Italy-South Tyrol

Val Badia, San Leonardo village near Badia, on the back Croda di Santa Croce mountain. Typical masi, the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol landscape. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: em7123908.jpg
Copyright: @ enrico martino
Image Size: 4256x2832 / 8.6MB; architecture europe ladins landscape maso south tyrol traditional house unesco world heritage
Contained in galleries: Italy-South Tyrol-Ladin culture of the Dolomites

Val Badia, San Leonardo village near Badia, on the back Croda di Santa Croce mountain. Typical masi, the traditional mountain huts of South Tyrol landscape. The Ladins minority call the masi "Vila", from latin classical "Vicus" (small village). Today in South Tyrol these houses are protected and the help of local political autonomy has been basic for the survival of the traditional culture of Ladins minorities of South Tyrol.