Moena
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Moena
| official_name = Comune di Moena
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| coordinates = {{coord|46|23|N|11|40|E|type:city(2,622)_region:IT|display=inline}}
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| region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
| province = Trentino (TN)
| frazioni = Forno, Medil, San Pellegrino, Penia, Someda, Sorte
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| mayor = Edoardo Felicetti
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| area_total_km2 = 82.6
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2625
| population_as_of = 28 February 2017All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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| population_demonym = Moenesi
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| elevation_m = 1148
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| saint = St. Vigilius
| day = 26 June
| postal_code = 38035
| area_code = 0462
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.moena.tn.it}}
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Moena (Ladin: Moéna) is a comune (municipality) and a village in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about {{convert|60|km|mi}} northeast of Trento. It is the largest comune in the Fassa Valley. In the census of 2001, 1,967 inhabitants out of 2,602 (75.6%) 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}}
Geography
Moena lies on the Avisio, a tributary of the Adige river. The municipality borders with Falcade, Nova Levante, Sèn Jan di Fassa, Predazzo, Soraga and Tonadico. It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Forno, Medil, San Pellegrino, Penia, Someda and Sorte.
Main sights
File:Moena - chiesa San Vigilio - 01.jpg
Sights include the church of San Vigilio, with a Gothic bell tower and 18th-century paintings by Valentino Rovisi, and the ancient church of San Volfango, with 15th-century frescoes and a Baroque ceiling by Giovanni Guadagnini (17th century).
The festival La Turchia takes place once a year during the 19th of August until the 21st. According to Turkish tradition, villagers have been celebrating this event, which dates back 323 years. An Ottoman janissary, wounded during the Siege of Vienna in 1683, ended up in Moena and changed the life of the village and became a hero. He fell in love with a local woman and founded a family. In the village center, there is a statue of that janissary.
=People=
Moena was the home town of Domenico Chiocchetti, who was largely responsible for the decoration of the Italian Chapel in the Orkney Islands during the Second World War.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst3934.html | title=Italian Chapel| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| access-date=2009-08-30}} It was also the birthplace of Renzo Chiocchetti, an Olympic competitor in cross-country skiing.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/renzo-chiocchetti-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012652/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/renzo-chiocchetti-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Renzo Chiocchetti Olympic Results |access-date=28 June 2019}}
=Twin town – sister city=
Relations with the Ottomans
Located in the northern Italian province of Trentino, also known as La Turchia {{trans|'The Turkey'}} by the locals, this village has an interesting story that began when an Ottoman janissary fled to the village in 1683 during the campaign to conquer Vienna. It's interesting how this place is far from traditional Turkish or Ottoman territory, but adapts the culture of the Ottoman Turks.
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Moena}}
- [http://www.comune.moena.tn.it Official website] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.thecampanileproject.org/campanile/index.php/trentino/trento/moena/san-vigilio Moena on The Campanile Project]
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