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4 unusual facts about Dolomites


Costantino Affer

A highlight was the commission to design and produce the official medals for the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites.

Doping at the 2007 Tour de France

Italian cycling journalist and former cyclist Davide Cassani told a Danish television channel that he had seen Rasmussen on June 13 and 14 in the Dolomites in Italy.

Fantozzi in paradiso

The embrace is so violent and powerful that Dolomites shake, the wolves run away scared and a dam is destroyed (who jokingly refers to orgasm of Fantozzi, in fact, the Silvani, wrong use of the subjunctive Italian as all characters Fantozzi universe always wrong, says, "Fantozzi, venghi!" – "Fantozzi, comes!!").

Monte Berico

Some other sites that can be viewed are the foothills of the Alps (Dolomites), along with the Lessini hills, Venetian Lagoon, Mount Pasubio, Piave River, and many other sites in the Veneto.


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Alpine Brigade Cadore

The second battalion of the brigade, the Feltre Alpini Battalion in Feltre along with the Agordo Mountain Artillery Group in Bassano del Grappa was tasked to cover the many Dolomite mountain passes on the left flank of the Pieve di Cadore Alpini Battalion.

Antelao

Monte Antelao (Cadorino dialect: Nantelòu) is the highest mountain in the eastern Dolomites (a section of the Alps) in northeastern Italy, southeast of the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the region of Cadore.

Armando Aste

Due to his numerous ascents in the Italian Dolomites, climbing routes have been named after him (e.g. the Aste-Susatti route in the Monte Civetta, near Belluno, Italy, first ascent by Armando Aste and Fausto Susatti on 26–28 July 1954).

Bozner Bergsteigerlied

The West-East extension is characterized by the mountain Ortler and the Sexten Dolomites.

Cinque Torri

During summer it is possible to do excursions in the woods and on paths, among which it is worth to mention Alta Via 1 of the Dolomites, the "Muraglia di Giau" (along the border between comuni of Cortina and San Vito di Cadore, itineraries towards Nuvolau e il Passo Giau and the historical path in the trenches of the World War I.

Claire Loewenfeld

They spent the summer of 1936 near Cortina in the Italian Dolomites where they met Tillich who was on a European lecture tour.

Dibona

VF Ivano Dibona, a hiking trail in the Italian Dolomites mountains

Elio Zagato

Races he won include Targa Florio and five GT series, as well as Coppa Inter-Europa, Golden Cup of Dolomites and the Berlin Avus Cup in 1955.

Harvard Mountaineering Club

Summer trips to Yosemite, the Palisades, the Italian Dolomites, and Cascades, have helped strengthen and train a new generation of climbers.

Herbert Cowley

His Kew Guild Journal obituary in 1968 mentions prewar plant hunting trips to the Dolomites and a notable visit to Bulgaria as a guest of King Ferdinand in the company of Kew contemporary C.F. Ball of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin in Dublin.

Monte Civetta

Monte Civetta (3,220 m) is a mountain in the Dolomites, in the Province of Belluno in northern Italy.

Rudolf Kauschka

He was also in the Alps, the Dolomites (1907 - climbing the Vajolet Towers solo without a rope), Ortler (1908 - Königspitze in German), and Wallis Alps (1928 - Matterhorn, Mont Blanc).

Seis am Schlern

The village lies in the Dolomites, in the shadow of the 2,563 m Schlern.

Tofane

Tofana di Mezzo is the third highest peak in the Dolomites, after Marmolada (3,343 m) and Antelao (3,262 m).


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