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Environs
At Vigo di Fassa, 13 km (8 miles)
southwest, the Museo Ladino
focuses on the Ladin-speaking
people of some of the valleys.
Ladin – a Rhaeto-Romance
language – is taught in local
schools, and traditions thrive.
E Museo Ladino
Località San Giovanni, Vigo di Fassa.
Tel 0462 76 01 82. Open Tue–Sat am &
pm (Jun–mid-Sep: daily). Closed 1 Jan,
1 May, 1–9 Jun, Nov, 25 Dec. & 8 7
= ∑ istladin.net Vines growing on the terraced slopes of the Cembra valley

1450, has a flurry of Gothic vault- woodland. San Martino is
ing, and a modern representation almost entirely surrounded by
of the Crucifixion painted against forest, which once supplied the
a background of the village. Venetian Republic with timber
At Predazzo, about 13 km for ships. The forest is now
(8 miles) east, the Museo protected, and as a result it is
Geologico delle Dolomiti possible to see Alpine flowers,
explains the local geology. mush rooms, birds and other
wildlife with relative ease.
P Palazzo della Magnifica
The frescoed façade of the Palazzo della Comunità
Magnifica Comunità, Cavalese Piazza Cesare Battisti 2. Tel 0462 34 03 q Cembra
65. Open Tue–Sun (mid-Sep–Nov &
9 Cavalese Jan–Jun by appt). & 8 7 * 2,500. @ n Piazza San Rocco 10
∑ palazzomagnifica.eu (0461 68 31 10). ( Wed am.
* 3,600. @ n Via Fratelli Bronzetti ∑ visitpinecembra.it
60 (0462 24 11 11). ( last Tue of E Museo Geologico delle Dolomiti
month (not Jul); smaller market Tue & Piazza SS Filippo e Giacomo 1. The wine-producing town of
Fri. ∑ visitfiemme.it Tel 0462 50 03 66. Open 10am– Cembra nestles on the terraced
12:30pm & 4–7pm Tue–Sun (mid- slopes of a scenic valley of
Cavalese is the chief town in Sep–Feb by appt). &∑ muse.it flower-filled villages. Some 6 km
the Val di Fiemme, a pretty (4 miles) east of Cembra stand
region of flower-filled aromatic the Piramidi di Segonzano, a
pastures, delightful wooded 0 San Martino di rare series of erosion pillars,
valleys and Tyrolean architec- Castrozza some over 30 m (100 ft) high,
ture. At the centre of the town each topped by a rock. The
stands the Palazzo della * 470. @ n Via Passo Rolle 165 footpath to the pillars is well
(0439 76 88 67). ( Tue (Jul & Aug).
Magnifica Comunità. Originally ∑ sanmartino.com signposted, with informative
built in the 1200s,, this was the noticeboards along the way
seat of the medieval governing The resort of San Martino explaining the formation of the
council which ruled the area as occupies one of the most scenic bizarre columns that look like
a semi-autonomous region. and accessible valleys giant termites’ nests.
Today the panelled interiors in the southern Their setting amid
contain medieval paintings by Dolomites, making it bird-filled woodland
local artists, and an archae- very popular with makes the steep
ology collection. Most visitors walkers and skiers. climb up to the site
come for the excellent summer Cable cars rise to the well worthwhile.
and winter resort facilities, and peak of Alpe Tognola A further reward is
to climb, by cable car, to the (2,163 m/7,095 ft), the fine view, from
2,229 m (7,311 ft) top of Alpe southwest of the the top of the hill,
Cermis, the mountain that rises town, and up the along the Cembra
to the south of the town. Cima della Rosetta valley and west-
(2,609 m/8,557 ft) to Piramidi di Segonzano, wards as far as the
Environs the east. Both offer near Cembra Brenta group
The church in Tesero, the next fabulous views of of Dolomites.
village east, bears a 15th-century the Pale di San Martino peaks, a
fresco by an unknown painter stirring sight as the massive rock } Piramidi di Segonzano
depicting Sabbath-breakers. peaks, split by glaciers, rise above Strada Statale 612 to Cavalese.
The church itself, dating back to a sea of green meadows and Open daily.

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