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In Bolzano...
FIRST CABLE CAR
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... you can reach the cool, green and forested mountain plateau of Kohlern (Colle) from the centre of Bolzano in just a matter of minutes, an area of tranquillity straddling the 1,400 metre (4,600 ft) altitude line, whisked up by the successor to the world’s oldest passenger cable car. This year it celebrates its centenary (it entered service on 25th August 1908).
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WINE CITY
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| ... an old saying goes “when Venice is awash with water, Bolzano is awash with wine”: the town and its environs comprise South Tyrol’s second largest wine-growing area, with vineyards reaching from decidedly Alpine areas down into the heart of the town. |
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| MOZART |
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... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father spent a night at Bolzano in October 1772 en route to Milan for the first performance of ‘Lucio Silla’, the place marked by a plaque in the Wanger-Strasse. The weather was so “dreary” that Mozart passed the time writing his KV 115 which came to be known as the ‘Bozen Quartet’, included among his ‘Milan Quartets’.
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| CASANOVA |
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| ... the dashing Venetian nobleman, Giacomo Casanova, probably stayed here under a false name in October 1756 on his way to Munich, having escaped from Piombi prison. The event provided the inspiration for the excellent novel by the Hungarian Sàndor Màrai ‘Casanova in Bolzano’, a best-seller in Italy in 2000. |
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... Bolzano is a cinematic town: Pier Paolo Pasolini filmed various outdoor scenes in his ‘Decameron’ (1971) in the Municipal Museum and Runkelstein Castle; the town and its environs have formed the set for various other films, including ‘Ivanhoe’ (1952) with Liz Taylor (Sigmundskron Castle); ‘Mussolini and I’ (1983) by Alberto Negrin; ‘Cinque giorni di tempesta’ (1997) by Francesco Calogero; ‘Die Walsche’ (1986) by Werner Masten; ‘Le affinità elettive’ by Gianni Amico (1979), ‘Fraeulein Else’ in Hotel Laurin; and numerous minor films.
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MAX VALIER
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... the pioneer of space travel and astronomer Max Valier was born here in 1895. Valier collaborated in building the first rocket powered automobile in 1928 performed the first test drive in 1930 and in 1929 he set a speed record of almost 400 km/h with a rocket-propelled bobsled on a frozen lake near Munich. His studies were continued by Werner von Braun. A crater on the moon is named after him..
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FAMOUS HORSES
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... the village of Jenesien (San Genesio) is situated on the Tschögglberg mountain which divides the Sarn and Adige Valleys. Jenesien is just a short drive from Bolzano and can also be reached by cable car. The Alpine plateau of rolling hills is home to South Tyrol’s very own horse breed, the blond-maned Haflinger, named after a village on this mountain and popular all over the world for its gentle nature and patience with children.
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