Trentino-Alto Adige

Dolomites get World Heritage status

Italy's famous Dolomites mountains on Friday became a World Heritage Site, joining natural wonders such as the Galapagos Islands and manmade ones like Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia and Versailles palace in France.

Natural beauty of aesthetic importance

The concept of the sublime that developed in the eighteenth century found a perfect manifestation in the breathtaking beauty discovered in the Dolomite mountain range, say landscape professionals.

A world of legends

No area in the European Alps is as rich in legends as the Italy's Dolomite mountains, according to leading anthropologists.

Day tripper: Trento

Follow Marta Guerriero on a tour of Trento– a most attractive Alpine City

Iceman reward row settled

A long-running battle over a finder's fee for Italy's famous Iceman mummy has been settled.

Trieste celebrates joyce with 'bloomsday' art tour

Trieste, the northeastern Italian port which inspired Irish novelist James Joyce, will on Tuesday join cities around the world in paying homage to his greatest work.

Dolomites-Unesco: The forest of violins, 'Stradivari wood'

The Paneveggio forest, smack in the middle of Italy's stunning Dolomite mountain range, holds a precious resource: its Norway spruce trees have been producing top quality resonance wood for cellos, violins and pianos for centuries.

Rock peaks a record of geological epochs

Rock striations in a Dolomite mountain group conserve the history of geological periods from the demise of the dinosaurs to the age of the modern mammal, say earth scientists.

Dolomites-Unesco: friuli, nomination process useful challenge

Local officials behind a bid to include the Dolomite mountain range in UNESCO's World Heritage List believe the United Nations' cultural and natural heritage body will be favourably impressed by conservation practices in Italy's northern regions.

World Heritage, why they qualify

Italy's spectacular Dolomite mountain range moved closer to joining the celebrated World Heritage List after advisory body earlier this month said the mountains meet two of UNESCO's established criteria for World Heritage Sites.