Canazei
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Canazei
| official_name = Comune di Canazei
| native_name = {{native name|lld|Cianacei}}
| image_skyline = Canazei, 39 Strada delle Dolomiti-2011-02.jpg
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| image_caption = Canazei center
| image_shield = Canazei-Stemma.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|46|28|30|N|11|46|24|E|type:city(1,829)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
| province = Trentino (TN)
| frazioni = Alba, Gries, Penia and Canazei
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| mayor = Silvano Parmesani
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| area_total_km2 = 67.3
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 1908
| population_as_of = 28 February 2017
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| population_demonym = Fassani
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 1450
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| saint = St. Florian
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| postal_code = 38032
| area_code = 0462
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.canazei.tn.it/}}
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Canazei ({{IPA|it|kanatˈtsɛi|lang}}; {{langx|lld|Cianacei}} {{IPA|lld|tʃanaˈtʃɛi̯|}} or {{lang|lld|Cenacei}}){{cite book|editor1-last=Bortolotti|editor1-first=Evelyn|editor2-last=Iori|editor2-first=Nives |year=2020|title=Vocabolèr del ladin fascian A – B – C|language=lld,it|p=137|publisher=Istitut Cultural Ladin|location=San Giovanni di Fassa|url=https://www.istladin.net/images/public/cms/files/cod_3433686695.pdf}} is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the upper part of the Val di Fassa, about {{convert|110|km|mi}} northeast of Trento. Its name derives from the Latin word {{lang|la|cannicetus}} ({{gloss|cane thicket}}).{{cite book|last=Artoni|first=Carlo|year=1994|title=250 itinerari in Val di Fassa|language=it|p=146|publisher=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.minoranzelinguistiche.provincia.tn.it/binary/pat_minoranze/minoranze/ladini_mocheni_cimbri_pop_2001_x_comune_e_residenza.1205943234.pdf |title=Tav. I.5 - Appartenenza alla popolazione di lingua ladina, mochena e cimbra, per comune di area di residenza (Censimento 2001) |year=2007 |work=Annuario Statistico 2006 |publisher=Autonomous Province of Trento |language=it |access-date=2011-05-12}}
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 by HC Fassa Falcons who play at the Stadio del Ghiaccio Gianmario Scola. Canazei co-hosted the 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships with Bolzano and Milan.
Canazei is also a traditional ski resort on the Sellaronda circuit with {{convert|42|km|mi}} of ski slopes.
Culture
Events in the town include:
- {{lang|lld|Gran Festa da d'Istà|i=no}} ("Great Summer Feast"): on the first Sunday in September, with a traditional folk parade;
- {{lang|lld|Te Anter i Tobiè|i=no}}: on the second week-end in July.
Gallery
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External links
- [http://www.thecampanileproject.org/campanile/index.php/trentino/trento/canazei Canazei on The Campanile Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907213214/http://www.thecampanileproject.org/campanile/index.php/trentino/trento/canazei |date=2014-09-07 }}
- [https://bestmountain.eu/en/trentino/fassa-valley/canazei/ Canazei travel guide], on bestmountain.eu
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