Val Badia

{{Short description|Italian valley}}

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The Val Badia ({{langx|en|Badia Valley}},{{cite book|author1=Mauro Marchetti|author2=Alessandro Ghinoi|author3=Mauro Soldati|editor1-last=Soldati|editor1-first=Mauro|editor2-last=Marchetti|editor2-first=Mauro|title=Landscapes and Landforms of Italy|date=2017|publisher=Springer|location=Cham|page=126|chapter=The Dolomite Landscape of the Alta Badia (Northeastern Alps): A Remarkable Record of Geological and Geomorphological History}}{{cite book|author1=Ilaria Fiorentini|editor1-last=Fedriani|editor1-first=Chiara|editor2-last=Sansó|editor2-first=Andrea|title=Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles: New Perspectives|date=2017|publisher=John Benjamins|location=Amsterdam|page=420|chapter=Italian Discourse Markers and Modal Particles in Contact}} Ladin: Val Badia; {{langx|it|Val Badia}}; {{langx|de|Gadertal}}) is the valley of the Gran Ega river in South Tyrol, Italy. It stretches from the Sella massif northwards to the Puster Valley. The villages in the Val Badia, whose population are predominantly Ladin-speaking, belong to the following municipalities: Badia, Corvara, La Val, Mareo and San Martin de Tor.

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The upper part of the valley, starting from the village San Linêrt and including Badia, Corvara and La Val, is called in German Abteital.{{Citation

| last=Kühebacher

| first=Egon

| title=Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte. Die geschichtlich gewachsenen Namen der Täler, Flüsse, Bäche und Seen

| volume=2

| publisher=Athesia

| place=Bolzano

| year=1995

| page=15

}} The same area is under the name Alta Badia a renowned ski resort.{{cite web |url=http://www.altabadia.org/en-US/alta_badia_valley.html | title=Welcome to Alta Badia | publisher=altabadia.org |access-date=7 August 2011}}

{{Wide image|Conturines Piza Scotoni Piza Fanes de Medo Val Badia.jpg|800|Conturines, Piza Scotoni and Piza Fanes de Medo peaks}}