#east tyrol

[pwlanier]

Karl Maria Schuster*

(Purkersdorf 1871 - 1953 Wien)

„Mountain farm in East Tyrol“

1930s

oil on canvas

IM Kinsky

[wilkpreriowy]

During its journey, the young wolf passed through four countries. Starting in Switzerland, he crossed the border into Italy in the Lower Engadine at the end of June 2022. During his time in Switzerland, a single genetic sample was recorded from him, taken on the day of his collaring. For about ten days he roamed the South Tyrol and then crossed the border to Austria. From then on, he went north, then later north-east. In October, he was in the region of Innsbruck, from where he continued through the Tyrol towards Vienna. He spent the turn of the year west of the Austrian capital. The young wolf then wandered up to the Danube, then changed its mind and moved off in a south-easterly direction. In mid-February, it crossed the Hungarian border and then migrated towards Budapest. It took him about a month to pass the city in the west and cross the Danube. After that he migrated in the direction of Slovakia.

The dispersal of M237 exemplifies how adaptable wolves are. On its migration, it crossed different landscapes, from high mountains to cultivated landscapes to settlement areas. He crossed rivers, numerous highways as well as many mountains, one of them nearly 3500 m high. Mostly, he wandered purposefully in one direction. Now and then he also stayed for a few days to about two weeks in one place, perhaps to rest, perhaps because of good food supply, before he moved on.

[jirihrdy]

The Tre Cime di Lavaredo are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps. The three peaks, from east to west, are:

Cima Piccola / Kleine Zinne ("little peak")

Cima Grande / Große Zinne ("big peak")

Cima Ovest / Westliche Zinne ("western peak").

Tre Cime as seen from the foot of Torre di Toblin mountain

The peaks are composed of well-layered dolomites of the Dolomia Principale (Hauptdolomit) formation, Carnian to Rhaetian in age, as are many other groups in the Dolomites (e.g., the Tofane, the Pelmo or the Cinque Torri).

Until 1919 the peaks formed part of the border between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Now they lie on the border between the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno and still are a part of the linguistic boundary between German-speaking and Italian-speaking majorities. The Cima Grande has an elevation of 2,999 metres (9,839 ft). It stands between the Cima Piccola, at 2,857 metres (9,373 ft), and the Cima Ovest, at 2,973 metres (9,754 ft).

[inspofromancientworld]

Tattoos of the Near East and Europe

Knowing the full history of tattooing is practically impossible as skin doesn't usually leave a record of itself except in very special circumstances. Despite this, we do know that tattooing goes back quite a long time in human history and span almost every culture in the world. Joann Fletcher, a research fellow at the University of York in the United Kingdom, works with ancient Egyptian mummies, who were once thought to be the first group of people to tattoo because they mummified their dead. However, with the discovery of Ötzi the Iceman, that date was pushed back even farther because he was mummified by the cold, preserving his skin for 5300 years, about 1300 years before the earliest known Egyptian mummy to have one.

Tattoos on the body of Ötzi, the Tyrolean Iceman South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology / EURAC / Samadelli / Staschitz

Ötzi's tattoos lead us to believe that they were for health reasons, to alleviate the pain of strained or degenerating joints. His tattoos were not placed in such a way that would allow for easy display of status, given they were placed over his lower spine and right knee and ankle.

This blue bowl (circa 1300 B.C.E.), housed in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, Amsterdam, features a musician tattooed with an image of the household deity Bes on her thigh. Joann Fletcher

Ancient Egyptians had figurines with tattoos as early as 4000 BCE and began representing them in tomb paintings around 1200 BCE and tools dated to around 1450 BCE were found near Gurob in northern Egypt. The vast majority of the people that were tattooed in these figurines and paintings, as well as mummies, were female and the tattoo was placed on their thighs, breasts, and abdomens. Because of the gender of the tattooed person and the archaeologists (largely male), for a long time, they were dismissed as 'dancing girls'. That the mummies were found in Deir el-Bahari, where the upper crust were berried, only managed to move the description to 'probably a royal concubine' (basically 'fancy' sex workers). However, Fletcher is of the opinion that these tattoos may have been a permanent amulet, probably tot aid in pregnancy and birth and possibly against sexually transmitted diseases. She also thinks that it was older women who would tattoo the younger women, perhaps as a way of passing down their own strength and fortitude to them.

This is in contrast to other cultures that used tattoos for decoration, though there is some evidence that there were therapeutic ones within the ones we've found preserved. Ancient Libyans were depicted by the Egyptians around 1300 BCE with male leaders wearing geometrical tattoos on their arms and legs.

Tattoo on the arm of a Pazyryk tribal chief, Altai Mountains, 5th century B.C.E. The Hermitage Museum

The Scythian Pazyryk of the Altai Mountain region of Siberia also used ornate tattoos all over their bodies, including mythical creatures on both a male and female ice people. These mummies date to about 400 BCE. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote about the Scythians and Thracians that their 'tattoos were a mark of nobility, and to not have them was testimony of low birth'. This stood out to him because the Greeks and Romans only really used tattoos to show that someone 'belonged' to either a religious sect or a person, or had been a criminal.

Greek vase (circa 450-440 B.CE.) depicting the death of Orpheus by a tattooed Thracian ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Despite these leanings, Ptolemy IV of Egypt (reigning from 221-205 BCE) was tattooed with ivy leaves to symbolize his devotion to Dionysus, who was the patron god of royalty as well as wine at the time. This led to Roman soldiers also getting tattoos, at least until Christianity spread; then they were found again to be disfiguring and banned by Emperor Constantine.

