Alleghe
Alleghe ( Ladin Alie ) is a municipality with 1276 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Belluno, Veneto region, southwest of Cortina d' Ampezzo. The name Alleghe is derived from the Latin alica (of alicarius = barn).
Geography
The place is situated on the same lake the south of Marmolada and Civetta in the northwest of the Dolomite Cordevole. The lake was formed on January 11, 1771 by a landslide on the nearby Monte Forca ( 2356 m slm; earlier Monte Piz called ). He buried the towns of Marin, reeds and Fusine among themselves, with the broken down debris dammed the stream, a depth of 18 meters and a length of 1500 m reached within only a few days. It further places ( Sommariva, Torre, Costa and Peron ) were flooded. The somewhat higher altitude place Alleghe (now eponymous for the community) was spared.
History
A settlement with a chapel already existed in the 12th century, it is mentioned in a papal bull of 1185. Before the landslide, the population settled in scattered villages in the valley and on the side slopes of the stream. After the landslide were left next to Alleghe the following places which are districts of the municipality today:
- Fontanive
- Coldemies
- Casaril
- Cordella
- Frena
- Pradel di sotto
- Pradel di sopra pine
- Coi
- Perencina
- Col de Fontana
- Fernazza
- Scalon
- Masarè
- La Sala
- Tos
- Pian
- Lagusel
- Caprile, a nucleus of Cordevole valley next to Alleghe the most important district of the church today.
Demographics
Attractions
- The San Biagio church was reconstructed in 1771 after the landslide. The defunct Gothic precursor ( consecrated in 1466 ) was itself built on the ruins of the chapel, which was mentioned in the papal bull of 1185. The interior is furnished with Baroque paintings and frescoes by Valentino Rovisi (1715-1783, from Moena, Tiepolo School ). The main altarpiece is the patron saint Blasius with Saints Mary Magdalen and John Nepomuk is, a ceiling fresco of the Judgment of Solomon.
- In the Town Hall, a arazzo ( gobelinähnliches image ) of historical painter Kurt Geibel - Hellmeck ( feet, 1911-2005 ), depicting a meeting of a government delegation of the Republic of Venice with the guilds of Alleghe in 1571 is located.
- The parish church of the district Caprile ( S. Bartolomeo ) dates from the 15th century. It contains paintings by Karl Henrici ( Schweidnitz, 1737-1823 ) as well as an organ of 1660.
Viewed in art historical points of contact with German culture are so far documented.
Tourism
The first hotel developed in the 19th century in Caprile. For hikers there were the first huts in the area of the Marmolada and Civetta. With lifts and trails are now in the Civetta huts Rifugio Sonino al Coldai, Rifugio Tissi, Rifugio Torrani and Rifugio Mario Vazzoler popular destinations.
The lake is used by anglers and water sports enthusiasts for pedal boating, canoeing, windsurfing and sailing. In winter run on the frozen waters ice.
The importance of Alleghe as winter began in the 1980s when the community in Comprensorio Sciistico del Civetta merged with the neighboring communities of Selva di Cadore, Palafavera and Zoldo Alto, which led to the expansion of a runway length of over 30 km with 25 lifts. Since 1993/94, this area is part of the Dolomiti Superski initiative.
In Alleghe and Caprile are a number of hotels and holiday apartments.