Ortisei village

The village of Ortisei, in German St. Ulrich and in Ladin language Urtijei, is located in the heart of the Valgardena valley

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Ortisei and Secëda mountain.
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The village’s centre with the church of Saint Ulrich, Bishop of Augsburg.
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Ortisei is Gardena’s most important shopping place.
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The Local Heritage Museum de Gherdëina exhibits collections related to the cultural and natural history of the valley: sculptures and paintings of local artists and a unique collection of ancient wooden toys, spectacular minerals and fossils.
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Ortisei and the mountains: behind the tower, the Sassolungo. At left, Sella group.
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From Ortisei, a funicular climbs mount Resciesa.
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Resciesa is a 2,300 m high mountain which separates Val Gardena and Val di Funes.
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Ortisei’s Dolomites: Odle mountain group seen from Secëda.
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Secëda, reachable from Ortisei by cable car, is also a starting point for various hiking trails to the Puez Odle nature park.
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The onion dome of Saint Ulrich church is Ortisei’s symbol.
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Winter time in Ortisei means snow time.
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Sledding slope at Resciesa.
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Starting from Ortisei, the cable car takes us up to 2,500 m a.s.l. to the heart of Secëda skiing area.
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Skiing on the sunny side of the Dolomites.
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Ortisei is not only the main village of the homonymous municipality, but also an important point of reference for the Ladin villages of Castelrotto and other municipalities of the Valgardena valley, such as S. Cristina and Selva Gardena, thanks not only to its strategic position and its considerable dimensions.

The main sights of the village are the Baroque parish church and the S. Antonio church at the main square. The Valgardena museum (Museum Gröden), hosted by the Cesa di Ladins, boasts a comprehensive collection of wooden sculptures of the bygone four centuries. This is also where you can find the Luis-Trenker archive, a collection of works of the world-famous mountain film pioneer of Ortisei.

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