The trend of Christianity spreading at the end of a sword or gun caused a lot of native cultures tattooing practices to be vilified.

(TBC)

[hahahax30]

Visenya at 13, hearing Aurelian’s full title for the first time: Ugh that’s so obnoxious, why would anyone want to be called something so ostentatious? I would never punish my son or the pages by making him have some long puffed up mama

Visenya at age 20, returning to the Spring Court for the first time in three years: Please use my son’s full title; His Exalted Highness, Crown Prince Theomore, heir to the throne of the Autumn Court and son of the Noble and Ancient House de Lioncourt

Visenya’s own title as High Queen is Her Exalted Majesty Visenya Astraea Regina of the Noble and Ancient House de Lioncourt, High Queen of the Autumn Court; which is obviously a mouthful so she shouldn’t be complaining but girl does love to brag

And yes Aurelian’s title was the same as Theomore’s back when he was Crown Prince

And yes, her naming her son Theomore is a spoiler

Please Riley, as someone who actually lives in a kingdom with a whole-ass king, I can tell you that that isn't a mouthful of a full name.

*My* King's full name (titles included) is: His majesty Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbon y Grecia (aka Felipe VI of Spain), King of Spain, Castilla, Leon, Aragon Navarra, Granada, Jerusalem, Toledo, the Two Sicilies, Valencia, Galicia, Mallorca, Menorca, Sevilla, Sardinia, Cordoba, Murcia, Jaen, the Algarves, Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, the East and West Indies, the 'Isles and Lands of the Oceanic Sea', Hungary, Dalmatia and Croatia; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Milan, Athens, Neopatras, Limburg, Lotharingia, Luxembourg, Gelderland, Styria, Carniola, Carinthia and Württemberg; Count of Habsburg, Flanders, the Tyrol, the Rousillon, Barcelona, Artois, Hainaut, Namur, Gorizia, Ferrette, Kyburg and Goceano; Count Palatine of Borgoña; Lord of Vizcaya, Molina, Salins-les-Bains, Mechelen, Slovenia, Pordenone and Tripoli; Landgrave of Alsace; Prince of Swabia; Marquis of Oristano; Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire and Burgau; Captain General of the Armed Forces; and I'll stop now but there are MORE

Because we have a parliamentary monarchy many of those titles hold no power or are merely symbolic (literally like the king himself because he does no-thing) and are reminiscent of the time we were the Spanish empire and total pieces of shit, but I do urge you to add more titles to your ocs lol

[wunder-plunder]

Word count: 143,208

Relationships: Germany/North Italy, Canada/Prussia, South Italy/Spain, England/France etc.

Characters: Germany, Prussia, North Italy, Canada, Spain, Austria, Hetalia Original Character(s), Hesse, Brandenburg, Saxony, Bavaria, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lower Saxony, Saarland, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Tyrol, Salzburg etc.

Summary:

“Have you met the nations before? You know, apart from our neighbors?” “As the Grand Duchy of Hesse, yes, but as a federate state of Germany, no.”

The year is 1991. One year after the reunification of Germany. Two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. When West and East Germany are unable to attend the world summit in Strasbourg, it is up to their most trusted federate states to represent them. But what starts out as a great opportunity to meet the nations for some, eventually ends as a nightmare for all. One that is far from short-lived, because when Ludwig and Gilbert remain missing, their loved ones are quick to discover that the reunification of the two sides of Germany isn’t what Wolfgang made believe.

Meanwhile, Italy and Canada have to question the friendship they share with the German brothers. How does Feliciano cope with the aftermath of "Buon San Valentino" as well as Germany’s states, whose approval he should now seek? And how will Matthew know what a seemingly innocent kiss between two forgotten souls means?

[aroundtheworldmp3]

Chapel built into a rock, Gschlöß Valley, East Tyrol, Austria

[have-you-been-here]

High Tauern National Park, Salzburg/ Carinthia/ East Tyrol, Austria

[stumbleimg]

Sahara Dust Weather, Schöntal | East Tyrol | Austria right before the Italian border [4000x3000] [OC]

[head-post]

Central Europe floods: “Terrifying experience”

The flooding of the Danube River was a terrifying event, and the clean-up had just begun, The New European reports.

People gathered by the Danube River in Bratislava’s central neighbourhood witnessed a striking change.

Just a few days ago, they were enjoying sunshine and warmth; then the temperature plummeted, Storm Boris struck, and it began to rain. The Danube, Europe’s second largest river, began to rise.

In the days leading up to the storm, the Danube was about three metres deep. A few days later, its level rose to almost 10 metres, flooding parts of Bratislava. Fortunately, our flood defences held. However, the rain and the wind, which reached speeds of almost 100 kilometres per hour, caused multi-million dollar damage.

In Bratislava, the water has not yet receded and Hungary is preparing for the worst as the storm surge heads south.

Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first public appearance in the days after the storm. Michal Sabo, an opposition MP who speaks on environmental policy, criticised Fico’s belated response. He said:

“I understand he celebrated his birthday over the weekend. To the detriment of all those involved, he left crisis communication to two ministers.”

He also criticised the lack of climate laws in Slovakia.

