29 Facts About Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the heart of the southern Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

The town is home to SG Cortina, a top league professional ice hockey team, and Cortina d'Ampezzo is the start and end point of the annual Dolomites Gold Cup Race.

Mountains surrounding Cortina d'Ampezzo were themselves the theatre of several battles during the Great War.

Cortina d'Ampezzo was designated as a major redoubt and held a large ammunition storage depot in 1945 and had been assigned as a hold out by Italian and German troops to prevent the American and British from advancing into Austria.

Cortina d'Ampezzo was chosen as the venue of the 1944 winter Olympics, which did not take place due to World War II.

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Thanks to finally hosting the winter Olympics in 1956, Cortina d'Ampezzo grew into a world-famous resort, with a substantial increase in tourism.

Cortina d'Ampezzo is situated more or less in the centre of the Ampezzo valley, at the top of the Valle del Boite in the Dolomites, which encircle the town.

Much of the area of Cortina d'Ampezzo is part of the "Natural Park of the Ampezzo Dolomites".

Cortina d'Ampezzo has a humid continental climate with short summers and long winters that vacillate between frigid, snowy, unsettled, and temperate.

Cortina d'Ampezzo's population grew steadily from the time when it was annexed to the Italian State until the 1960s.

Presence of foreign residents in Cortina d'Ampezzo is a fairly recent phenomenon, accounting for only a small number of inhabitants in what in any case is a fairly small town.

Cortina d'Ampezzo is home to some of the most prestigious names in fashion and various artisan shops, antiquarians, and craft stores.

The symbol of Cortina d'Ampezzo shopping remains La Cooperativa di Cortina d'Ampezzo, founded on 28 June 1893 as Consumverein Ampezzo.

The cooperative in Cortina d'Ampezzo was one of the first cooperatives founded in the Italian Peninsula and currently provides employment to approximately 200 people.

The main square of Cortina d'Ampezzo is named after the famous local mountain guide Angelo Dibona.

Regole Cortina d'Ampezzo administer the Musei delle Regole Cortina d'Ampezzo, which covers three museums: Rinaldo Zardini Palaeontology Museum, Regole of Ampezzo Ethnographic Museum, and Mario Rimoldi Modern Art Museum.

Cortina d'Ampezzo has a long tradition in hosting writers, intellectuals, poets and editors from all over the world.

Cortina d'Ampezzo's own band, parading in traditional costumes, is a central attraction dating back to 1861.

Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 1953 Miss Italia contest, won by Marcella Mariani.

Cortina d'Ampezzo began writing that same year in Cortina d'Ampezzo, writing Out of Season.

Surroundings of Cortina d'Ampezzo have been the location for a number of movies, including mountain climbing scenes for Cliffhanger, Krull and The Pink Panther.

Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics, scheduled for 1944, but cancelled because of World War II.

Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 2021 Alpine World Championships, and, with Milan, will jointly host the 2026 Winter Olympics and the 2026 Winter Paralympics.

Cortina d'Ampezzo is the start and end point of the annual Dolomites Gold Cup Race, a historical re-evocation event for production cars on public roads.

Cortina d'Ampezzo offers skiing facilities for amateurs, centrally located among the 12 resorts of the Dolomiti Superski area.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo is known for the many via ferratas in the surrounding mountains such as the VF Ivano Dibona that was used in the movie Cliffhanger.

Cortina d'Ampezzo Airport was built for the 1956 Winter Olympics, but is currently closed.

Cortina d'Ampezzo was the principal intermediate station on the narrow-gauge Dolomites Railway from Calalzo to Toblach.

Cortina d'Ampezzo has attracted many distinguished guests, often inspiring them in their creative work.