Boats on an Emerald Lake

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Boats on an Emerald Lake

Sometimes I really love the internet. Especially when I’ve been to a place and am trying to remember the specific details and I go Googling and uncover a treasure-trove of information about the place I already visited. When we stayed at Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee) it was very clear that this has been a contested region. From the names (Dolomiti but also South Tyrol) to the food (more Austrian than Italian) and the languages spoken, I knew that there was a history here that I didn’t know much about. We got a clear sense of its more recent history when we saw all the WW1 fortifications at Cinque Torre (the whole area was annexed from Austria by Italy after WW1) but I had no idea about Ötzi the Iceman (evidence of people living there 5,300 years ago) nor that it was ruled by the Rhaetians and Romans from 400BC to the 5th Century AD and this is where things get really interesting for me. The Ladin people of Lago di Braies have kept their language from this time – it is the third official language of South Tyrol, alongside Italian and German.

The Ladin people of these mountains have a fascinating and ancient story about Lago di Braies. The legend is that at the southern end of the Lake, at the base of the mountain, there was once a door to the underground Kingdom of the Fanes, where there is much treasure. It is said that the “Sass dla Porta” (Gate Mountain) is only visible when the moon is full and it can be only reached with a boat ride, but once a year on a full moon night, the Queen of the Ladin people, alongside Lujanta, a mythical heroine, rise up from beneath the mountain through a huge natural hole in the rock. According to mythology, the Queen of the Fanes and her people still await the sound of silver trumpets, which will mark the hour of rebirth in peace for the Kingdom of Fanes. Wow!

Photographer: Mieke Boynton
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