Canazei ( Ladin: ''Cianacéi'') is a ''

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'' (municipality) in

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in the northern

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region

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, located in the upper part of the Val di Fassa, about northeast of

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 ...

. Its name derives from the Latin word ''cannicetus'' (cane thicket).Artoni, Carlo (1994) ''250 Itinerari in Val di Fassa'', p.146. Azienda di Promozione Turistica della Valle di Fassa

Demographics

In the census of 2001, 1,498 inhabitants out of 1,818 (82.4%) declared Ladin as their native language.

Main sights

* Chiesetta della Madonna della Neve. This church, dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow, is located at Gries, one of the Canazei hamlets, and was built in 1595; it has an onion-domed bell tower, while on the southern facade is an image of S. Christopher, painted in the 18th century. * Chiesetta di San Floriano, a church in the centre of the village. It was built in 1592.

Sport

Canazei is the base station for excursions and rock climbs to the Sella, Marmolada and Sassolungo Groups. The comune is represented in ice hockey's

Alps Hockey League The Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL) is a professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of s ...

by HC Fassa Falcons who play at the

Stadio del Ghiaccio Gianmario Scola Stadio del Ghiaccio Gianmario Scola is an indoor sporting arena in Canazei, Italy. The arena can hold up to 3500 spectators and is the home arena of the Sportiva Hockey Club Fassa ice hockey team of the Serie A ice hockey league. The arena also ...

. Canazei co-hosted the 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships with

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 la ...

and

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. Canazei is also a traditional ski resort on the Sella Ronda circuit with of ski slopes.

Culture

Events in the town include: * Gran Festa da d'Istà (Great Summer Feast - in Ladin): on the first Sunday in September with traditional folk parade * Te Anter i Tobiè: on the second week-end in July

References

External links

Canazei on The Campanile Project
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Ladinia