| Abbey | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Trentino Alto Adige | |
| Territory | South Tyrol | |
| Altitude | 1,315 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 83.18 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 3.484 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | badiotti / Abteier / badiot | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0471 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 39036 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Giacomo (July 25) | |
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Abbey (Abtei in German) is a scattered municipality of the Trentino Alto Adige.
To know
The toponym is attested for the first time in 1325 and in 1341 as Aptei, in 1347 as Abbey and in 1411-1412 as Abbadia is Abbatia and is linked to the Abbey of Castel Badia / Sonnenburg near Brunico. Its population is almost all native Ladin speakers (94.07%); 4.17% are Italian native speakers and 1.76% German native speakers (2011 census data).
Geographical notes
It is located in the Alta Badia area, in the Dolomites on the border with Veneto. There Val Badia is one of the five valleys where the use of the Ladin language is still alive, an ancient novel idiom in its local form (Badiotto). Fanes - Sennes - Braies Natural Park and the Puez-Odle Natural Park, in the eastern part of the municipality are the Dolomite peaks of Lagazuoi (2,778 m), Cima Cunturines (3,064 m), La Varella (3,055 m), Monte Cavallo (2,907 m), and to the west the Gardenaccia (2,500 m) .
Badia is 28 km from Brunico, 35 from Ortisei, 36 from cortina d'Ampezzo, 39 from Canazei, 54 from ClosedThe municipality, like the entire valley, is part of the district community of Val Pusteria.
Background
The history of the town and its farms is intimately linked to the colonizing work that in the Middle Ages was advocated by the Benedictine monastery of Sonnenburg in the nearby val Pusteria, the most important landowner in the country.Badia belonged to the judicial district of Marebbe until the end of the First World War and was part of the district of BrunicoOn 14 December 2012 a large landslide devastated one of the slopes between Anvì and Sottrù, or between La Villa and San Leonardo. Despite the large extension of about 2 hectares and the quantity of material discharged downstream, only 3 houses were overwhelmed.
The coat of arms is that of the Winkler von Colz zu Rubatsch family who in the 16th and 17th centuries owned properties in the municipality and a castle of the same name in La Villa.
How to orient yourself
Badia (Italy): full screen map.Neighborhoods
The municipal territory is composed of the hamlets of Pedraces (Pedratsches, Pedraces) seat of the municipal house, San Leonardo (Ladin San Linêrt, German St. Leonhard), La Villa (Stern, La Ila) and San Cassiano (Sankt Kassian, San Ćiascian) .
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bolzano-Dolomites Airport (IATA: BZO) (6 km from the center of Bolzano), ☎ 39 0471 255 255, fax: 39 0471 255 202.
open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from Lugano is Rome with Etihad Regional (by Darwin Air). At certain times of the year, the Lauda Air company connects the city with Vienna once a week. On the other hand, charter flights are more numerous. - 2 Verona Airport (Catullus), Boxes of Sommacampagna, ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
- 3 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected]. Charter only
open to the public: 05: 30–23: 00; ticket office opening: 06: 00-19: 00; check-in for flights from Bolzano is only possible from 1 hour to a maximum of 20 minutes before departure. Small regional airport with scheduled flights to and from By car
Tollbooth of Closed on the A22 Autostrada del Brennero.
It is crossed by the former state road 244 of Val Badia
Tollbooth of 
It is crossed by the former state road 244 of Val BadiaOn the train
By bus
Public bus transport services in South Tyrol are managed by SAD [1]
Public bus transport services in South Tyrol are managed by SAD How to get around
What see
Sanctuary of Santa Croce
- Sanctuary of Santa Croce. The sanctuary of Santa Croce (in German Wallfahrtskirchlein Hl. Kreuz) is located above the village of San Leonardo in Badia, at 2045 m a.s.l., at the foot of the Sasso di Santa Croce. The church, which stands on some more ancient remains, was consecrated on May 18, 1484. Another version coming from other scholars wants the construction of the holy place over a pre-existing pagan place.
