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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Trentino Alto Adige | |
| Territory | South Tyrol | |
| Altitude | 1,310 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 80.42 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 1.893 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | Sextesis; Sextner | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0474 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 39030 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Sixth (Sexten in German) is a center of the Trentino Alto Adige.
To know
Sesto is located beyond the Alpine watershed; the Rio Sesto after crossing the Val di Sesto it flows into the Drava, a tributary of the Danube that flows into the Black Sea. It is the easternmost municipality in the region Trentino Alto Adige. Its population is almost all native German speakers (95.37%); 4.36% Italian; Ladin 0.07%.
Background
During the First World War the town of Sesto found itself in the middle of the conflict. The Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies faced each other for the domination of the main peaks, such as the Croda Rossa di Sesto, Mount Covolo, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo and Mount Paterno. When the war broke out to defend the town of Sesto there was only a company of reservists.During the conflict there were many people who distinguished themselves, such as the mountain guide Sepp Innerkofler, who together with his flying patrol complicated things for the Italian troops . The town was evacuated by the civilian population and is the only German-speaking town on the Italian border that had this fate.
At the end of the conflict the country was the one that suffered the most damage in South TyrolIn addition to the almost completely destroyed town, 54 people died, 4% of the town's population.Only in November 1918 the Italians managed to enter the town of Sesto, descending from the Monte Croce di Comelico pass. When the South Tyrolean question arose in September 1919 and again in October 1920, Sesto, despite being on the other side of the watershed, was annexed to Italy.
Sesto too, like many municipalities in theSouth Tyrol located towards the border, it was the subject of fortifications during the period of fascism. At the Monte Croce di Comelico pass there are many bunkers, which are part of the Vallo Alpino in South Tyrol, especially at the Creston Popera. These works go to form the Monte Croce Comelico pass barrier.
How to orient yourself
Sesto (Italy): full screen map.There Val di Sesto (Sextental in German) is a small valley that connects the val Pusteria to the Cadore, through the Passo di Monte Croce di Comelico. From the orographic point of view, the Val di Sesto separates the Dolomites (to the south-west) from the Carnic Alps (to the north-east). rural settlements and those at the bottom of the valley. The two villages that arise there, Sesto and Moso have grown extending to the edge of the main road and forming a continuum in which the small hamlets are now indistinguishable: Ferrara, San Vito, Waldheim.
Behind them are green meadows, farms and barns. Beyond the Sesto stream, towards the south, the houses give way to larch groves and pastures that extend as far as the Dolomite spurs. The crown of peaks of the Val Fiscalina and the northern forepart of the Tre Scarperi group impose themselves, drawing a long panorama of ridges, walls and pinnacles. So much so that the inhabitants of the valley gave the mountains progressive numerical toponyms: Cima Nove, Cima Dieci (better known as Croda Rossa di Sesto), Cima Undici, Cima Dodici (better known as Croda dei Toni) and Cima Una. These buds go to create the Sesto sundial, a gigantic natural clock; by following the position of the sun on the peaks of the Sesto Dolomites it is possible to know the exact time.
Neighborhoods
Its municipal territory also includes the villages of Ferrara (Schmieden), Monte di Mezzo (Mitterberg), Moso (Moos), Quiniga (Kiniger), San Giuseppe (Außerbaurschaft) and San Vito (St. Veit).
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
From Bressanone with the Brenner motorway
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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
- 1 Parish Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It was built at the end of the 13th century, but no trace remains of this building. Rebuilt several times, it appears today in the 1824 version. With a moderately neo-baroque taste on the outside, the church offers two altarpieces by the Venetian Cosroe Drusi inside. The frescoes are by Albert Stolz.
- Cemetery. The cemetery surrounding the parish church houses the graves of famous local climbers such as Sepp Innerkofler, and is filled with wrought iron crosses, wooden statues and frescoes of the Stolz family.
- By Rudolf Stolz is the evocative Danza Macabra which adorns the walls of the round chapel that is the entrance to the cemetery, and which depicts the death arm in arm of different characters.
- Church of San Giuseppe (in Moso). It is the church of the Moso hamlet and is located in the center of the small town. It was erected in 1717.
- Chapel of the forest. After the outbreak of the First World War, the village church was severely damaged, and therefore the population decided to build a small chapel in the woods just above the town.
- From the first Sunday of August 1917 and until spring, the parish priest Schwainghofer celebrated Holy Mass every Sunday and on feast days in this church.
