Campanile del lago di Resia Bolzano Trentino Alto Adige

CAMPANILE DEL LAGO DI RESIA BOLZANO TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE

Lake Resia steeple emerges from Lake Resia in the municipality of Graun IM Vinschgau, near Bolzano.La Hotel dates back to 1357, as the Church that was attached was built in 1832-38.

In winter, when the Lake freezes, the Bell Tower is within walking distance in fact, between December and March on the frozen lake practicing cross country skiing, skating and, thanks to strong and frequent winds, snowkiting and Iceboat.

A legend tells that on some winter days feel still ringing the bells that were removed from the Tower on 18 July 1950, before the construction of the dam. In 1950 it was decided to unify the three small mountain lakes in the Lake, Resia and San Valentino alla Muta to yield a single reservoir, artificial lake. Then he decided not to touch the Lake San Valentino alla Muta but only the other two basins. All buildings of Curon and Resia concerned were razed to the ground and was saved only the steeple of the Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, declared a historical monument.

From this was born the documentary film the village submerged (she directed the Das Dorf) of Lembergh directed by Georg 2018.
And the Rest of the novel writer Mark Balzano describing a protagonist like Don Quixote who opposes unnecessarily to the change.
For some the choice of flooding the area was wrong, and took off for many families the bonds of community.

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