Man has left a number of ancient marks in the Cinque Torri-Averau area since the early traces of seasonal settlements of shepherds and woodcutters and the alterations of the environment that followed.
An unpublished collection of 47th vintage postcards of Cortina and surroundings, from the 20's to the 50's .
Ampezzo's valley, summer 1902 (lastra di A. Marchetti da Valle)
Introduction
Mario Ferruccio Belli, journalist and writer, has devoted to Cortina hundreds of articles in magazines and newspapers, as well as four volumes. In 20 chapters, with seven links, written in his agreeable style, has exhaustively summarized the events rooted in the history of the peoples who inhabited these valleys in pre-historical times.
The show was perfect: 32 nations participated with 923 athletes; for the first time in the sports history, a woman, Giuliana Minuzzo, read Olympia's oath; remarkable competitive athletes wrote heroic pages, the media reported enthusiastically about the event; last, but not least, the beauty of the mountains completed the scenario, TV broadcasts aired the images of the Ampezzo bowl, shining bright as a pearl, throughout the world. The most outstanding result were the three gold medals won by the same athlete: Austrian Anton Sailer.
Italy, which had come out in pieces from the war, shone bright with the golden medal in the two-men bobsleigh race and the silver medals, in the two- and in the four-men competitions won by Eugenio Monti, an athlete from Cortina.
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Author's Biography
Mario Ferruccio Belli was born at San Vito di Cadore in 1932, on the eight of September, anniversary of the Virgin Mary; for this reason he was given the first of his names; the second comes from his godfather, former officer of the Bersaglieri, wounded on Mt Cristallo during the Great War. These two events, joined to his astral sign of the Virgin have contributed to characterize his life. He got a law degree at Ferrara with a thesis on the Statutes of Cadore and Ampezzo. He has always been living in Cortina and collaborates with several magazines and newspapers such as “Il Corriere della Sera” and “Il Gazzettino”.
Among his publications, mainly about the “local” history, are: the History of Cortina (1973) three editions; the Austrian –Hungarian invasion of 1917-18 at San Vito di Cadore (1976); The Conquest of the Third Grade – Luigi Cesaletti (1977); Dolomites and Magic (1981); A Guide-book of San Vito di Cadore ((1984); a Guide-book of Borca and Vodo di Cadore (1986). For his extensive knowledge of Cortina and Cadore, he is often asked to collaborate in publications and invited to hold conferences. Both “efforts” are generally accepted with great pleasure. He is married. He has three children and a dog.
Web site: www.marioferrucciobelli.it
e-mail: mfb@cortina.it
Credits: All the texts are copyright of Mario Ferruccio Belli.
Disclaimer
No use is allowed without the author’s prior written consent.
LA GUERRA IN VALLE DEL BOITE, CON IL DIARIO DELL'INVASIONE DI MATTEO DEL FAVERO, Belluno, 1975 - 2a edizione, Pieve di Cadore, 1991.
296 pagine, 193 fotografie di paesaggi e persone d'inizio secolo; cm 17X24.
LA CONQUISTA DEL 3° GRADO, LUIGI CESALETTI NEL 1° CENTENARIO, (con Tarcisio De Lotto), Pieve di Cadore, 1977
110 pagine, foto in BN, cm. 15X21
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DOLOMITI E MAGIA, Storie, leggende, relazioni di eventi miracolosi avvenuti sulle montagne del Cadore ..., Padova, 1981. con incisioni originali di Mario Ulliana.
184 pagine, cm 17,5X24
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GUIDA DI S. VITO DI CADORE, Pieve di Cadore, 1984,
192 pagine, 47 foto a colori di Bortolo De Vido, cm 12X16
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GUIDA DI BORCA E VODO NEL CADORE, Pieve di Cadore, 1985
222 pagine, 79 foto a colori di Bortolo De Vido, cm 12X16.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO GUIDA ALLA STORIA, ALL'ARTE ED AL TURISMO, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1987
Fotografie di Stefano Zardini, formato strenna cm. 24X31.
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IN CADORE AL TEMPO DI TIZIANO, Pieve di Cadore, 1990 (con Giandomenico Zanderigo Rosolo)
112 pagine, foto a colori e bianco e nero.
distribuzione omaggio presso Magnifica Comunità di Cadore a Pieve di Cadore.
SUI SENTIERI DEL PAPA IN CADORE, Cortina, 1990
Resoconto in stile piano, e non paludato, delle prime vacanze del Santo Padre sulle montagne del Cadore.
270 pagine, 62 fotografie a colori di O. Molin, Auronzo e da Famiglia Cristiana, Milano.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, 1914-1918 DALL'AUSTRIA ALL'ITALIA, Con il diario di un anonimo ampezzano, Cortina, 1993.
336 pagine, un centinaio di foto d'epoca, cm 17X24
GIAU E IL MURO DELLA PACE, Cortina, 1995
128 pagine, 49 foto a colori di RAB, cm. 12X18
DAL SORAPIS ALLE TRE CIME, LE PERLE DI MISURINA, Pieve, 1997
168 pagine, 64 foto a colori di Vasco Verzi, cm 12X18
LA MAGNIFICA COMUNITA DI CADORE E I SUOI PALAZZI STORICI, Pieve, 1998.
96 pagine, incisioni in BN e 41 foto a colori di Vasco Verzi, cm 15X23.
PIEVE DI CADORE, LE CHIESE, Pieve, 2000
112 pagine, 68 foto a colori di Giorgio Viani + 1 foto concessa dal Museo Jacquemart-AndrŠ di Parigi, cm.15X23
GUIDA DI CORTINA, LOCUS LAETISSIMUS, Pieve, 1997
262 pagine, 81 foto a colori + incisioni e foto in BN + 4 mappe. cm12X18.
UNA BANDIERA, UNO STEMMA, Cortina, 2000
24 pagine con foto a colori.
Distribuzione omaggio presso Municipio Cortina d'Ampezzo.
