Canazei ( Ladin: ''Cianacéi'') is a ''

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'' (municipality) in

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in the northern Italian region

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, located in the upper part of the

Val di Fassa The Fassa Valley (Ladin language, Ladin: ''Fascia'', , ) is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. The valley composes an administrative valley community (Italian: ''Comunità di valle'', German: ''Talgemeinschaft'') of Trentino, ...

, about northeast of

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

. Its name derives from the Latin word ''cannicetus'' (cane thicket).Artoni, Carlo (1994) ''250 Itinerari in Val di Fassa'', p.146. Azienda di Promozione Turistica della Valle di Fassa

Demographics

In the census of 2001, 1,498 inhabitants out of 1,818 (82.4%) declared Ladin as their native language.

Main sights

* Chiesetta della Madonna della Neve. This church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow, is located at Gries, one of the Canazei hamlets, and was built in 1595; it has an onion-domed bell tower, while on the southern facade is an image of S. Christopher, painted in the 18th century. * Chiesetta di San Floriano, a church in the centre of the village. It was built in 1592.

Sport

Canazei is the base station for excursions and rock climbs to the Sella, Marmolada and Sassolungo Groups. The comune is represented in ice hockey's Alps Hockey League by HC Fassa Falcons who play at the Stadio del Ghiaccio Gianmario Scola. Canazei co-hosted the 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships with

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

and

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. Canazei is also a traditional ski resort on the Sellaronda circuit with of ski slopes.

Culture

Events in the town include: * Gran Festa da d'Istà (Great Summer Feast - in Ladin): on the first Sunday in September with traditional folk parade * Te Anter i Tobiè: on the second week-end in July

Gallery

Canazei1.jpg, Church of San Floriano Martire Canazei.JPG, Avisio stream in the town center

References

External links

Canazei on The Campanile Project

Canazei travel guide
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