{{Infobox mountain , name = Cima di Vezzana , photo = Vezzana from Rolle.JPG , photo_caption= The Vezzana from the

Rolle Pass The Rolle Pass () (1989 m) is a mountain pass in Trentino in Italy which can be reached by motor vehicles. It connects the Fiemme and Primiero valleys, and the communities of Predazzo, San Martino di Castrozza and Fiera di Primiero. The ...

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Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

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Pala group The Pala group (also known as Pale di San Martino) is the largest massif of the Dolomites, with about 240 km2 of surface, located between eastern Trentino and Veneto (province of Belluno), in the area between Primiero (valleys of Cismon, Canali ...

Dolomites The Dolomites ( ), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Va ...

, coordinates = {{coord, 46, 15, 0, N, 11, 52, 2, E, type:mountain_region:IT, display=inline,title , map = Alps , first_ascent = 5 September 1872 by Douglas William Freshfield and Charles Comyns Tucker, The Vezzana (also Cima di Vezzana) is the highest peak in the

, a mountain range of the

, northern

. It is located in the northern part of the Dolomites, between the

Taibon Agordino Taibon Agordino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Province of Belluno, Belluno in the Italy, Italian region of Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northwest of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1 ...

and

Primiero The Primiero (''Primier'' in local dialect) is a valley located in the eastern part of Trentino, Italy. It consists of eight municipalities ('): Canal San Bovo, Fiera di Primiero, Imer, Trentino, Imèr, Mezzano, Sagron Mis, Siror, Siròr, Tonadi ...

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

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Belluno Belluno (; ; ) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the Capital (political), capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region. W ...

and

Trentino Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

. It has an altitude of 3,192 metres. The peak is flanked by that of the

Cimon della Pala Cimon della Pala, sometimes called Cimone and The Matterhorn of the Dolomites (''il Cervino delle Dolomiti''), is the best-known peak of the Pale di San Martino group, in the Dolomites, northern Italy. Although it is not the highest peak of the ...

. It was first ascended in 1872 by Douglas William Freshfield and

Charles Comyns Tucker Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

, who reached it from the Travignolo glacier and the Passo di Travignolo. Unusual for the time, they climbed the summit without local guides, as these had declined to go further at reaching the glacierCima di Vezzana and Passo di Travignolo

The Alpine Journal The ''Alpine Journal'' (''AJ'') is an annual publication by the Alpine Club of London. It is the oldest mountaineering journal in the world. History The journal was first published on 2 March 1863 by the publishing house of Longman in London, ...

, 1872

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Mountains of Veneto Mountains of Trentino Mountains of the Alps Dolomites Alpine three-thousanders