Italy / Belluno - Lago di Misurina
Italien / Belluno - Lago di Misurina
Lake Misurina (Italian: Lago di Misurina; Cadorino dialect: Lago de Meśorìna) is the largest natural lake of the Cadore and it is 1,754 m above sea level, near Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno). The lake's perimeter is 2.6 km long, while the maximum depth is 5 m.
Near the lake there are about ten hotels with accommodation for around 500 people.
The particular climatic characteristics of the area around the lake make particularly good air for those who have respiratory diseases. Near the lake is the only center in Italy for the care of childhood asthma.
The lake was the theme of a famous song by Claudio Baglioni. Lake Misurina is also the theme of the theatrical representation of the Longane di Lozzo.
Lake Misurina is where the speed skating events were held during the 1956 Winter Olympics of Cortina d'Ampezzo – the last time Olympic speed skating events were held on natural ice.
Misurina lies on the route of the Dolomites Gold Cup Race.
Folklore
There are at least two different legends associated with Lake Misurina. In the first one, which was also made famous by a song named "Sabato pomeriggio" by Claudio Baglioni, Misurina is a little capricious and spiteful girl who lives literally held in the palm of the hand of her gigantic father, the king Sorapiss that, to fulfill another desire and obtain for her the magic mirror from the Queen of Monte Cristallo, he is transformed into a mountain. During the last stages of the transformation he sees his daughter fall and his tears flow like rivers and form the lake beneath which his daughter will forever live with the magic mirror.
In the second one, Mesurina (who is later nicknamed) is a daughter of wealthy merchants from Venice who send her away in the mountains by her father anxious not to fulfill a prophecy that would see the girl give away all their possessions. Following some tragic amorous events vaguely reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, the girl dies, and she is recognized on the point of death by a lover whom she met in bloom and from whom she was brought away by deception from the stables of his father and a servant sent by him.
(Wikipedia)
Der Misurinasee (italienisch Lago di Misurina) ist ein See in den Dolomiten in der Provinz Belluno in Venetien, der seinen Namen aus der Siedlung Misurina annimmt. Die maximale Tiefe des Sees beträgt 5 m. Der 1756 m hoch gelegene See ist vom Südwesten von Cortina d’Ampezzo, vom Höhlensteintal im Norden oder von Auronzo di Cadore, zu dessen Gemeindegebiet der See gehört, im Osten erreichbar. Er ist umgeben von den Felsmassiven der Drei Zinnen, dem Monte Piana, der Cadini-Gruppe, dem Monte Cristallo und weiter im Süden von Marmarole und Sorapiss. An der Südseite des Sees befindet sich das Kurheim "Institut Pio XII" NPO, das einzige italienische Exzellenzzentrum für Diagnose, Höhenkur und Rehabilitation pädiatrischer Atemwegserkrankungen.
Der See war im Jahre 1956 Austragungsort der Eisschnelllaufwettbewerbe der Olympischen Winterspiele.
(Wikipedia)
Italy / Belluno - Lago di Misurina
Italien / Belluno - Lago di Misurina
Lake Misurina (Italian: Lago di Misurina; Cadorino dialect: Lago de Meśorìna) is the largest natural lake of the Cadore and it is 1,754 m above sea level, near Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno). The lake's perimeter is 2.6 km long, while the maximum depth is 5 m.
Near the lake there are about ten hotels with accommodation for around 500 people.
The particular climatic characteristics of the area around the lake make particularly good air for those who have respiratory diseases. Near the lake is the only center in Italy for the care of childhood asthma.
The lake was the theme of a famous song by Claudio Baglioni. Lake Misurina is also the theme of the theatrical representation of the Longane di Lozzo.
Lake Misurina is where the speed skating events were held during the 1956 Winter Olympics of Cortina d'Ampezzo – the last time Olympic speed skating events were held on natural ice.
Misurina lies on the route of the Dolomites Gold Cup Race.
Folklore
There are at least two different legends associated with Lake Misurina. In the first one, which was also made famous by a song named "Sabato pomeriggio" by Claudio Baglioni, Misurina is a little capricious and spiteful girl who lives literally held in the palm of the hand of her gigantic father, the king Sorapiss that, to fulfill another desire and obtain for her the magic mirror from the Queen of Monte Cristallo, he is transformed into a mountain. During the last stages of the transformation he sees his daughter fall and his tears flow like rivers and form the lake beneath which his daughter will forever live with the magic mirror.
In the second one, Mesurina (who is later nicknamed) is a daughter of wealthy merchants from Venice who send her away in the mountains by her father anxious not to fulfill a prophecy that would see the girl give away all their possessions. Following some tragic amorous events vaguely reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, the girl dies, and she is recognized on the point of death by a lover whom she met in bloom and from whom she was brought away by deception from the stables of his father and a servant sent by him.
(Wikipedia)
Der Misurinasee (italienisch Lago di Misurina) ist ein See in den Dolomiten in der Provinz Belluno in Venetien, der seinen Namen aus der Siedlung Misurina annimmt. Die maximale Tiefe des Sees beträgt 5 m. Der 1756 m hoch gelegene See ist vom Südwesten von Cortina d’Ampezzo, vom Höhlensteintal im Norden oder von Auronzo di Cadore, zu dessen Gemeindegebiet der See gehört, im Osten erreichbar. Er ist umgeben von den Felsmassiven der Drei Zinnen, dem Monte Piana, der Cadini-Gruppe, dem Monte Cristallo und weiter im Süden von Marmarole und Sorapiss. An der Südseite des Sees befindet sich das Kurheim "Institut Pio XII" NPO, das einzige italienische Exzellenzzentrum für Diagnose, Höhenkur und Rehabilitation pädiatrischer Atemwegserkrankungen.
Der See war im Jahre 1956 Austragungsort der Eisschnelllaufwettbewerbe der Olympischen Winterspiele.
(Wikipedia)