Badia (1324 m.s.l). Together with the hamlets of Pedraces and San Linert, Badia is an authentic mountain village with a great many characteristic family run farms [masi].

Badia’s excellent quality-price ratio and its traditional cuisine are its strong points. Its baroque-Rococò Parish Church, the Gothic sanctuary of La Crusc e at 2045 m and the birth place of Saint Giuseppe Freinademetz are all musts.

Population: 1346 

Attractions:

• lake Lêch da Sompunt
• the Paraciora Sompunt deer park
• the Saint Leonhard and La Crusc Croce churches

Photographic symbol: the La Crusc church with Mount Sas dla Crusc