The Ladins are an ethnolinguistic group of northern

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. They are distributed in several valleys, collectively known as Ladinia. These valleys include the valleys of Badia and Gherdëina in

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, of Fassa in

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, and of Livinallongo (also known as Buchenstein or Fodom) and Ampezzo in

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. Their native language is Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language related to the

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Romansh and Friulian languages. Ladinia is located in the historical region of

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, and Ladins share that region's culture, history, traditions, environment and architecture. Ladins developed a formal national identity in the 19th century. Micurà de Rü undertook the first attempt to develop a written form of the Ladin language. Ladin culture is promoted by the government-sponsored cultural institute Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü in the South Tyrolean municipality of San Martin de Tor. There is also a Ladin museum in the same municipality. The Ladins of Trentino and Belluno have their own cultural institutes: Majon de Fascegn in Vigo di Fassa, Cesa de Jan in Colle Santa Lucia and Istituto Ladin de la Dolomites in Borca di Cadore. The Ladin people constitute 4.53% of the population of South Tyrol.

Communities

Gallery

File:LadinGehöfte.jpg, Ladin farms in La Val File:SanktMartinSchloß.JPG, Castle Thurn, San Martin de Tor in the 1960s File:TavellaLunz60er.jpg, Tavella and Lunz in La Val in the 1960s. File:PflügerWengen60.jpg, Ploughing in La Val in the 1960s.

Notable people

* Maria Canins, Cyclist (twice winner of the Tour de France Féminin), cross-country skier (15-time national champion) and mountain runner. * Nadia Delago, professional alpine skier, 2022 Olympic bronze medalist. * Nicol Delago, professional alpine skier *

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, singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer * Ettore Sottsass, photographer, architect and designer * Carolina Kostner, figure skater, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, 2012 World champion, and five-time European champion. * Simon Kostner, ice hockey player, represented the Italian national team in several tournaments. * Erwin Kostner, ice hockey player, competed in the men's tournament at the

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. *

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alpine ski racer whose thirteen victories are the most by an Italian downhill specialist in World Cup history. * Simona Senoner, cross-country racer and ski jumper *

Peter Runggaldier Peter Runggaldier (born 29 December 1968 in Brixen and living in Sëlva, South Tyrol) is an Italian former Alpine skier, who specialized in downhill and super-G disciplines. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics. ...

, professional Alpine skier

References

External links

Istitut Cultural Ladin Micurà de Rü
(in South Tyrol), official site
Istitut Cultural Ladin Majon di Fascegn
(in Trentino), official site
Istitut Cultural Ladin Cesa de Jan
(in Belluno province), official site {{Authority control Ladin people Ethnic groups in Italy Romance peoples South Tyrol

Communities

Gallery

Notable people

See also

Further reading

References

External links