Dolomites, Italy

The Dolomites  are a mountain reach found in northeastern Italy. They structure a piece of Southern Limestone Alps and reach out from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern outskirts are characterized by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Val Sugana). The Dolomites are almost similarly imparted between the areas of Belluno, South Tyrol and Trentino. 

There are likewise mountain gatherings of comparative land structure that spread over the River Piave to the east – Dolomiti d'oltrepiave; and far away over the Adige River to the west – Dolomiti di Brenta (Western Dolomites). There is additionally an alternate littler gathering called Piccole Dolomiti (Little Dolomites) placed between the territories of Trentino, Verona and Vicenza (see the guide). 

One national park and numerous other territorial parks are placed in the Dolomites. In August 2009, the Dolomites were pronounced an UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

The name "Dolomites" is determined from the well known French mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu who was the first to portray the rock, dolomite, a kind of carbonate rock which is in charge of the trademark shapes and color of these mountains; at one time they were known as the "pale mountains," and it was just in the early nineteenth century that the name was Gallicized. 

Amid the First World War, the line between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian powers went through the Dolomites. There are currently outdoors war display centers at Cinque Torri (Five Towers) and Mount Lagazuoi. Numerous individuals visit the Dolomites to climb the vie ferrate, secured ways made amid the First World War. Various long separation pathways run over the Dolomites, which are called "alte vie" (i.e., high ways). Such long trails, which are numbered from 1 to 8, require at any rate a week to be strolled through and are served by various "Rifugi" (hovels). The main and, maybe, most famous is the Alta Via 1. 

The area is ordinarily partitioned into the Western and Eastern Dolomites, divided by a line after the Val Badia – Campolongo Pass – Cordevole Valley (Agordino) axis.