Tag Archives: Cortina

Cortina d’Ampezzo. Discover summer sunshine in The Dolomites

22/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Italy, South Tyrol, Veneto and tagged , , , , on by .
Cortina d'Ampezzo

Andy Mossack visits Cortina d’Ampezzo in summer and discovers a ski resort booming with summer trade.

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WW1 Trenches of the Dolomites

01/08/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Italy, Veneto and tagged , , , , , on by .
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High up on the Lagazuoi slopes of The Dolomites, some 2,500 meters above Cortina d’Ampezzo, a fierce struggle took place in atrocious conditions from 1915 to 1917 between Italy and the forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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