Madonna di Campiglio (german: Sankt Maria im Pein) is a village and a

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in northeast

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. It is a ''

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'' of the ''

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'' of

Pinzolo Pinzolo ( Lombard: ''Pinsöl'') is a small town and ''comune'' situated in Val Rendena in Trentino in the northern Italian Alps at an elevation of . The Church of Saint Vigilius of Trent stands in the town. It is mainly known as a ski resort du ...

. The village lies in the

Val Rendena Val Rendena erman:Randentalis the valley of the Sarca river in Trentino, northern Italy. The valley is part of the Giudicarie. Main towns include Spiazzo Rendena and Pinzolo Pinzolo ( Lombard: ''Pinsöl'') is a small town and ''comune'' situat ...

at an

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of above sea level, and has approximately 1,000 inhabitants. The ski area around Madonna has 57 lifts and of ski runs, with a capacity of more than 31,000 people per hour, rises to , has of snow park, for Nordic skiing and links to the

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s in Pinzolo, Folgarida, and Marilleva. Madonna is the main point of access to the Brenta Dolomites, with its famous

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, with the ski lift to the Passo Groste taking one directly to the northern end of the via ferrata network.

Festivals and events

The village regularly hosts

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and

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races. The

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and

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teams hold a media event in January at the resort. In summer the village hosts the Rally Stella Alpina, an Italian classic race. In cycling, the village has been the location for the finish of stages of the Giro d'Italia twice: in 1999

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won the stage whilst wearing the

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, before being disqualified from the race after a blood test revealed a high

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level, whilst in

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the stage was won by

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. Swedish alpine skier

Ingemar Stenmark Jan Ingemar Stenmark (; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed fo ...

won his first world cup competition here on 17 December 1974.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madonna Di Campiglio Frazioni of Trentino Ski areas and resorts in Italy