Strong winds and heavy rain raged in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. Storm Boris has caused the deaths of at least six people, with thousands of Europeans forced to leave their homes. As of Wednesday, more than 20 people had died. Others are still missing. Nearly two million people have been affected by the floods, the worst in two decades, according to The New European.

The Austrian state of Lower Austria, bordering Bratislava, has been particularly hard hit. Heavy rains washed snow off the mountains, which combined with snow and wind to bring torrents of water down into the valleys.

According to the Vienna Waterways Administration, the extreme precipitation caused flooding, which occurs once every 1,000 years. Lower Austria and Vienna have been declared disaster zones.

Parts of northern Austria have been declared a disaster zone. Up to a metre of snow has fallen in parts of Tyrol – an exceptional situation for mid-September. As recently as last week, temperatures in these areas reached 30C Celsius. One firefighter was killed in a rescue operation in Austria. Rail services in the east of the country were suspended on Sunday and several metro lines were closed in Vienna, where the river of the same name has overflowed its banks, The New European reports.

The Czech government has been in crisis mode since last week. The water has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, left hundreds of thousands without electricity and flooded several towns. Four people have died so far. Josef Bjelica, governor of the hardest-hit region of Moravia-Silesia, has estimated the damage at more than €1bn in his region alone.

On the other side of the Czech border in Poland is the town of Stronie-Sląskie in Lower Silesia, where a dam burst, causing severe damage. Deputy Mayor Lech Kawecki, quoted by Polish news broadcaster TVN24, estimated the damage in that town alone at more than a billion Polish zlotys (about 250 million euros).

In the hardest-hit areas, three to four months’ worth of rainfall fell in just a couple of days. In the Czech Republic, in the Jeseníky mountains in northern Moravia and Silesia, more than 500 litres per square metre fell in five days – equivalent to more than eight months’ worth of rainfall.

It was a terrifying experience, and the clean-up had only just begun.

Read more HERE

[evolutionofshoes]

The Evolution of Shoes

From the first animal-skin moccasins crafted by mountain-dwellers in the late stone age, to today’s hundred billion dollar global footwear industry, the history of shoes is fascinating and at times surprisingly zany. Let’s take a look at how the way we dress our feet has evolved over the years.

40,000 BCE: Shoes Are Invented (And go Mainstream!)

A reconstruction of Ötzi the Icemanfrom the South Tyrol Museum of ArchaeologyThilo Parg / Wikimedia Commons — License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Few artifacts have been recovered from this time period, as the first shoes were made from materials such as animal skins, which decay easily under most circumstances. However, from examining the skeletal records of early humans, archeologist have been able to deduce that many humans began wearing rudimentary moccasins around this time.

The oldest pair of shoes actually discovered belonged to Otzi the Iceman. Otzi, a naturally mummified corpse was found in the Alps near the Italy/Austria border offered archeologists an unparalleled look into the lives of early European inhabitants. (Including their shoe-wearing habits!) Another interesting fact about Otzi: several of the people involved in his discovery and his study died under mysterious circumstances leading to theories of “Otzi’s Curse.” But that’s a story for another day…

10,000 – 1000 BCE: Sandals Take off Around the Globe

A lot of footwear from this era actually survived to modern times — and many of the artifacts that have been discovered were sandals. In central Oregon, for example, dozens of so-called “Sagebrush sandals” were unearthed beneath volcanic ash. Made from the bark of (you guessed it) sagebrush plants, these shoes featured a brilliant weaving pattern that helped make the durable enough to last several thousand years under the right conditions.

Hieroglyphics and other murals found in archeological sites across ancient Egypt also demonstrate that sandals were popular in that region. In fact, quite a few scandel-artifacts suspected to have originated around this time, scandel-artifavts suspected to have originated around this time including:

Papyrus leaf sandals found in Europe and near Jerusalem.

Palm leaf sandals found in North Africa.

Rawhide sandals found in East Africa.

Wooden sandals found in India.

Rice Straw Sandals found in China and Japan.

Sisal Plant and Yucca Plant Sandals found in the Americas

So sandals were starting to get pretty popular. However, even though the current minimalist/maximalist shoe style debate was still a few millennial away, there was still a barefoot vs. shoe debate even then. Case and point: ancient Greece.

[pwlanier]

Braided food box

East Tyrol or Carinthia, 16. Century

Wood, braid; iron hinge; rectangular shape, all around with braiding for ventilation of the food stored there

IM Kinsky

[libidomechanica]

And who should be obsolete

A Meredith sonnet sequence

               1

Still, and mates, and all the cup before Thee;   from the breathing, so fresh in all her fingers   of random sweet self, or pines in the Fire—even These let bee. And Hodge again! And Is-not though I have her perfect. He   rose upright, the hall: above me—me—sure   of brave gallant friend’s heart. The second, your charter is so stronger thanks: better returned. That which husband is extinguish’d, the   moon rides in mist, scrim scarred them. Or, falling   into blood and thee to me belong yourself: but in your heart just touched it. And in the two extremity; and event. Round   whither miss’d, and in a moment more, the   hopes. What place, her eyes twinkle, Cruel! Into my hands could one tell ten lies there be blood!

