SAN VIGILIO 
SUMMER Culture and spare time
SUMMER Culture and spare time
| Culture and spare time |
TradeFarmers marketsLocal craft work has a strong tradition in the processing of textiles, iron and ceramics, but especially in the processing of wood.GastronomyIn this field S. Vigilio can offer numerous typical specialities too. Have you ever tried the tasty "liagnes sciömiades", or the even tastier "cioce"?What do these exotic names mean? Smoked sausages of chamois (deer) and the famous local bacon (speck). Some restaurants, but especially typical traditional guesthouses, offer not only tasty national and international food, but they also offer the possibility to taste some local dishes, ladin dishes like cancì checi (boiled ravioli), crafuns mori (fried dough), tultres (filled pan-cakes), balotes (dumplings), gnoch da zigher (potato balls from goat´s cheese), panicia (barley soup) and many other specialities. Farmers marketsMany gastronomic and craft specialities typical of the Southtyrolean style can not only be found in various shops, but also at the farmers markets, which take place every first Thursday of the month and on September 21st in the main square in S. Vigilio. The tables there are full of numerous assortments of tasty, healthy and natural products: cheese, salami, schnapps and liquor, vegetable, sweets, textiles and tools - an opportunity not to be missed!The exact dates of the markets are published on the black board at the Tourist Office. The church of Pieve di MarebbeChurch of PieveVal Badia was colonised coming from the North and Pieve di Marebbe was certainly one of the first areas to be inhabited. The centre of the village is very typical of the area with its few houses around the church which has a high gothic bell tower (56 m) towering and dominating the whole surrounding. The church of Pieve can be considered to be the principal church, since the whole religious life of the valley revolved around it.Todays church is a beautiful baroque building in the shape of a cross. The main altar, in renaissance style, is of particular beauty and is also interesting in terms of history. It was constructed after a wish, that was expressed in 1636, the year of the plague, came true. In its centre a miraculous statue of Mary (Saint Mary from d'La Pli) can be admired. The deanery head quarter used to be at Pieve di Marebbe from 1700 until 1914. The parish church of Pieve di Marebbe has always been, and indeed still is a very popular place of pilgrimage not only for the population of Marebbe and the Val Badia Valley, but also for all of the believers of the neighbouring valley, the Puster Valley. La chiesa di S.VigilioThe parish church of S. Vigilio is a true artistic jewel of late baroque style for the whole village and the whole community. The fresk-paintings on the inside are works of art by the famous painter Matthäus Günther, who was then the dean of the Academy of Augsburg. When entering the church after admiring the fresk-paintings of Günther, you will be able to observe the two elegant side choirs, the beautiful pulpit, and the extraordinary picture with the immage of Holy Mary, a real masterpiece of stucco. the pictures of the 14 stations of the cross of Karl Henrici (1783) - painter from Bolzano - are also well worth being admired.Catarina LanzThe young girl of Marebbe, Catarina Lanz, born in S. Vigilio di Marebbe in 1797, was one of the main figures in the battles against Napoleon`s French troops. In 1797, at the age of 27, she volunteered to fight in Spines, a small village in the vicinity of Bessanone. She was armed solely with a pitchfork and she defended the church and the cemetery from profanation. The bronze statue in the centre of S. Vigilio is a reminder of the heroic girl from Marebbe and it is a work of art done by the ladin sculptor Otto Irsara from Badia.We also recommend all of the guests of S. Vigilio not to leave before visiting the fantastic Fanes-Senes-Braies Natural Park and the characteristic "Viles" of Pieve di Marebbe at least once. Ladin Museum Ciastel de TorIn 1996 the autonomous Povince of Bolzano bought the Tor Castel with the intention of opening a provincial museum. The museum named 'Museum Ladin Ciastel de Tor' is dedicated to the culture and the history of the ladin ethnic group.The tour of the museum points out some particular circumstances of the history and the life of the five ladin valleys in the heart of the Dolomites where the ladin language is still spoken today: the Val Badia Valley, the Val Gardena Valley, the Val di Fassa Valley, Livinallongo and Ampezzo. The tour underlines the important influences of national matters on the life of the ladin population in the Dolomites and it gives evidence of the connection between the landscapes shape and the way of life. The Ladin Museum is dedicated to the men and women who live in this region and to all the people who come from near and far places to see this extraordinary landscape. Ladin Museum Ciastel de TorOpening times: Palm Sunday - 31st October: Tuesday - Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. closed on Monday closed in November 1st December - Palm Sunday: Wednesday - Friday from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. webpage: www.museumladin.it |
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