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  MUSEUM
THE GARDENA VALLEY MUSEUM

   
The Val Gardena Local Heritage Museum exhibits valuable collections in the Cesa di Ladins in Ortisei with the following main attractions: wood carving art of the last three centuries, old wooden Val Gardena toys, picture collections of local artists, prehistory of Val Gardena.

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  INFO CHURCHS SELVA GARDENA
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  PLACES TO VISIT IN SELVA VAL GARDENA

St. Mary's Parish Church in Selva Gardena: The 19th century neo- Gothic nave was demolished in 1988 and replaced by a modern octagonal structure. The beautiful chancel dating back to 1670, however, was preserved, complete with the painting of the Madonna with Child by Lukas Cra-nach on the high altar (now a copy). In 1503 Wilhelm von Wolkenstein had a chapel dedicated to the Virgin built here, which subsequently had to be enlarged several times to cope with the large numbers of people who came to this popular place of pilgrimage - as they still do today. On the outside wail of the sacristy there is a stone painted with the coat of arms of the Counts of Wolkenstein.

   

St. Sylvester's Chapel in Vallunga (Selva Gardena) is an attractive little building located at the beginning of the valley, just a few minutes' walk from the car park. The religious origins of the site are unknown, but since time immemorial people have come from near and far to pray at this chapel, which is dedicated to the patron saint of cattle. Restoration work carried out in 1993 revealed over 300-year-old frescoes depicting the life of Jesus.

   

At the cemetery in Selva Gardena there is a memorial chapel built in memory of the mountain-eers who lost their lives in the Dolomites of Val Gardena (like the legendary Emilio Comici in 1940). Their names are engraved for posterity in the great brass book.

   

The ruins of Wolkensiein Castle (in Vallunga-Selva Gardena) can be seen perched high up in the steep Stevia Wall like an eagle's eyrie. From the castie it is just a short climb up to the top.

   
   

Castel Gardena ("Fischburg"), which straddles the territorial boundary between Selva Gardena and S. Cristina, was built as a summer castle and hunting lodge. Although Renaissance in style, its massive proportions are more reminiscent of the medieval art of fortification. The castle is not open to the public, but it is still worth the walk to see the building from the outside.

   

(Testi: Guida turistica della Val Gardena 2002)   


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