The Fiemme Mountains, sometimes also the Fleimstal Alps (german: Fleimstaler Alpen) or Fiemme Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti di Fiemme), are a mountain range of the

Southern Limestone Alps The Southern Limestone Alps ( it, Alpi Sud-orientali, german: Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacen ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region of Trentino-South Tyrol. The range was named after the Fiemme Valley (Italian: ''Val di Fiemme''; German: ''Fleimstal''). It is located between the Sarntal Alps, the

Dolomites The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, Dołomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form pa ...

, the

Vicentine Alps The Vicentine Alps ( it, Prealpi Vicentine; german: Vizentiner Alpen, ''Vicentiner Alpen'' or ''Vizentiner Voralpen'') are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps in Trentino and the provinces of Verona and Vicenza. The mountains were named after t ...

, the

Garda Mountains The Garda Mountains ( it, Prealpi Gardesane, german: Gardaseeberge), occasionally also the Garda Hills, are an extensive mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Northern Italy, northern Italy. Boundaries and countryside The Garda Mou ...

, the Brenta and the

Nonsberg Group The Nonsberg Group (german: Nonsberggruppe, it, Alpi della Val di Non) is a mountain range in South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy and part of the Southern Limestone Alps. A large part of the Nonsberg Group is formed by the Mendelkamm. Their highes ...

. In the

Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (german: Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen, AVE) is a common division of the Eastern Alps into 75 mountain ranges, based on the Moriggl Classification (ME) first published in 1924 by the German ...

(AVE) of 1984, the Fiemme Mountains are bounded as follows: the northern end is formed by the town of

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third ...

from where the boundary continues southeast along the Eggental valley, over the Zanggenjoch and Satteljoch passes to

Predazzo Predazzo (, literally big meadow) is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Trento, northern Italy. Predazzo is located about 58 kilometres northeast of Trento in Val di Fiemme. It is one of the main centers of Val di Fiemme (the other is ...

. Next it runs through Paneveggio and over the

Rolle Pass The Rolle Pass ( it, Passo Rolle) (1989 m) is a high mountain pass in Trentino in Italy. It connects the Fiemme and Primiero valleys, and the communities of Predazzo, San Martino di Castrozza and Fiera di Primiero. The pass road was built ...

into the Cismon Valley as far as

Mezzano Mezzano (''Međàn'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,644 and an area of .A ...

. It then crosses the Góbbera and Brocon Passes to

Pieve Tesino Pieve Tesino (''La Piève'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. Pieve Tesino borders the following municipalities: Tesero, Panch ...

and Strigno into the

Sugana Valley The Valsugana ( it, Valsugana, german: Suganertal) or Sugana Valley is one of the most important valleys in the autonomous province of Trentino in Northern Italy. Leading into the Alps' foothills, an important main north-south Roman road, the Vi ...

. Finally it runs along the

Mocheni Valley The Bersntol (german: Fersental, it, Valle del Fersina) is a valley in the Autonomous Province of Trento, in north-eastern Italy. The Fersina river runs through it. It is also known as the ''Valle del Mòcheni'' after its inhabitants, who spe ...

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ce ...

, from where follows the

Etschtal The Etschtal, it, Val d'Adige or Valle dell'Adige, italic=no, is the name given to that part of alpine valley of the Adige in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, which stretches from Merano to Bolzano and from Salorno to Rovereto. South of Rovereto, ...

valley once again to

.Ostalpeneinteilung 1984
Accessed on 17 December 2008 In the

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province , image_skyline = ...

ean part of the Fiemme Mountains is the

Trudner Horn Nature Park The Trudner Horn Nature Park ( it, Parco naturale Monte Corno) is a nature reserve south of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. Flora The Trudner Horn Nature Park is home to many variety of rare plant, like are species of pasque flower ''Pulsatilla ...

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