Reward for Effort

Looking back over the Lago di Braies from the gruelling climb to Rifugio Biella

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August 24th 2023
The Alta Via 1 is one of the most famous multi-day walks in Europe, threading its way south for over 120km through the Dolomites - a mountainous landscape renowned for its sharp limestone pinnacles, whose northern end lies in the province of South Tyrol (which, despite being ceded to Italy after the First World War, is still predominantly German-speaking - hence the dual place names). With a pleth ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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