- Around the middle of the seventeenth century the church was enlarged and restored; next to it was built the bell tower with three large bells. In 1718 a small refuge was built near the church as a dwelling for the sacristan and later for pilgrims. At the time of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II in 1786 it was closed and then deconsecrated. In the following years it was also reused as a sheepfold despite the continuous influx of pilgrims.
- A farmer from Badia, Pietro Paolo Irsara, renewed it in 1809 and in 1839 it was again consecrated; the following year the villagers brought back to the sanctuary the image of Christ carrying a cross that had been missing from the church for 54 years. In memory of the event every year on June 15 a similar procession is celebrated where the faithful carry the cross from the parish church of San Leonardo to the sanctuary.
- In the years 1982/83 the sanctuary was restored after it was seriously damaged; on June 17, 1984, the 500th anniversary was celebrated. Inside there are today various ancient relics of some saints.
- Two great liturgical events are celebrated annually, on July 26 in memory of Sant'Anna and on August 24 in memory of San Bartolomeo. Pilgrims from the entire Val Badia participate in these processions. Also of lesser importance but of equal participation is the Eucharistic adoration held every 4th October before dawn, to which pilgrims arrive walking in the night.
Castel colz
- Castel Colz (Ćiastel Colz in Ladin; Rubatsch residence) (in La Villa). Castel Colz is the name by which a Renaissance castle located in La Villa is commonly called; for the locals, with a Ladin mother tongue, it is simply the great ćiasa.
- The first traces of the castle are when Hans von Rubatsch obtained from Emperor Ferdinand I the authorization to build a noble residence in La Villa in Badia, and call it Rubatsch (and "Residenza Rubatsch" is another name with which the construction): it is 1536. One year later the construction was completed.
- It is a squat, cubic, Gothic-style building that stands on a rocky spur of the Dolomites. There are four towers: two round, two rectangular, at opposite corners.
- Later it was modified by the Colz family, to whom it owes its present name. In the 17th century, the Winkler family (who changed their name to Winkler von Colz-Rubatscher) followed one another, then the Mayerhofer family. From the mid-nineteenth century it began to go into disrepair, but at the end of the eighties a restoration work began, which has come to an end: the castle now houses a luxury hotel.
- The name of the castle is linked to the adventures of Franz Wilhelm Prack (or Brack) zu Asch, known as the Gran Bracùn ("the Braccone"), a cruel and at the same time courteous knight who really existed (in the second half of the 16th century), who lives in the stories and legends of Val Badia, and that he would have been killed by a member of the Colz family.
- Church of Saints Giacomo and Leonardo (in San Leonardo). It was built between 1776 and 1778 under the direction of Franz Singer and consecrated in 1782. The paintings that decorate it are due to Matthäus Günther.
- Church of Santa Maria Assunta (in La Villa). It was built starting in 1516 and enlarged in 1888 and 1952. Inside there are paintings by Jan Mati Pescoler (1875-1951).
- Church of San Cassiano (in San Cassiano). It was built starting in 1792. Inside the main altar is decorated with a painting representing the martyrdom of San Cassiano by Carlo Henrici of Silesia.
- Alfarei. House with ground floor in stone and overhanging upper floor in wood.
- Ciampidel. Masonry house in the hamlet of San Cassiano, with a sloping shingle roof. Inside there is the stube with wooden slat cladding and coffered ceiling and rooms with stuccoed ceilings.
- Ciasa Püter. House dating back to 1685 in the hamlet of La Villa, has two floors in masonry and a sloping wooden roof. The external staircase, also in masonry, leads to a round door; the 18th century stube has a wooden cladding.
- Colz (Granciasa). Ancient noble residence of the seventeenth century, surrounded by a wall with corner towers. The building has a round portal and features several angular erkers and a circular tower in an angular position. Inside, the corridors have ribbed lunette vaults and wood paneled walls.
- Colz (in San Leonardo). Another noble residence of the early seventeenth century, with a broken pitched roof and a religious fresco on the facade. The interior preserves paintings on the planking and on the lunettes, also of religious subjects.
- It costs (in Pedraces). Maso with two floors in masonry (the ground floor with exposed masonry) and wooden tympanum. It retains two ogival doors and a corridor with a lunette vault.