               2

Thou wont the night, but diverse: could trust to   me. Beside the songs of my Purse tear, and   shook; the lean and paint the Throne of us: lightly! A beautiful house, that takes two webbes in hand. Nor peace in their vessels   one by one, and spake, half-demon, and wanne,   so high to fall; soone with my dust, stript to his shirt before me, no one prevail as wife was an honour pend in the mountains;   there’s a seal the field: void was hers! Cruel!   Capture all in Rhenish and truly Bacchanalian-like beauty. Parting tears, and go. Both by land and anon, like a long   with the hope the church-yard path to go although   it leaves the Player goes, and set the stone—sometimes calls wealth, than whole mines of thee.

               3

Those looked a stroke her feet disperse, the crimson-   rolling eyes, whole armies of other   a locket filled thro’ the vale; not five yards beyond all thy heart through and thither, worlds have now the camp rung with interest flourished   up, to be in loue; if he waite well,   I neuer know not where Porphyro! Whether young Gouda such a rate for needy fate. Watch TV shows a thrift in   his cap instead of slaughter, the match was   Suwarrow, thou eternal lids apart, no mischief threw on the stars go outside your time the minutes slowly, by degrees   the midst a fragrant in this frequent is   uppermost; nor cause a little dance to thee. East doth her mother’s way; then they St.

               4

Words, which is best, if not,—myself away,   for thee there the boy will have no one to   cry for, love. Now the Neck; then I was was sheer air and then the rest without hope, of course, of apprehends them apart, in this   chair at eight a. Fro with blind Understanding   string the days that they go forth who nobly spurn’d by the dark inn-yard. In the mother’s being too-too kind? One Lady there,   bright Argus blazing eyelids open quite,   because you a wreath of chosen found no Key: there like the impressions wide: Say, may I ne’er find him dropt upon that perfect   song into blood of queens and maiden posies,   a cap of Tyrol borrowed from the illumined hand, and Madeline begins.

               5

As a mother, Brother! She ended with   shoulder; and clear: Tis dark: quick and slender   cloth of woven crimson varlet but of Psyche: you have come to bring him more than sadden after thanks for all them in detail,   who calculation answers with the   republic. She is swimming further through they blaspheme the Frenchmen, gallantly as ever. Upon his breast. Not five yards beyond   all its best working the heart with Pitfall   and with this she prayse is better, and bare in the milkwhite peacock like a misguided so well as not now abideth   faith, it was but a dream, yet it light to   his hand. Anthea bade me first who boss the sown, where I lie down wearing a tomb.

               6

Of heaun it be right, where I my offering   vows in clusters oh, young Freedom to annoy;   but by no measured they came. Looking up into their hair soft-lifted by thy beams, but humility; had failed; seldom   she says, into themselves must we parley:   we so strongest; the case, as you more wish’d to some to know what, after seen, and all rich attire creeping fire you will those   who on the skirts of the dreams that which is   in my world makes you love thee! Indeed I love you for the mall selling the dew. Decline and the world my one that men will bore   any sweet breathing was, a sweet but vnfelt   ioys, exild for ay from the Grass, and robb’d me of it; and as for memory yet.

               7

It clings my Being—let the touch on her   bed, with ivory wrists his head: render him   up unscathed: give her weakness: it was but ask you no song of your new light-headed, freckled. Hung round its unexpanded the   shore, wherein were drawing the rest without   all things serve to go. Sent for Blanche erect stood up, straight! Comedians in the hills, she read: Tears, idle tears, and thee thither,   Sleep, awake! Is all a clamour great ocean—   Truth. Your thoughts would be to public use, I broke my Bond, nor lose their kettle-drums a new one: to bring that somewhere balm and   oil, roses and play, at first least gleam. For   light: and sing as strike the mystic fire on this can spie; take me to thee by moonlight!

               8

The day we have reached you, and thus shall taken   with agues in her body like onyx,   teeth to rend, and down the skies, whatever heed: when homicide and bony growth of spirits grew as we went side by side,   the firmament, or like men who for To-   day preparation was worthy of the plainly clad, besmear’d with no rude alarm; and their young years, since in the dark. Hyena   foemen’s ears, when she was, a sweet, and   with my dear Chloris, wilt thou art assured mine, statelier Eden back to commit it to the boles, and form and leave the morning   is forgot if this inconstant   colonies at last; that press me sharply, and rising inside its amethyst blue gaze.

               9

For if I wrote down like a gentleman,   and all volunteers; not fightingale   a melancholy crop: up from the starts and rising up robed in the faults lived over the top of the Princess, O the Heaven,   and morbid eye, that He who subtly   wrought two grand every part was bound with every day, his way: don Juan, who knows! Or even as also in the tomb, to be   hanged her body like years ago or just   Káfir than thousand guests: the armies gather light out and this suffice: nor that March twig: an arm and a father and this the   grass it shook his hide; which never saw his   mother’s fame, full of prayer; heaven had heard of such as the same fumes of rybaudrye.

               10

To this belief in her motion shall live   in a great convention: twice she her name   before; and the skull, toothpaste and icy climb but never, never can hope this delight, the wasteful Time debateth with Richard   Rorty, that you wishes him dead for   thy, contented? May it pleasure that nothing but—pronunciative through the blinding streaming, her silver snow decks Susan’s clothe   herd beneath their desire that we may   guess by the hand that is the spirits. And over and spiced dainties shall be done away; whether there behold this they see return   no more than duty, learn with fruit bats   scatter’d Caravan starts for the clash of a hand, my lads, for her long black lot holds.

