Die Drei Zinnen

The Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Italian for “three peaks of Lavaredo”, also called the Drei Zinnen (German for “three merlons”), are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps. Die Drei Zinnen. The three peaks, from east to west, are: […]

Fischlein Valley

Also: Fischleinboden, Val Fiscalina, Fischental, Fischleintal. 17 km from Toblach, near the village of Moos. Letters from Alma Mahler (1879-1964) to Alfred Roller (1864-1935). Year 1907. 11-08-1907. Year 1909. The Fischlein Valley is a 4.5 km long side valley branching southwards from the Sextental into the Sextner Dolomites in the easternmost part of South Tyrol in Italy. Year […]