Cortina d'Ampezzo (pronounced [kor.ˈti.na dam.ˈpɛt.so]; Ladin: Anpezo, Ampëz, ) is a town and comune in the southern (Dolomitic) Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene. After the scheduled 1944 Winter Olympics had been cancelled because of the Second World War, it hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics as well as various world cup events and motion pictures. Much of 1963 classic The Pink Panther, the progenitor of the series, was filmed in Cortina. One of the memorable James Bond stunt sequences in 1981's For Your Eyes Only, gunners on spike-wheeled motorcycles chasing Roger Moore on skis, was filmed on its slopes, as were several scenes in the film Cliffhanger.
Population: 5,423
Latitude: 46° 32' 12.84" N
Longitude: 12° 08' 20.51" E
The Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Italian for "the three peaks of Lavaredo"), also called the Drei Zinnen (German, literally "three merlons"), are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one …
Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Rhine Valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south.
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 Pragser Wildsee, or Lake Prags, Lake Braies (Italian: Lago di Braies; German: Pragser Wildsee) is a lake in the Prags Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Puster Valley (German: Pustertal; Italian: Val Pusteria, Ladin: Val de Puster) is a valley in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy.
Tofane is a mountain group in the Italian Dolomites, west of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy.
Cristallo is a mountain group in the Italian Dolomites, northeast of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the province of Belluno, Veneto, northern Italy.
The Giau Pass (Italian: Passo di Giau) (el.
The Falzarego Pass (Italian: Passo di Falzarego, Ladin: Jou de Fauzare) (el.
The 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 3 to 11 at the Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
The Eugenio Monti track (Italian: Pista Olimpica di Bob - Eugenio Monti ) is a bobsleigh and skeleton track located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
The Campolongo Pass (Italian: Passo Campolongo, Ladin: Ju de Ćiaulunch) (1875 m) is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites in Trentino in Italy.
Stadio Olympica, listed as Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio (Italian: Olympic Ice Stadium), is an indoor ice hockey arena in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It was built in 1955 and holds 12,000 people. The ice hockey games, as well as the other skating event…
The Sexten Dolomites (Italian: Dolomiti di Sesto; German: Sextener Dolomiten) are a mountain range and a nature reserve in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Valparola Pass (Italian: Passo di Valparola) (el.
Trampolino Olimpico Italia is a ski jumping hill (K90), built in 1955 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It was the site of the ski jumping, Nordic combined (K90/15.0) and team events for the 1956 Winter Olympics. The Nordic combined event used a shorter …
The Abbey of Innichen (German: Stift Innichen) is a religious complex in Innichen in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
The Dolomites Railway (German: Dolomitenbahn, Italian: Ferrovia delle Dolomiti) was a railway in Northern Italy crossing the Dolomites mountains. The 64,913 km long railway began in Calalzo and ended in Toblach. Its gauge was 950 mm. The Cortina d'A…