               11

We crossed the hardships you’ve saved me from her   exceed the park putting crag, and manifest   intent, to drag it to ourself here like a shotgun. The husbanded the shelter, there. Not yet endured, long-closeted   with great head, and weary slave to stand on   my back to me from Plutoes balefull bowre without it. In the loving and taxes Paradise, and so it chance but how   oh love and caught, and so pace by: but rising   up my buried Cæsar bled; that shortly plough, strongly recommend, whether from languorous hours, and heard them, his Jewels with silver   cross a ditch. As something winds, the byrds   to the Rose! I not to fear that did fall he shall leap, and sometimes, better melodie.

               12

How near the main, and Mouskin Pouskin, all   prove many thousand aves told, for term   of life to Sorrow! Dream of the Potter, pray, and business most dear, and tell it all; but when we live as if by hand of   melancholy music,—why advert to the   Princess with his last monotony. Other sights controls, and take from us and saw. And time has blown for every virtues,   endless chin and out, if I could arise   in the vats, or forward. The Knot; and arm, and business might in gallant friend: as swelling their owne woe; so ample eares as   neuer good newes know: yet, hearing at   the tear, she struck one, and secret sisterhood may see, when men wealth from Fez; and still.

               13

If I should grieve that brutal summer dresses   in the sky is clear, but such a   martyrdom, to vex their country first and darken, and chilly room with love, and still, was clutch his head, and shot of evil; rejoice   in the morning glacier; frail at first sweet   is every sun that hope, now charity: but most of the root, so long have drunkard. And how can those curtains and mind, my father’s   arms, while I am I, and your eyes   to dance! And this lost lamb at her silver shriek you are, fit to her heart through the unrisen morrow-day; into a spirits,   and prayed, forlorn, and the shell’s iridescence   and proscenium of her nape caught in the baby looks immortal, could no more.

               14

Then to this caitife heart to be a bud   again. And grape, and much of her shape to   shoot laser beams straight to the millionaire: no more loue hath proued, in the vines that Ceres hath begotten. Bakery in Queens.   For light in his odor. Ida, tremulously,   so all was it was! And partly conscious of what a flint is held good! Fiery race; but the tambour frame since our   fashions, and forced retire; and dares to   sing thy praise hue scorned to touch it grieve, when all them in a dream, grown hazy by morning peeps from faery fancy; all amort,   quickly on the sun will my voice rang false:   but I, so much increase, nor knew; all in Rhenish and lover. Better place and gums.

               15

Varied with swimming eyes, do crown the sky.   I sit upon them will not find. All has   been his nod, as e’er would go: perhaps three weeks, I did addressed their trayned willes entice. Softer all, are alternate Night and   said another before me, against me   she will leave the new soft fall and each other’s heart. Anthea, know they go forth to victual; such as mortal eyes shut and her   eyebrows of glory gaping like beauty.   The joys of all the bliss to be contented? Ascribed to her seemed to pith; ’ but t is true. Its site a Greek gazette of the   Matin-bell, and, tost on earth—the earth do   scorn. Little space was called my name. The high sea, admit nothing in the birds around.

               16

Preacher had found my wrists his heart, I see.   The hounds, when she, Let some were thus, by day   my life; but that’s it, and soft adorings from you, I engraft you never take it, when we’ve involved in this engineer’s   stupidity, saving of a fancy. And   all male mind with Florian. Had turned to harm the faint rainbow. Or foxlike in difference. White as they may assert, a thing I   was cursing Cyril, vext at her feet disperse,   the private too, no matter made for aye unsought for her long black stage-lion of youthful wanton stroke of stains and three   feet and he one True Light kindle to Love,   or Wrath consume me quite, one Glimpse of It within: of conquerd yeelding rank on rank!

               17

To fright are they who never deep in the   footmarks, one by one, into a bitter,   Fruit. At last for a time and blue and the doomed man say—look for worship him, lesse gayne. Sweet, whose throng’d resort till death. Now droops the   maiden’s chambers, repair’d flaws in former   regiment’s space, from fame’s blacker than my kneecap and I should not weaned till the days that am glad thy innocent, and   seeing dumb; for I impair not bear the   small xx, feeling of zero. That Vertue and laugh at a fall, and the mountains us both, making the Town. We have the Rose that   infant care beguiles, and girt in girlonds   of what we loved you. As early knew his father and soft amethyst blue gaze.

               18

And drill’d and flying string the deserts, and   to the pond which parts the sudden rushed the   scrolls together in the same dream while that awoke in the air she frees; seem’d he never could reach that he was absurd. A   courier to the forest, the axil, the   breach. And by Cervantes; by Swift, by Machiavel, by Rochefoucault, by way of your crown, and at the moonlight, until the   while I’m asleep I’m ninety and the coming   out of this spoil’d children. Nothing but the sting is certain light claspt the feathered chasm and much of all our modern quill   doth admire, would make and blue and obedience   to thee by moonlight, as dearer thousands them a’, ye are not wish undone.

               19

Mysteries and dirks, and therefore the heard   of your love. A lidless wars’—I am   now essaying of wolves: they endureth all otherwhere: she sigh’d for Agnes’ moon hath been shed, hissing ayme do guesse. And so live   on stately into them, who were drawing   night! Sweet on maid and my poore Slaues vniust decaying. Than both youths and virtue is a flowers from servile toil releast, whose Doorways   are all these to await, according   together the little questions ever habit sears and is kind of phantasy proportion, noiseless as amber, and   my comrade’s Juan; the public buildings in   proportion, her face. Their trayned willes entice. Is that they couldn’t read them proper wife.

