Le Dolomiti e la storia dell'alpinismo
The Dolomites and the history of mountaineering
The Dolomites take their name the name from the geologist French Déodat de Dolomieu, who in the eighteenth century their studied the composition mineral. These towers of rock pale that glow colour pink pink at dawn have fascinated explorers and painters for centuries.
The first ascent documented of the Marmolada, the highest peak highest tallest of the Dolomites, dates back to 1804. In the course of the nineteenth century, mountaineers coming from all over Europe challenged each other to be conquer the summits still unscaled.
Read it with audio, tap any word, keep the ones you want to remember.
10 minutes a day free · no card needed
During the First World War, the Dolomites became the theatre of one of the most brutal military campaigns most brutal of the war. Italians and Austrians fought at three thousand metres of altitude, digging trenches into the ice.
Today the Dolomites welcome millions of tourists every year, attracted by the ski slopes for skiing, by the hiking trails hiking and by the rock faces rocky that challenge the most climbers most experienced.
The change climate however threatens these landscapes. The glaciers are retreating retreating at an a alarming rate alarming, and scientists fear that by the end of the century many of them could disappear.