Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alpine valley, it is an upscale summer and winter sport resort known for its skiing trails, scenery, accommodation, shops and après-ski scene, and for its jet set and Italian aristocratic crowd.
View of Cortina d'Ampezzo
Skiers in Cortina (1903)
Rural building in Cortina d'Ampezzo (1952)
Cortina d'Ampezzo (1971)
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.