Comelico Superiore
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Veneto | |
| province | Belluno (BL) | |
| Local name | Cumelgu d Sora | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ' N , 12 ° 31' E | |
| height | 1210 m slm | |
| surface | 95.85 km² | |
| Residents | 2,135 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 32040 | |
| prefix | 0435 | |
| ISTAT number | 025015 | |
| Popular name | comelicesi | |
| Website | http://www.comelicosuperiore.info | |
Comelico Superiore ( Ladin Cumelgu d Sora ) is the northernmost municipality in the province of Belluno , Veneto / Italy . It is one of the province's 39 municipalities with a Ladin minority.
Geography, landscape and culture
The municipality is located in the valley of the Padola stream ( torrente Padola ) in the Dolomites , surrounded by alpine meadows and coniferous forests, and is bordered in the west by the rock massif of the Popera group. Geographically and historically it belongs in the broader sense to the Cadore , in the narrower sense together with the neighboring communities Santo Stefano di Cadore , San Nicolò di Comelico , Danta di Cadore and San Pietro di Cadore to the Val Comelico , both for the summer and for the Winter tourism popular area.
Administratively, the five municipalities of Val Comelico with Sappada form the Comunità montana Comelico e Sappada .
The northern boundary of the municipality is the Kreuzbergpass , which is also the border to the autonomous province of South Tyrol .
Districts
The community is divided into four localities / fractions ( frazioni ); In contrast to most Italian municipalities, there is no core town with the same name as that of the municipality.
- Candide , where the municipal administration is located, is the oldest place (mentioned in a document in 1186).
- Casamazzagno is located on the hillside above Candide on Monte Spina with steep narrow streets. From the square at the baroque church of San Leonardo (16th century), a wide panorama opens up into the municipality.
- Dosoledo has lost much of its historical structure due to two fires in 1857 and 1874; However, some reconstructions in traditional wooden construction of the Cadore above the place give an impression of the earlier place.
- Padola was also completely renovated after a fire (1845) and is now an urban tourist center. The Museo della Cultura Alpina del Comelico provides a historical overview of the community.
- One of the attractions of the village of Padola is the church of St. Luca, which was built in the years 1862–1869 in neoclassical style according to plans by the architect Giuseppe Segusini (1801–1876). The translation of an information board on the church says:
- The Chiesa di San Luca was built between 1862 and 1869 in neoclassical style according to the designs of the architect Giuseppe Seguisini. The city of Padola owes this church to its very generous inhabitants, who paid for the entire construction costs of their church and made great sacrifices for it.
- The main altar in the apse comes from an older church that was destroyed in 1890. It is made of gilded wood, its age is unknown, and it probably comes from the nearby Pustertal . The 3 statues are San Luca, San Giuseppe and San Fermo. They replace the earlier destroyed paintings.
- The following scenes can be seen on the frescoes by the painter de Lorenzi: "The Feast of Pentecost" (fresco in the apse), the 4 church fathers (in the dome of the church choir), in the main dome "the 4 evangelists" and "the bliss of the saints" . The artist de Lorenzi also created the two large paintings in the church choir, on which the following scenes are depicted: "The birth of Jesus Christ" and "the 12-year-old Jesus at the temple".
- The two paintings by the painter Tomaso Da Rin on the side altars are of greater artistic value: on one of them you can see the "Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Israel)", who presents the President San Simon Stock with a shoulder piece made from a robe. On the other painting on the side altar you can see the patrons of the church: "Father Silvestro" and "Fermo, the martyr".
- The 4 statues on the side altars are of a more recent date (1955), they are "St. Anne with the Virgin," St. Giovanni Bosco "with" St. Savio "on one side, and" St. Pius X "on the other . "and" St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ".
- The organ was built in 1962 by the organ manufacturer "Tamburini di Crema" ( Giovanni Tamburini (1857–1942)), it has 2 keyboards and 2 rows of foot pedals. There are also two groups of organ pipes: one behind the altar, the other in front of the main entrance door. The organ has 25 high pressure registers and approx. 20,000 organ pipes.
There are also some hamlets ( borgate / località ):
- Secco ( borgata );
- The borgata Sega Digon hit the headlines on June 25, 1967 due to an attack by the Liberation Committee of South Tyrol (BAS). A power pole was blown up on the Cima Vallona ; the Alpini and Carabinieri coming to the scene of the attack got caught in a minefield laid by the BAS . Only one of the five soldiers survived.
- Sopalù is a borgata below Candide.
- The località Valgrande is a spa center based on a sulphurous spring.
Personalities associated with the community
- Bartolomeo Gera (* in Candide 1601 or 1603, † on April 11, 1681 in Feltre), Bishop of Feltre
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Comunità Montana Comelico e Sappada - Sportello Ladino .
literature
- Italo Zandonella Callegher: Dolomiti della Val Comelico e Sappada . Bozen, Athesia, 1991.
- Marta Mazza: Comelico e Sappada . Belluno-Venezia, Regione Veneto, 2004.
- Carlo Tagliavini: Il dialetto del Comelico. Nuovi contributi alla conoscenza del dialetto del Comelico . [s. l.], Comunità montana del Comelico e Sappada, 1988.
- Elia de Lorenzo Tobolo: Dizionario del dialetto ladino di Comelico Superiore . Bologna, Tamari, 1977.
Web links
- Comelico Superiore and Val Comelico (German)