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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps. The three peaks, from east to west, are:

Cima Piccola / Kleine Zinne ("little peak")

Cima Grande / Große Zinne ("big peak")

Cima Ovest / Westliche Zinne ("western peak").

Tre Cime as seen from the foot of Torre di Toblin mountain

The peaks are composed of well-layered dolomites of the Dolomia Principale (Hauptdolomit) formation, Carnian to Rhaetian in age, as are many other groups in the Dolomites (e.g., the Tofane, the Pelmo or the Cinque Torri).

Until 1919 the peaks formed part of the border between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Now they lie on the border between the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno and still are a part of the linguistic boundary between German-speaking and Italian-speaking majorities. The Cima Grande has an elevation of 2,999 metres (9,839 ft). It stands between the Cima Piccola, at 2,857 metres (9,373 ft), and the Cima Ovest, at 2,973 metres (9,754 ft).

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We're in Austria now, and it's all getting quite Tyrolean.

I'm beginning to get the geography of the Tyrol straight in my head. It is much complicated by history. The heart of the Tyrol is the valleys on either side of the Brenner Pass. The Northern Tyrol is in western Austria, and the Southern Tyrol or Südtirol is in northern Italy, and in Italian is the Alto Aldige. The Osttirol is to the east of the Südtirol, but is in Austria, not Italy. The Trentino, south of the Südtirol, is also part of the Tyrol.

This may assist those whose grasp of geography is, like mine, significantly mediated by wine labels.

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[ad_1] Val Gardena is the perfect base for exploring the central Dolomites with good transport links and beautiful scenery. Here’s our guide to Val Gardena including what to do and where to stay. By: Paul | Last Updated: 4 May 2024 The Dolomites is a mountain range in the north-east corner of Italy and its peaks are some of the most dramatic in Europe. Val Gardena is a beautiful valley that runs through the centre of the Dolomites and it’s one of the best places to base yourself to explore the region. The valley is surrounded by chains of mountain peaks with distinctively shaped pinnacles and large alpine meadows offering plenty of great things to do nearby. We’ve been to Val Gardena several times, mostly because it has some of our favourite hikes in the Dolomites. But, it’s also a great place to explore incredible scenery without much effort. This guide covers the layout of Val Gardena with recommendations on where to stay, plus all the great things to do in the area. SECEDA RIDGELINE WHY GO TO VAL GARDENA & THE CENTRAL DOLOMITES Val Gardena and its surrounding area has some of the most diverse and remarkable scenery in the Alps. It’s an excellent base for hiking, and all of these highlights can easily be reached by cable car and a short walk. Seceda Viewpoint – a stunning view of the jagged pinnacles of the Puez-Odle Group. Alpe di Siusi – the largest alpine meadow in Europe surrounded by rocky monoliths. Sassolungo Massif – 3 towering peaks provide the backdrop to a stunning hike. Val di Funes – a fairytale valley framed by soaring pinnacles. Sass Pordoi – a high viewpoint of dramatic and rocky desolation. SASS PORDOI VAL DI FUNES LAYOUT OF VAL GARDENA Val Gardena is a valley in the central Dolomites in the South Tyrol region of northeastern Italy. The valley has 3 main towns: Ortisei (St Ulrich), Santa Cristina (St Cristina), and Selva di Val Gardena (Wolkenstein in Gröden). The towns are connected by frequent buses, and each has an excellent network of cable cars that head up to the surrounding mountains. The combination of buses and cable cars makes Val Gardena an excellent destination for visiting the Dolomites without a car. However, if you want to explore more of the surrounding area (like Tre Cime and Lago di Braies) a car is helpful as public transport becomes patchier further away from the valley. > How to use this map / Click on the top left of the map to display the list of locations, then click on the locations to display further information. Click on the top right corner of the map to open a larger version in a new tab or the star to save to your Google Maps.   WHERE TO STAY IN VAL GARDENA Thanks to the reliable bus service connecting the 3 main towns in Val Gardena, they each make a good base. However, they are all a little different, with their own attractions. ORTISEI (St Ulrich) Ortisei is the largest town in Val Gardena with the most choice when it comes to accommodation. It has a lively centre with a pedestrian area and the best shopping and nightlife in Val Gardena. Ortisei also has the best cable car links for reaching the most stunning viewpoints. From the town centre, you can get cable cars to Seceda, Resciesa, and Alpe di Siusi. We have stayed in both Selva and Ortisei and we recommend Ortisei as the best place to stay for easy access to the most photographed sights. ACCOMMODATION IN ORTISEI Residence Larciunei is a family-run chalet in the centre of Ortisei with fully equipped kitchenettes. Ski slopes are 600 metres away. Aquila Dolomites Residences is in a great location in the centre of town about 180 metres from the nearest ski lift. Hotel Garni Snaltnerhof is a family-run guesthouse with a traditional restaurant. It’s very convenient to the bus stop to Selva. ORITSEI SANTA CRISTINA (St Cristina) Santa Cristina is the smallest village in Val Gardena. It sits between Ortisei and Selva, so it’s convenient for getting to either of

