The 26th June 2009 the World Heritage Committee has officially entered the Dolomites mountains to the list of UNESCO Universal Heritage of Humanity.

In the south of the Alps, the range of mountains situated between the Adige and Piave rivers and between the Val Pusteria and the Belluno valleys, is dominated by the mighty peaks of the Dolomites, the kindgdom of the "pale mountains".

The landscape is electrifying and unforgettable; pale castles of rock rise up from the relatively untouched green fields and forests below where flowers and fresh water abound, picturesque alpine huts burnished over the centuries nestle in the valley and above all, there is an explosion of light that changes with the wanderings of the sun; from the flame red of dawn through the gentle violet and blue of the afternoon to the incomparable inflamed gold evenings (in Ladino language this phenomenon is called enrosadira).

The Dolomites, formed 200 millions years ago out of the primeval ocean, today they reach 3,000 metres into the sky, take their name from the rock (dolomite) which is unique to this area. The term Dolomite is a gesture to their discoverer, the Marquis Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu who, during a trip to our mountains in 1788, took some rock samples and analysed them noting their chemical composition (double calcium carbonate and magnesium).