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Lorenzago di Cadore

Lorenzago di Cadore
Lorenžàgo (ladin)
Comune
Comune di Lorenzago di Cadore
Lorenzago di Cadore 01.JPG
Lorenzago di Cadore is located in Italy
Lorenzago di Cadore
Lorenzago di Cadore
Location of Lorenzago di Cadore in Italy
Coordinates: 46°29′N 12°28′E / 46.483°N 12.467°E / 46.483; 12.467Coordinates: 46°29′N 12°28′E / 46.483°N 12.467°E / 46.483; 12.467
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province / Metropolitan city Province of Belluno (BL)
Government
 • Mayor Mario Tremonti (since June 2009) (Civic List)
Area
 • Total 27.7 km2 (10.7 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
 • Total 600
 • Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 32040
Dialing code 0435

Lorenzago di Cadore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Venice and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 600 and an area of 27.7 square kilometres (10.7 sq mi).

Lorenzago di Cadore borders the following municipalities: Domegge di Cadore, Forni di Sopra, Lozzo di Cadore, Vigo di Cadore. For a number of years, Lorenzago hosted the summer vacation of Pope John Paul II. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI was on vacation there.

Giulio Tremonti, twice Italian Finance Minister, was granted honorary citizenship on 29 December 2009; though born in Sondrio, his father was a native from Lorenzago and here the son hosted the drafters of the centre-right proposal of Constitutional amendment.

The valley of Cridola

The valley of Tora

Antelao (3.263 m) seen by the village

The castle of Mirabello in 1930

Marmarole (2.932 m), the Titian mountains

Villa Clarenza was burned by German in 1944

Cridola's valley and Miaron in 1937

External Links http://www.lorenzago.com


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