Falcade (
Ladin: ''Falciade'',
German: ''Pfalden'') is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Province of Belluno
The Province of Belluno ( it, Provincia di Belluno; de-AT, Provinz Belluno; lld, Provinzia de Belum) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.
It has an area of and a total population of about 205,000.
...
in the
Italian region
Veneto, located about northwest of
Venice
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and about northwest of
Belluno
Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region ...
.
Falcade borders the following municipalities:
Canale d'Agordo,
Moena,
Rocca Pietore,
Soraga,
Tonadico.
Falcade is on the edge of the Trevalli Ski Area: of slopes stretching between Veneto and Trentino regions which in turn is part of the Dolomite Super Ski area. It is also popular in the summer with walkers and mountain bikers.
Landmarks include the Church of Falcade, the Focobon massif (3,504 m) and the Mount Mulaz (2,906 m).
Twin towns
Falcade is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Massaranduba, Brazil, since 2011
People
*
Angelo Genuin (born 1939), ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
External links
Official website Falcade travel guideon
Wikivoyage
Dolomite Super Ski
References
Cities and towns in Veneto
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