnight and the city lay almost in the middle of the war zone due to Italy´s entry into the war against Austria-Hungary on May 23, 1915. <9> * Occupation by Italian troops after the truce of Villa Giusti on November 4, 1918. By decision of the victorious powers and with the entry into force of the Treaty of Saint Germain on 10 October 1920, the area with South Tyrol came to Italy.. <9> The Ladin population refused to come out as Italians.. <9> * Connection of the Ampezzi to the other South Tyrolean communities after World War II and demand for repatriation to Austria.. As you know today, unsuccessful.. <9> * from the fifties of the 2nd century.. re-flowering as a noble tourist resort.. <9> * 1956 Venue of the Winter Olympics <9> <9> <9> Mountain hikes and excursions <9> <9> <121> The mountain huts ´Rifugi Alpini´ <122> <9> <9> In Cortina and surroundings wait 56 Mountain huts on the hiker, oases of peace and tranquility.. <9> The huts can be used as well as overnight.. <9> Many lifts - gondolas and chair lifts are open in summer to transport hikers to the best starting points of the Dolomites.. <9> In high season you should reserve for lunch, for the dinner and the night a reservation is necessary all year round.. <9> <9> <121> Old streets <122> <9> <9> The ancient roads of the Dolomites are an interesting network of routes.. <9> <9> * Two trails are dedicated to the First World War.. The first, on the Cinque Torri, leads through the trench and the positions of the Italian artillery.. The second leads through the tunnels of the ´Museum of the Great War on the Little Lagazuoi´, where remnants of the mine warfare can be seen.. <9> * The Dinosaur Trail leads to Monte Pelmetto.. Imprints of dinosaurs prove the existence of these animals 220 million years ago in the Dolomites.. <9> * The Mondeval-Mann trail leads to a 2,000-meter-high tomb dating back to 5,000 BC.. <9> La Via del Ferro is an ancient road to transport the iron from the mines to the ovens for processing.. <9> * The Lion of San Marco Way was built in 1752 along a long wall to settle a boundary dispute between the Venetian Republic and the Habsburg Empire.. <9> <9> Please note <9> <9> * before each hike to catch up with WEATHER REPORT and take note of your own physical fitness when choosing a route.. <9> * only march in suitable clothing and with secure footwear.. <9> There are a few simple but sensible rules for the South Tyrolean nature reserves: <9> * Do not leave the numbered trails <9> * Check the flowing waters with the stick to see if the ground is slippery or sticky <9> * Beware rockfall.. Echo is funny, but can cause rockfall, so please avoid <9> * avoid any waste, or.. Take the waste that you have collected back to disposal <9> * Do not pick flowers <9> <9> Shopping and more.. ,. ,. <9> <9> Even if you are not a mountain fan, come here at his expense.. Shopping in Cortina is definitely a must and is one of the main attractions that the Queen of the Dolomites has to offer.. <9> <9> Shops <9> <9> 250 elegant and exclusive stores that offer the best in Italian designer fashion: shoes, clothing and jewelery, as well as antiques, paintings and other art objects, as well as local handicrafts.. <9> <9> Corso Italia, Cortina´s main street, has been the pedestrian zone in the center of the city for 20 years.. Around the year stroll the strollers in this beautiful pedestrian mile.. <9> <9> <9> Arts & Crafts <9> <9> Even today, artistic and technical knowledge and skills are passed on from father to son within the family.. In Cortina there is a multitude of botteghe, which are made up of glass works of art, toys and other wooden items, metal furniture, period furniture, caskets and other wooden containers decorated with nacre and metal.. <9> <9> <9> Museums <9> <9> * The museums of the Regole in the historic building ´Ciasa de ra Regoles´ in the heart of Cortina.. Corso Italia, 69. Three of the most important permanent exhibitions in the Dolomites.. The entrance for all three is near Corso Italia, next to the ski school of Cortina.. <9> * Paleontological Museum ´Rinaldo Zardini´, Via Marangoi 1 loc.. Pontechiesa, Italy´s most important private collection of fossils from the San Cassiano period, the geological era 230-220 million years ago.. In the museum you can also see the fantastic history of the origins of the Dolomites from the sea, because the fossils in our mountains tell a story that stretches over two hundred million years and that we can decipher today.. <9> * Museo Etnografico d´Ampezzo <9> - farm tools, local art, sacral objects and insight into the rural life of past centuries.. <9> * Museum of Modern Art ´Mario Rimoldi´, more than 300 works of the greatest painters of the budding 20th century.. Corso Italia 69 <9> <9> <9> <994/11098> <994/11102> <994/11104>