Cadore is a historical region in the Italian region of Veneto, in the northernmost part of the province of Belluno bordering on Austria, the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is watered by the Piave River which has its source in the Carnic Alps. Once an undeveloped and poor district, the former contado (countship) of Cadore now has a thriving economy based on tourism and a small manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of glasses.
Cadore valley seen from Monte Rite.
Palace and flag of Magnifica Comunità Cadorina
Titian house - Pieve di Cadore
Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Cadorino dialect: Tré Thìme) and Lake Misurina (Meśorìna)
Ladin is a Romance language of the Rhaeto-Romance subgroup, mainly spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino, and Belluno, by the Ladin people. It exhibits similarities to Romansh, spoken in Switzerland, as well as Friulian, spoken in north-east Italy.
Ladin language
Ladin farmers in 1960s La Val, South Tyrol
Kurat Josef Anton Vian – anonymous author of the first Ladin-Gherdëina grammar AD 1864
Plaque of a Ladin school in Santa Cristina.