- Baths of Moso (Bad Moos). They arise in the hamlet of the same name, at the gates of the Val Fiscalina. They have mineral springs containing magnesium sulfate, calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate. Known since the 1500s, they were mentioned for the first time in 1650 by Count Brandis in his work on Tyrol. The Bagni di Moso underwent successive constructions until the construction of a thermal establishment in the early decades of the nineteenth century, which had 45 beds. Subsequently modernized several times, the Bagni di Moso are now part of the homonymous Sport-Kur-Spa, which offers a wide range of hydrotherapy treatments.
- Fort Mitterberg. Two forts were built near the town on the sides of the Val di Sesto: Fort Mitterberg on the north side and Fort Heideck on the south side, connected to each other and also with other fortifications of the Austro-Hungarian Empire defense line, through a optical telegraph and a telephone.
- The forts had the function of preventing the descent of the Italian troops, in the event that the defenses of the Monte Croce di Comelico pass had given way, in order to defend Sesto and access to the val Pusteria. Between the two forts at the beginning of the war a barbed wire fence was placed.
- The two forts were already obsolete at the beginning of the conflict and therefore with their low effectiveness they were only an easy target for the Italian artillery.
- In fact, the Heideck Fort was destroyed; instead Fort Mitterberg is currently in good structural conditions, still representing an example of a defensive fortification from the 19th century.
- Rudolf Stolz Museum. It houses the works of this exponent of the family composed of the Ignaz brothers, famous portraitist, Albert and, indeed, Rudolf. Rudolf was born in Bolzano in 1874 and died in Sesto in 1960. He devoted himself in particular to the execution of frescoes in the Tyrol. The museum exhibits numerous large charcoals on paper, often used as sketches for frescoes, and then drawings, tempera and some small watercolors of particular value, depicting scenes of life and landscapes of Alta Pusteria. Other frescoes by Rudolf Stolz are exhibited in the chapel of San Giuseppe in Moso.
Sites of environmental and naturalistic interest
- Sesto sundial (Sextener Sonnenuhr). It is a natural sundial located in the municipal area of Sesto and takes advantage of the height of the peaks of the Sesto Dolomites. The sundial always works thanks to the sun which illuminates the Dolomite peaks surrounding the town and provides a measure (albeit approximate) of the time.
- The peaks that make up the Sesto sundial are:
- Cima Nove also known as Pala del Popera (Neunerkofel), 2,582 m a.s.l.
- Cima Dieci, better known as Croda Rossa di Sesto (Sextener Rotwandköpfe), 2,965 m a.s.l.
- Cima Undici (Elferkofel), 2,926 m a.s.l.
- Cima Dodici (Zwölferkofel), better known as Croda dei Toni, 3,094 m a.s.l.
- Cima Una (Einserkofel), 2,598 m a.s.l.
- Three peaks of Lavaredo. They are three of the most famous peaks of the Dolomites, in the Sesto Dolomites. They are considered among the best known natural wonders in the world of mountaineering.
- They can be reached from Misurina lake, from Auronzo di Cadore, from Dobbiaco and from Val di Sesto and allow the panoramic view of the surrounding peaks and the Tre Cime Natural Park.
- Between 1915 and 1917 the peaks of the Lavaredo formed the war front. Of this period there are still evident remains (trenches, tunnels, barracks) on the massif and on the nearby Mount Paterno.
- Tre Cime Natural Park. The park covers an area of 11,615 hectares and includes part of the municipalities of Dobbiaco, Sesto and San Candido. It is located in the north-eastern sector of the Dolomites (it includes the South Tyrolean part of the Sesto Dolomites) and is limited to the north by the Val Pusteria, to the east by the Val di Sesto (and by the Fanes - Sennes - Braies nature park), to the south by the border provincial with Belluno and west from Val di Landro.
- The park is renowned because inside there are many famous Dolomite peaks, among which the very famous Tre Cime di Lavaredo stand out. Other important peaks are Punta dei Tre Scarperi (3,152 m), Mount Popera (3,046 m), Croda dei Baranci (2,922 m), Mount Paterno (2,744 m), the Una peak (2,698 m), the Undici peak (3,092 m) and the Dodici peak (3,094 m), which are part of the so-called Sesto sundial. In the territory of the park there is an Austrian fort from the First World War, the strong Heideck.
- Punta dei Tre Scarperi, (Dreischusterspitze; Dreischuster). Also called the Tre Scarperi peak, it is the highest peak in the Sesto Dolomites group (3,152 m a.s.l.). It is located inside the Tre Cime natural park, 5.5 km north of Three peaks of Lavaredo and 5 km southwest of the village of Sesto.
