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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

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1.800 - 1.899 A.D.
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Cësa Bruma (Villa Stillheim)

In 1887, altar builder Josef Runggaldier Sr. constructed Villa Stillheim in historical country house style on a plot of land belonging to Poz Dessot farm. The façade lending the villa the name of 'Blue House' (Ladin Cësa Bruma) was inspired by business trips to Hungary. Around 18 artisans were working in the firm at Pasperg/Roncadizza around 1900, and the altars produced there were exported abroad and awarded numerous prizes.

Cademia' art school

In 1872, Ferdinand Demetz da Furdenan opened the first public training workshop for sculptors in Ortisei. The multi-storey building on the eastern edge of Ortisei was purchased by the local council in 1938 and the art school that had in the meantime moved out moved back in again. In 1999, a new construction was set up on the spot of the original Cademia building, which houses the art school today.

This site is part of the tour "The turn-of-the-century economic boom in Ortisei: villas and workshops".

Former primary and technical school in Ortisei

The multi-storey school building on Stetteneck square was opened in 1890 and originally housed the primary school. The new state-run technical school for illustrating and modelling was also found here. In 1938, the technical school moved to the adapted Cademia building. The primary school moved to today's school building in the 1980s. Today, the library, music school, post office and Catores Alpine school are housed in the old school building.

Doss dl Preve

This detached farmhouse separated from Scurcia, its mother farm, and was first mentioned in records in 1420. In 1520, it passed to the fraternity of St. Anna church, as is reflected in the name. This shared farmhouse was converted in the 20th century and the wooden 'palancin' structure turned into a balcony. The sculptor Franz Tavella and, later, the sculptor and crib carver Luis Alois Insam worked at Doss dl Preve in the 1890s. 

Resciesa

The farmhouse is the result of expansion of the original farm site in 1836 with a wooden, two-storey veranda. The sculptor Vinzenz Moroder (1889-1980) set up his workshop on the ground floor, which is still there today. The stations of the cross to Kreuz chapel, with originals in Museum Gherdëina, are by him. The name of the farm, Resciesa, was already mentioned in records in the 14th century, and means 'red rock/rubble' and is a reference to the porphyry that may be found in abundance near the farm.