| Selva di Val Gardena | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Trentino Alto Adige | |
| Territory | South Tyrol | |
| Altitude | 1,563 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 56.24 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 2.622 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | Gardenesi / Wolkensteiner | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0471 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 39048 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Selva di Val Gardena (Sëlva in Ladin, Wolkenstein in Gröden in German) is a center of the Trentino Alto Adige.
To know
It is the second most populous municipality in Val Gardena. Renowned summer and winter holiday resort, it is part of the Sellaronda ski area. The vast majority of the population of Selva are native Ladin speakers (89.74%); 5.15% German; 5.11% Italian.
Geographical notes
It is dominated by some of the most important mountain groups of the Dolomites: the Stevia to the north, the Cir and the Sella to the east, and the Sassolungo to the south. It is located in the district of Salto-Sciliar. It is 43 km from Bolzano, 26 from Closed, 20 from Corvara in Badia, 7 from Ortisei. It is located inside the Puez-Odle Natural Park.
How to orient yourself
Selva di Val Gardena: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Its municipal territory also embraces the hamlet of Plan.
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
Selva is connected to Ponte Gardena and to Valle Isarco from the state road 242 di Val Gardena and Passo Sella; a branch of this road also connects it with Closed, where there is a junction of the A22 motorway.
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
Side view of the ruins of Castel Wolkenstein
Gardena Castle
- Ruins of castel Wolkenstein. The castle was built around the thirteenth century, in the middle of a crevasse of dolomite rock, partially closed with some walls that provide some shelter, perhaps more from bad weather than from enemies. In short, a primitive castle, which in its long history has hosted important families.
- In 1525 it suffered its first destruction, which however never led to its reconstruction. The first trace regarding the ownership of the castle by Arnoldo von Maulrapprisale dates back to 1237. The building then passed to the von Kastelruth and then in 1293 to the von Pradell lords of Villandro, whose last heir married (1360) a Wolkenstein, a family that still owns it. Since then the castle has acquired its present name.
- At the beginning of Vallunga, under the ramparts of Stevia, some external walls remain, a courtyard with porphyry columns and some traces of paintings on the walls.
- You can reach the castle along a path that starts from the underlying hotel, near the Carabinieri Training Center of Castelrotto.
- Gardena Castle. Built in the first half of the 17th century with residential, fishing and hunting functions, it has a unitary layout with a turreted entrance, two internal courtyards and five other internal towers. The adjoining chapel dedicated to St. Odilia is rich in stuccos.
- Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta. The original nucleus of the church is the sacristy, dating back to 1503 and enlarged a century later. In the years 1869-1871 the original chapel was enlarged with a presbytery and a neo-Gothic nave, a slender spire bell tower and a polygonal apse. In 1987 the nineteenth-century nave was replaced by the current one, with a polygonal plan.
- Chapel of San Silvestro. Located along the Vallunga and originally late Baroque, it underwent significant changes around 1880. A simple round door leads into a barrel vaulted nave which closes in a polygonal apse. The walls are painted with scenes from the life of Jesus.
- Gustin in La Poza. Maso from the late 16th century, consisting of a brick house and a wooden barn. A smoking kitchen and a stube with wooden coatings are preserved.
- Piciulëi. Residential building of the late eighteenth century, with a painting of the Madonna del Soccorso on the outside and the original baroque stube inside. Other rooms of the interior retain the wooden cladding.
- Plazola. Two-storey residential building: the masonry ground floor has two round portals and an external staircase, the projecting first floor is made of wood. Inside there is a chest dated 1684.
- Col del Pelda. Residential building, preserves baroque and early twentieth century wooden coatings (ceiling with stucco and walls painted with allegories of the seasons)
Villa Dolomiti
- Ruacia. Residential building of the nineteenth century, accessible via a masonry staircase and a door with a round stone frame. The stube has a negotic coating.
- Villa Dolomiti. Hunting lodge from 1899, designed by Eduard Prinoth to a design by the Viennese architect Adolf Ritter von Inffeld, in the Secession style, rather unusual in Val Gardena. The entrance, secured by an external staircase, leads to a small tower which has two rooms on the ground floor with painted ceilings. The loggia on the first floor is also painted, while the stube has a coffered ceiling and an Art Nouveau stove.
- Villa Fossi. Built in the thirties of the twentieth century by the architect Franz Sachs, it is a square-plan building in the neorealist style. The single pitched roof identifies a large panoramic terrace on the first floor, under which a recessed terrace opens on the ground floor.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Average prices
- Acadia Adults Mountain Home, Via Puez 24 (Centrally located structure, directly connected to the Sella Ronda lifts and at the gates of the Puez-Odle nature park), ☎ 39 0471 774444, @[email protected].
160 €. Check in: 14:00-21:00, check-out: 11:00. An elegant first-class property for adults only aged 14 and over in location.
160 €. High prices
- 1 Family Hotel Biancaneve, Via Cir, 36, ☎ 39 0471 795148. Hotel 4 Stars.
- 2 Gran Baita Hotel, Via Nives, 11, ☎ 39 0471 795210. Hotel 4 Stars.
Safety
Pharmacy
- Berdou, Via Meisules, 246, ☎ 39 0471 795142.
How to keep in touch
- Italian post, Str. Mëisules 144, ☎ 39 0471 795168.
Around
- 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.
- Closed - Sabiona is the spiritual cradle of the whole of Tyrol. It was the bishopric of Tyrol (diocese of Sabiona), before it was moved to Bressanone around the year 1000. The monastery that stands there can be visited starting from Chiusa and walking along the path of an ancient Via Crucis.
- Bolzano - Main city of South Tyrol is the administrative and economic capital. Its historic center admirably blends the Nordic architectural and urban characteristics with the Italian ones, showing itself with a tone of elegant elegance
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.
- Dolomite passes - The itinerary follows the most scenic passes of the Dolomites, where the rock and nature are the protagonists.
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