them by bus. Cable cars head up either side of the valley from Santa Cristina. The Col Raiser and Fermeda chairlift brings you close to the Seceda Viewpoint; the Campioni and Monte Pana cable cars take you to the excellent hiking around the Sassolungo Massif. The main road bypasses Santa Cristina, so it’s a good option if you’re looking for a quieter stay. ACCOMMODATION IN SANTA CRISTINA Apartments Boè has panoramic views of the valley from their self-catering apartments in the centre of town. Smart Hotel Saslong is a clean modern property well located near the centre of town with a self-service bar and excellent breakfast. B&B Marina is a clean functional B&B. Some rooms have kitchen facilities making it a great choice for families. SELVA DI VAL GARDENA (Wolkenstein) Selva di Val Gardena is the highest village in the valley at 5,128 feet. It’s a lovely place with good facilities including some of the best restaurants in Val Gardena. The village has two excellent cable cars. One heads up to Campioni and the Sassolungo Massif, while the other climbs towards Passo Gardena. The hiking from both these places is excellent. The village also sits just under the two high passes (Passo Sella and Passo Gardena) and makes an excellent base to explore further afield if you have a car. We recommend staying in Selva if you are an avid hiker or plan to explore the wider area with a car. ACCOMMODATION IN SELVA Chalet Pra Ronch is close to some great hiking and it has ski-to-door access making it the perfect summer or winter stay. Linder Cycling Hotel is a smart modern property with a wonderful spa and indoor pool overlooking the mountain landscape. Residence Antares has traditionally styled apartments with kitchenettes making it a great choice for families. GETTING TO VAL GARDENA BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT The closest main train station to Val Gardena is in Bolzano. There are international train services to Bolzano from Innsbruck, Venice and Munich. If you’re already in Italy, you can get to Bolzano from Verona, Milan, Rome, Florence plus many more. Check all the services at trainline.com. From Bolzano, bus line 350 runs through Val Gardena stopping at Ortisei (1 hour), Santa Cristina and Selva (1 hour 20 minutes). BY CAR If you’re driving from the north, Selva/Ortisei is around 115 kilometres from Innsbruck Airport (about 1 hour, 45 minute drive). From the south, Verona Airport is around 2 hours away by car. VAL DI FUNES CATINACCIO GROUP HOW TO GET AROUND VAL GARDENA As we mentioned above, Val Gardena is one of the best destinations in the Dolomites to visit without a car. BUSES The Val Gardena Express travels between Ortisei, Santa Cristina and Sevla, and runs about every 30 minutes. It’s around 10 minutes from Selva to Santa Cristina and 15 minutes from Santa Cristina to Ortisei. Check the most up-to-date bus schedule at valgardena.it. Val Gardena Mobil Card – Most hotels in Val Gardena are affiliated with the tourist association and provide a Mobil Card which gives you free access to the public buses between Selva, Ortisei and Santa Cristina. CABLE CARS Val Gardena also has an excellent cable car network to get you to some beautiful destinations with minimal effort. Most cable cars operate from mid-June to mid-October, but some start or finish a little earlier or later. Dogs and bicycles can be taken on almost all cable cars. Check the most up-to-date cable car openings at val-gardena.com. BY CAR Although Val Gardena is easy to explore without a car, if you want to visit any of the places we have listed below under THINGS TO DO NEAR VAL GARDENA, a car will be much more convenient. VAL DI FUNES VAL DI FUNES ALPE DI SIUSI WHAT TO DO IN VAL GARDENA 1. THE SECEDA RIDGELINE The Seceda summit would have to be one of our favourite viewpoints anywhere and the best bit is that it’s very accessible. There’s a cable car from Ortisei (the Furnes-Seceda Cable Car) which is only 100 metres from th

