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The Pala group (also known as Pale di San Martino) is the largest
massif A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...
of the
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 ...
, with about 240 km2 of surface, located between eastern
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 ...
and
Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...
(
province of Belluno The province of Belluno (; ; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno. It has an area of and a population of about 198,000 people. Geography Situated in the Alps, the province of ...
), in the area between
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 ...
(valleys of
Cismon The Cismon is a mountain stream (or torrent) in northern Italy, the main tributary of the Brenta River. The torrent flows from the Dolomites mountains in the Trentino Alto-Adige region through the plains of Venetian territory to the bigger Brent ...
, Canali, Travignolo), Valle del Biois (
Falcade Falcade ( Ladin: ''Falciade'', German: ''Pfalden'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Belluno. Falcade borders the following munici ...
,
Canale d'Agordo Canale may refer to: Places ;Italy * Canale, Piedmont, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo * Canale, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, a ''frazione'' in the Province of Trento * Canale d'Agordo, a ''comune'' in the Province of Belluno, Veneto * ...
) and Agordino. In the central sector of the group, discovered by the Marquis
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu (; 23 June 175028 November 1801) was a French geologist. The mineral and the rock Dolomite (rock), dolomite and the largest summital crater on the Piton d ...
in 1788, consisting of dolomite, a
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formed by double
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and
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, extends the plateau, on an area of about 50 km2, forming a huge empty space, rocky and almost lunar that fluctuates between 2500 and 2800 m above
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. The part of the group extended in Trentino is entirely included in the
Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park The Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park () is a nature reserve in Trentino, Italy. Established in 1967, it stretches over nearly in the Dolomites (in the territory of seven municipalities, all in the Province of Trento), encompassing th ...
. According to some sources, the group inspired the Belluno writer
Dino Buzzati Dino Buzzati-Traverso (; 14 October 1906 – 28 January 1972) was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for ''Corriere della Sera''. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel '' The Tartar St ...
(a great lover of the chain) in the setting of his novel "
The Tartar Steppe ''The Tartar Steppe'' (), also published as ''The Stronghold'' (), is a novel by Italian author Dino Buzzati, published in 1940. The novel tells the story of a young officer, Giovanni Drogo, and his life spent guarding the Bastiani Fortress, an ...
". Due to the exceptional universal value of this natural beauty, the geological system of the Pale is included in the site "The Dolomites", declared in 2009 a
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.


Main peaks

* Vezzana, 3,192 m *
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 ...
, 3,184 m * Cima dei Bureloni, 3,130 m *
Cima di Focobon Cima may refer to: Acronyms *The Center for International Media Assistance, a media development organization in Washington, DC *Center for Italian Modern Art * Centre International de la Mécanique d'Art (International centre for Art Mechanics), a ...
, 3,054 m *Pala di San Martino, 2,982 m * Fradusta, 2,939 m *Mulaz, 2,906 m *
Monte Agnèr Monte Agnèr (2,872 m) is a mountain of the Dolomites located near the village of Taibon Agordino in Belluno, northeast Italy. It lies in the Pala group The Pala group (also known as Pale di San Martino) is the largest massif of the Dolomites, w ...
2,872 m *Sass Màor, 2,812 m *Cima Madonna, 2,752 m *Rosetta, 2,743 m


References

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External links


Rifugio Pradidali, (english pages available here)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pala Group Mountain ranges of Trentino Mountain ranges of the Alps Dolomites