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The Dolomites (Italian: Dolomiti [doloˈmiːti]), [1] also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley ( Pieve di Cadore ) in the east.
The Dolomites (Italy) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.. The Alps (/ æ l p s /) [a] are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, [b] [2] stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
The names of places in the Italian Julian Alps have been influenced by people living together for centuries, with words coming from Latin, German and Slavic, mixed up with the local dialects (German from Karinthia, Slav and “Furlàn”). The final influence comes from the Italian dominion, beginning after the Second World War.
This article contains a sortable table listing mountains of Italy. ... Cottian Alps - C I/A-04.II-A H-Alpes/Turin: 1876 Cima Fanis di Mezzo: 2,989 9,806 658 2,159
The Julian Alps were known in antiquity as Alpes Iuliae, and also attested as Alpes Julianae c. AD 670, Alpis Julia c. 734, and Alpes Iulias in 1090. [2] Like the municipium of Forum Julii (now Cividale del Friuli) at the foot of the mountains, the range was named after Julius Caesar of the gens Julia, [2] [3] perhaps due to a road built by Julius Caesar and completed by Augustus.
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15.6.2021 Researchers studying pink snow in the Alps describe phenomena as ‘marker of climate change’. (Source:iNews) 6.5.2021 Melting ice reveals first world war relics in Italian Alps - the so-called White War. (Source:The Guardian) 16.4.2021 Ice on the Alps’s highest peak details a rise in the pollutant, bromine. (Source:Nature