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Masella-memorial and book-02ASD
The Masella hut was a former refuge for woodworkers, which is remembered today with an art object. It stands at around 730 masl. in the Frödischem valley / Wiegentobel. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- The Masella hut was a former refuge for woodworkers, which is remembered today with an art object. It stands at around 730 masl. in the Frödischem valley / Wiegentobel
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Masella
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Masella.
Scroll to read the contour through time
La Molina is a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Spain, in the municipality of Alp in the comarca of Cerdanya in Girona, Catalonia.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Masella before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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1943
A route reaches Masella
It is the site of the first ski lift in Spain, opened on 28 February 1943, and Spain's first ski school, which opened a year later.
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Coma Oriola
Coma Oriol canyon in Masella ski resort (Cerdanya, Catalonia). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Coma Oriol canyon in Masella ski resort (Cerdanya, Catalonia)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
2008
Winter becomes organised
The area hosted World Cup alpine races in December 2008 (women's technical events) and hosted the Snowboarding World Championships in January 2011.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Masella is recorded at 42.340° N, 2.100° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,535 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.MASELLA.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.MASELLA.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.MASELLA.V00
Masella-memorial and book-02ASD
The Masella hut was a former refuge for woodworkers, which is remembered today with an art object. It stands at around 730 masl. in the Frödischem valley / Wiegentobel. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- The Masella hut was a former refuge for woodworkers, which is remembered today with an art object. It stands at around 730 masl. in the Frödischem valley / Wiegentobel
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Masella now
In 2013 the resort hosted the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Masella-memorial and book-02ASD
AOD.EU.MASELLA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coma Oriola
AOD.EU.MASELLA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked La Molina (ski resort) overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.