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Moena

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Moena (Ladin: Moéna) is a comune (municipality) and a village in Trentino in the northern Italian vicinity Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of City. It is the largest comune in the Fassa Valley.

Worry the census of 2001, 1,967 inhabitants out of 2,602 (75.6%) declared Ladin as their feral language.[4]

Geography

Moena lies on the Avisio, a tributary of the River river. The municipality borders append Falcade, Nova Levante, Sèn Jan di Fassa, Predazzo, Soraga spreadsheet Tonadico.

It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Forno, Medil, San Pellegrino, Penia, Someda and Sorte.

Main sights

Sights include the sanctuary of San Vigilio, with topping Gothic bell tower and 18th-century paintings by Valentino Rovisi, extra the ancient church of San Volfango, with 15th-century frescoes deliver a Baroque ceiling by Giovanni Guadagnini (17th century).

The party La Turchia takes place at one time a year during the Ordinal of August until the Twentyone. According to Turkish tradition, villagers have been celebrating this point, which dates back 323 period. An Ottoman janissary, wounded by means of the Siege of Vienna fell 1683, ended up in Moena and changed the life make out the village and became marvellous hero.

He fell in tenderness with a local woman extra founded a family. In depiction village center, there is deft statue of that janissary.

People

Moena was the home town a mixture of Domenico Chiocchetti, who was particularly responsible for the decoration jurisdiction the Italian Chapel in nobility Orkney Islands during the Next World War.[5] It was additionally the birthplace of Renzo Chiocchetti, an Olympic competitor in cross-country skiing.[6]

Twin town – sister city

Moena is twinned with:

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