Country Italy Time zone CET (UTC+1) Elevation 1,487 m Population 563 (2001) | Comune Siror
Tonadico Dialing code +39 0439 Province Trentino Postal code 38054 | |
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Region Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol | ||
San martino di castrozza in estate
San Martino di Castrozza (German: Sankt Martin am Sismunthbach) is a mountain resort in the Primiero valley in the Trentino province in Italy. The western part, with 428 inhabitants, is in the comune of Siror, the eastern, with 135, in Tonadico.
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- San martino di castrozza in estate
- Map of 38054 San Martino di Castrozza Province of Trento Italy
- San martino di castrozza 2016
- History
- Geography
- In culture
- References
Map of 38054 San Martino di Castrozza, Province of Trento, Italy
San martino di castrozza 2016
History
The first buildings on the site of San Martino were a religious institution, the hospice of saints Martino and Giuliano, which welcomed travelers crossing the Alps by the Rolle Pass between the valleys of Primiero and Fiemme. All that remains of the hospice is the church of San Martino, which has a romanesque bell-tower.
The first alpine hotel in San Martino was built by the Irish traveller, John Ball in 1873. By the first decade of the 20th century 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. The resort was rebuilt after the devastation of the First World War, and grew rapidly thereafter.
Geography
San Martino is situated in a valley of green meadows, in the Natural Park of Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino. It is surrounded by peaks of the Dolomites, including the Pale di San Martino, of which the highest peaks are Vezzana and the Cimon della Pala.