A report on Dolomites, Veneto and Cortina d'Ampezzo

The Three Peaks of Lavaredo
Skiers in Cortina in 1903
Tofana massif with Cortina d'Ampezzo in the foreground
Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto
Skiers in Cortina in 1903
Sella group
Lake Alleghe near Belluno
Vajolet Towers
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina in 1971
Cristallo
The Piave River
Cortina in February 2007
360° panoramic view from Marmolada, the highest peak in the Dolomites
The Venetian Lagoon at sunset
Shops in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Langkofel/Sassolungo
Relief map of Veneto
Hotel Miramonti, the one which featured in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only
Falzarego Pass
The Adige in Verona
Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo
Gardena Pass
The Tetrarchs were the four co-rulers who governed the Roman Empire as long as Diocletian's reform lasted. Here they are portrayed embracing, in a posture of harmony, in a porphyry sculpture dating from the 4th century, produced in Anatolia, located today on a corner of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
Forte Tre Sassi
Horses on pasture at Parco Naturale Tre Cime, South Tyrol. Cadini di Misurina in the background.
The Horses of Saint Mark, brought as loot from Constantinople in 1204.
Grava Church
An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto.
c. 1920 travel poster for Cortina d'Ampezzo
The 13th-century Castel Brando in Cison di Valmarino, Treviso.
Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio in summer 1971
Veneto's provinces.
Monte Cristallo (3,221 m) with the Forcella Staunies slope on the left
St Mark's Basilica, the seat of the Patriarch of Venice.
The Olympic ski jump
The Punta San Vigilio on the Lake Garda
The town center of Cortina
Kiss of Judas by Giotto, in Padua.
Tofane
Giorgione's The Tempest.
The Prato della Valle in Padua, a work of Italian Renaissance architecture.
Villa Cornaro.
Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Love's Kiss.
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice
A Golden bottle of Prosecco
Asiago cheese and crackers
A slice of tiramisù
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Vivaldi
Teatro La Fenice
The Arena of Verona
Teatro Salieri
Villa Barbaro
The Villa Capra "La Rotonda"
Villa Badoer
Villa Malcontenta
Villa Pisani (Bagnolo)
The mount Antelao
Lastoi de Formin (Cadore)
The start of Strada delle 52 Gallerie
A trait that shows the structure of the Calà del Sasso

Cortina d'Ampezzo (, Ampëz; historical ) is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

- Cortina d'Ampezzo

The Dolomites are located in the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli Venezia Giulia, covering an area shared between the provinces of Belluno, Vicenza, Verona, Trentino, South Tyrol, Udine and Pordenone.

- Dolomites

By area, 29% of its surface is mountainous (Carnic Alps, eastern Dolomites and Venetian Prealps).

- Veneto

The main centres include: Rocca Pietore alongside the Marmolada Glacier, which lies on the border of Trentino and Veneto, the small towns of Alleghe, Falcade, Auronzo, Cortina d'Ampezzo and the villages of Arabba, Urtijëi and San Martino di Castrozza, as well as the whole of the Fassa, Gardena and Badia valleys.

- Dolomites

Ladin, also Romance, is spoken in parts of the province of Belluno, especially in the municipalities of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Livinallongo del Col di Lana and Colle Santa Lucia, while Cimbrian (Germanic) is spoken in two villages (Roana and Giazza respectively) of the Seven Communities and the Thirteen Communities.

- Veneto
The Three Peaks of Lavaredo

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Province of Belluno

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Gray wolf killed at Malga Campo Bon (Comelico) on 24 May 1929 by Antonio "Tunin" Mina.
The Province of Belluno shown within of Lombardy–Venetia.

The Province of Belluno (Provincia di Belluno; ; ) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy.

The eastern part of the province is home to the Dolomites, including Tofane, Marmolada, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and Antelao.

In 1511 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor conquered the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, detaching it from Cadore and incorporating it into the County of Tyrol.

Ladin language

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Contraction of the area of the Rhaeto-Romance languages
Ladin farmers in 1960s La Val, South Tyrol
Kurat Josef Anton Vian – anonymous author of the first Ladin-Gherdëina grammar AD 1864
Plaque of a Ladin school in Santa Cristina.
Trilingual traffic sign.

Ladin (, also ; autonym: ladin, ladino; Ladinisch) is a Romance language of the Rhaeto-Romance subgroup, mainly spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino, and Belluno, by the Ladin people.

They live in the part of the province that was part of the County of Tyrol until 1918, comprising the communes of Cortina d'Ampezzo (15.6% Ladin), Colle Santa Lucia (50.6% Ladin) and Livinallongo del Col di Lana (54.3% Ladin).

Ladin is also recognized as a protected language in the Province of Belluno in Veneto region pursuant to the Standards for Protection of Historic Language Minorities Act No. 482 (1999).