e viewpoint. The other option is to leave from Santa Cristina and get the cable car to Col Raiser, then the Fermeda chairlift. From here it’s also just a short walk to the viewpoint. We had a great day out by going up via the Furnes-Seceda Cable Car to the viewpoint, strolling downhill to have lunch at Baita Troier Hutte, and then walking down to Col Raiser to get the cable car to Santa Cristina. There’s a bus between Santa Cristina and Oritisei to get back to where you started. PUEZ-ODLE FROM SECEDA SECEDA 2. EXPLORE THE MEADOWS OF ALPE DI SIUSI Alpe di Siusi is a stunning alpine meadow in the heart of the Dolomites, surrounded by towering peaks and soaring pinnacles. We hired e-bikes from Ortisei and took the cable car up to Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm). In just a few hours we were able to explore much more of the area than would be possible on foot. Bamby Bike Rental is just under the cable car station and they help you get the bikes onto the lift. We suggest you hire e-bikes because it’s not as flat as the word ‘meadow’ might suggest! ALPE DI SIUSI 3. HAVE LUNCH IN AN ALPINE HUT One of the things that gets us most excited about visiting this part of the Dolomites is the alpine huts. After a long day walking, it’s great to unwind with good food in a scenic location. Here are some of our favourite alpine huts in the area: Rauchhütte on Alpe di Siusi serves alpine food including their famous venison ragu and locally sourced steak, accompanied by a serious wine list. Baita Troier Hutte is perfectly positioned under the Seceda Ridgeline with excellent views of the Sassolungo Massif. Rifugio Friedrich August was our favourite stop on the Sassolungo walk with excellent food (and donuts!) in a picture-perfect location. FRIEDRICH AUGUST 4. DRIVE THE HIGH PASSES At the eastern end of Val Gardena, a road rises to head over two spectacular passes. It’s a wonderful drive and an easy way to take in some of the best scenery in the Dolomites. GARDENA PASS (PASSO GARDENA) Heading eastwards, Passo Gardena connects Val Gardena with Val Badia. The pass is at an elevation of 2,136 metres with jaw-dropping views of the incredible Puez-Odle peaks and Fanes Group. SELLA PASS (PASSO SELLA) Passo Sella links Val di Fassa with Val Gardena via a 12-kilometre windy road. Along this route, you’ll get excellent views of the towering peaks of Sassolungo and the impressive rocky monolith of the Sella group. PASSO PORDOI 5. HIKE SASSOLUNGO (OR JUST ENJOY THE VIEW) The Sassolungo Circuit is one of our favourite hikes in the Dolomites. It’s a full-day loop that takes a bit of effort, but it’s a thoroughly rewarding day out. The scenery is wonderfully diverse with high alpine meadows, rocky high passes and sweeping views. If this interests you, we have all the details on our hiking the Sassolungo circuit guide. If you’re not up for the whole hike you can get the cable car from Selva or Santa Cristina to Campioni, which is the starting point for the hike. There’s a restaurant here where you can take in the views without doing the hike. SASSOLUNGO 6. GO PARAGLIDING Val Gardena is one of the best locations for paragliding in the Dolomites with both stunning scenery and good thermals. Even with zero experience, you can take a tandem flight for an unforgettable day out in Val Gardena. Gardenafly and Fly2 are two reputable operators who have been soaring above Val Gardena for over 30 years. THINGS TO DO NEAR VAL GARDENA 7. EXPLORE THE STUNNING VAL DI FUNES Not far from Val Gardena, Val di Funes is famous for a charming church nestled amongst rolling green meadows under jagged spires of rock. But, there’s so much more to do and it’s well worth visiting while in the area. We hiked the Panoramaweg and Sunnseitenweg trails; two beautiful walks that start from the picture-perfect village of Santa Maddalena. We highly recommend both. The more challenging Adolf Munkel Trail is also a wonderful way to get up close to the jagged spires of the Puez-Odle group which form the backdrop to

the church. You can either get the bus from Val Gardena or hike from the Seceda Viewpoint. For more details, read our complete guide to visiting Val di Funes. VAL DI FUNES SAN GIOVANNI CHURCH, VAL DI FUNES 8. HIKE THE PUEZ ODLE ALTOPIANO Puez Odle Altopiano is one of the most popular walks in Val Gardena with amazing views of the jagged Dolomites peaks. From Selva take the Dantercepies Cable Car up to Passo Sella for the start of the walk. It takes around 6 hours to finish the 10-mile hike. Although it’s relatively long, the cable car takes a lot of the effort out of the ascent and the scenery is so amazing that the time flies by. Rifugio Puez is a great place to stop for lunch. 9. SEE THE VIEWS FROM SASS PORDOI Another great pass near Val Gardena is Passo Pordoi which reaches a height of 2,239 metres via 28 hairpins. At the top of the pass, we took the cable car up to Sass Pordoi which was probably the easiest and most stunning viewpoint we found in the Dolomites. The cable car climbs 700 metres in just a couple of minutes, taking you to a 2,950-metre-high rocky wilderness. From the top, you can see the Sella Massif which is like a colossal sheer-sided boulder. The three peaks of Sassolungo lie just across the valley. In summer five or six buses run daily from Val Gardena to Passo Pordoi. 10. VAJOLET TOWERS & THE SPIKY CATINACCIO GROUP The Catinaccio Group is a spiky mountain range near Val Gardena with several great hikes. The most dramatic is the Vajolet Towers walk. The Vajolet Towers are six summits that rise out of a rocky basin. We found hiking the zig-zagging path pretty strenuous, but the views at the top made it all worthwhile. To get to the trail, park in Vigo di Fassa at the base of the Vigo – Ciampedie cable car. Take the cable car up to Rifugio Ciampedie where the trail commences. Unfortunately, this is not easy to get to by public transport. VAJOLET TOWERS VAJOLET TOWERS 11. SOAK UP THE VIEWS FROM COL RODELLA Col Rodella is one of the best viewpoints in the Dolomites. From the top you can see Sassolungo, Alpe di Suisi, Sassopiatto and Sass Pordoi. There’s a rifugio on the summit which is around 10 minutes walk from the cable car station, so it’s very easy to get to. It was one of the most scenic beers we’ve ever had. The rifugio is open from 20 June to 30 September. To get to the top of Col Rodella, either take the cable car from just outside Canazei or a short-ish hike from the bus stop at the top of Passo Sella. SASSOLUNGO FROM COL RODELLA VIEWS FROM COL RODELLA 12. CATCH THE REFLECTIONS AT LAGO DI CAREZZA Lago di Carezza is a beautiful alpine lake whose emerald waters perfectly reflect the spiky Latemar mountains behind. The sunlight gracing its gentle waters, have earned it the nickname “Lake of the Rainbow.” The lake is fed by underground springs so the water level rises and falls with the seasons. The best time to visit is in early spring when the snow has melted, and the lake starts to rise. Lago di Carezza is the furthest attraction from Val Gardena that we’ve listed in this guide and the easiest way to get there is with a car. LAGO DI CAREZZA, ITALIAN DOLOMITES MORE DOLOMITES GUIDES ANYWHERE WE ROAM ISREADER-SUPPORTED When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. You can also shout us a coffee. Thanks for your support – Paul & Mark. INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK [ad_2] Source link