- It is part of the Tre Scarperi group, delimited by the Rondoi big pass (2,289 m), the Fiscalina valley, the Sesto valley, the Campo di Dentro valley (Innerfeldtal) and the Sassovecchio valley (Altensteintal).
- It is the northernmost of the peaks of the Dolomites that exceed 3,000 meters in height. It is located 20 km further north of Bolzano and 25 km further north of the Marmolada.
- In addition to the main peak, the most important secondary peaks are Punta Piccola degli Scarperi (Kleiner Schuster, m 3,095), Punta Lavina Bianca (Weißlahnspitz, m 2,987) and Lastron degli Scarperi (Schusterplatte, m 2,957).
- 2 Val Fiscalina (Fischleintal). It is a minor valley of theSouth Tyrol, which starts from the village of Sesto at the top of the Val Pusteria, or more precisely in Val di Sesto, and is introduced in the Tre Cime Natural Park.
- The access road to the valley stops shortly after the village of Moso (Moos), a hamlet of Sesto, precisely at the parking lot located near the Dolomitenhof hotel, at an altitude of 1,454 meters above sea level.
- The valley is one of the main access points to Tre Cime Natural Park, which in turn contains many of the most famous peaks of the Sesto Dolomites, including: the Croda Rossa di Sesto, the Crode Fiscaline and the Cima dei Tre Scarperi, the Three peaks of Lavaredo, the Croda dei Toni, the Cima Undici and others.
- The valley was, during the First World War, the scene of bloody battles between the Alpine troops and the kaiserjäger (imperial hunters), a light infantry unit of the Austro-Hungarian imperial army.
- Cross country skiing
- Also near the Dolomitenhof hotel, at an altitude of 1,454 m, the ring starts which reaches the end of the valley (1548 m). The track is connected to the one that goes up from San Candido passing through San Vito and Moso (Sesto).
- Path of the Alpini (Alpinistsig). There road of the Alpini it is one of the most famous and classic aided paths in the Alps. It is located in the Sesto Dolomites and takes place entirely in theSouth Tyrol. On the Sentinella pass, the eastern end of the Alta Via, there is the physical and administrative border with the Veneto, province of Belluno. From the hydrographic point of view, however, the entire area crossed belongs to the basin of the Drava, tax of Danube. The path has as support points the following refuges:
- Refuge at the bottom of the valley (1526 m)
- Berti Refuge (1950 m)
- Carducci Refuge (2297 m)
- Zsigmondy-Comici refuge (2224 m)
- Prati di Croda Rossa Refuge (1900 m)
- Rudi Hutte (1900 m)
Events and parties
- Sesto cribs. the cribs of Sesto, famous all over the world for the skill of celebrated craftsmen, are a vast repertoire of art. Sumptuously set up, especially during the Christmas period, they can be visited around the country, but especially at the Hotel Luna.
What to do
- Rock gym. In Sesto there is the largest indoor climbing wall in Italy, at the Dolomit Arena, and has walls with levels from 3c to level 8b, on a height of 16.5 m. The structure that houses the gym is all in glass, and therefore with its transparency, it gives the feeling of being outdoors.
- Next to this structure, there is a outdoor pool with adjoining field from Beach volley in sea sand, a mini-golf and two fields from tennis.
- In the winter period the pool is used as a sort of ice rink, where, among other things, the curling.
- Ski. In Sesto there is the ski lift that leads to the ski resorts of Monte Elmo and Croda Rossa di Sesto from where some ski slopes and the Croda Rossa toboggan run, 5 km long. Another toboggan run is the Klammbach, 6.5 km long.
- A family of reindeer imported from Finland has been present at the Croda Rossa for a few years.
Shopping
- Sesto mountain cheese has been recognized by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and the Ministry as one of the traditional Italian agri-food products
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
- 4 Carabinieri command station, Via Ferrara, 2, ☎ 39 0474 712261.
Pharmacy
- 5 Sixth, Via Dolomiti, 23, ☎ 39 0474 710460.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 6 Italian post, Via Dolomiti, 9, ☎ 39 0474 710311.
Around
- Dobbiaco - With Sixth is San Candido it is one of the "Municipalities of the three peaks", so called due to its proximity to the natural wonder of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three most famous peaks of the Dolomites.
- 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.
- cortina d'Ampezzo - Queen of the Venetian Dolomites, it has been an internationally renowned winter and summer tourist resort for decades.
Itineraries
- Dolomite passes - The itinerary follows the most scenic passes of the Dolomites, where the rock and nature are the protagonists.
- 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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