- Croce Bianca Hotel. Building from 1614 with a four-pitched roof. The Madonna frescoed on the facade is traditionally attributed to Matthäus Günther. Inside, the corridors with lunette vaults and mortar ribs stand out.
- Birthplace of Father Josef Freinademetz. Two-storey brick house with sloping roof and gable closed by wooden planks. The cellar, set up as a chapel, has a wooden ceiling; the stube is covered with wooden panels. A monogram of Christ bears the date 1848.
- Casa Cianacei. Semi-detached building with a symmetrical structure, dating back to the 16th century and remodeled in subsequent periods. The wood paneling of the stube dates back to the mid 19th century.
- Water carding. Dating back to the late nineteenth century, it is one of the rare examples of a technical monument of the South Tyrolean agricultural tradition. The building has two floors: the wooden wheel with water traction is fed from above.
Events and parties
- Feast of Sant'Anna. on July 26. Religious festival with a very popular procession
- Feast of San Bartolomeo. on August 24. Religious festival with a very popular procession
- Eucharistic adoration. on October 4th. Religious celebration that takes place every year before dawn, with a great competition of people who come on pilgrimage from all over Val Badia.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 La Tor Restaurant, Strada Colz, 9 (in La Villa), ☎ 39 0471 844091.
- 2 Tana dell'Orso - restaurant, Via Oies, 17, ☎ 39 0471 839671.
- 3 Ustaria Posta Restaurant, Strada Pedraces, 43, ☎ 39 0471 839735.
- 4 Nagler restaurant, Pedraces street 31, ☎ 39 0471 838038. Pizzeria, restaurant, spaghetti shop
- 5 Badia Pub Pizzeria - restaurant, Str. Pedraces 51, ☎ 39 0471 839644.
- 6 L'Fana restaurant pizzeria, Strada Colz 57, ☎ 39 0471 847022.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Sport Hotel Teresa, Strada Damez, 64 (Pedraces locality), ☎ 39 0471 839623.
- 2 Christiania hotels, Strada Colz, 109, ☎ 39 0471 847016.
- 3 Dolomites Hotel, Via Fontanaccia, 55 (The Villa), ☎ 39 0471 847143.
- 4 Hotel Cristallo, via Verda, 3 (The Villa), ☎ 39 0471 847762.
- 5 Gran Risa Hotel, Strada Colz, 133 (The Villa), ☎ 39 0471 847012.
- 6 Des Alpes hotels, Boscdaplan Street, 190 (The Villa), ☎ 39 0471 847054.
- 7 Dolomites Hotel La Fradora, Strada Costadedoi, 21 (in San Cassiano), ☎ 39 0471 849508.
High prices
- 8 Hotel Spa Rosa Alpina, Strada Micurà De Ru, 20 (San Cassiano in Badia), ☎ 39 0471 849500. 5 star hotel - Luxurious accommodation with day spa.
- 9 Rezia Hotel, Strada Cianins, 3 (The Villa), ☎ 39 0471 847155. Superior 3-star hotel
Shelters
- 10 Club Moritzino - Refuge, Piz La Villa 154, ☎ 39 0471 847403.
- 11 Bambi Refuge, Runway, 16 (The Villa), ☎ 39 329 9540054.
Safety
- 4 La Villa Pharmacy, via La Villa, 143 (in the locality of La Villa), ☎ 39 0471 847152.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 5 Italian post, Pedraces street 25 (in Pedraces), ☎ 39 0471 839733, fax: 39 0471 839537.
Around
- Brunico - Main center of the Val Pusteria, preserves two castles as well as historic districts of good interest. It is a city of tourism at the convergence of the tributary valleys of the Val Pusteria, all characterized by an environment of particular beauty.
- Ortisei - It is the main and most densely populated town in Val Gardena. The local economy is mainly based on winter and summer tourism. The handicraft of wood carvings, which boasts an ancient tradition, is well known.
- cortina d'Ampezzo - Queen of the Venetian Dolomites, it has been an internationally renowned winter and summer tourist resort for decades.
Itineraries
- Castles of South Tyrol - A journey to discover the South Tyrolean manors which, born for military purposes, later became largely refined stately homes, centers of culture, examples of fine architecture, testimony to the greatness of the families who built them.
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