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Pale di San Martino and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2025 October
Pale di San Martino mountains and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy in 2025 October. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Pale di San Martino mountains and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy in 2025 October
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
San Martino di Castrozza
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped San Martino di Castrozza.
Scroll to read the contour through time
San Martino di Castrozza is a mountain resort in the Primiero valley in the Trentino province in Italy.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
By the 1900s, San Martino di Castrozza was already established as a tourist destination for the wealthy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which Trentino then formed part.
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1873
A route reaches San Martino di Castrozza
The first alpine hotel in San Martino was built by the Irish traveller, John Ball in 1873.
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Crepuscolo a San Martino di Castrozza - panoramio
Crepuscolo a San Martino di Castrozza. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Crepuscolo a San Martino di Castrozza
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1975
Winter becomes organised
The area consists of 16 ski areas spread over 12 resorts: Cortina d'Ampezzo Plan de Corones/Kronplatz Alta Badia Val Gardena/Gröden Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm Val di Fassa Carezza Arabba Marmolada Tre Cime (since 1975) Val di Fiemme (since 1976) Obereggen (since 1976) San Martino di Castrozza – Rolle Pass (since 1976) Rio Pusteria – Bressanone/Brixen (since 1979) Alpe Lusia – San Pellegrino (since 1984) Civetta (since 1993) The Sella Ronda and Gardena Ronda and other major ski circuits are located within the resort.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
San Martino di Castrozza is recorded at 46.262° N, 11.802° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,357 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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Pale di San Martino and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2025 October
Pale di San Martino mountains and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy in 2025 October. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Pale di San Martino mountains and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy in 2025 October
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
San Martino di Castrozza now
All that remains of the hospice is the church of San Martino, which has a romanesque bell-tower.
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THE LEDGER
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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
Pale di San Martino and Val Venegia valley, San Martino di Castrozza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2025 October
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Crepuscolo a San Martino di Castrozza - panoramio
AOD.EU.SAN-MARTINO.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked San Martino di Castrozza overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.