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

Plajes

Plajes stands on visible layers of Val Gardena sandstone and was the birthplace and home to Jakob Sotriffer (1796-1856), the first teacher at the illustrating school founded in 1825. The school was even housed in Plajes at one point. There is an initial collection of Val Gardena wood carvings by Sotriffer, which he put together for the Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck in 1828 for documentation purposes. There are some examples of it in Museum Gherdëina.

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. 

Mureda

The dwelling is an original, fully stonewalled gothic construction from 1462/64. On the south-west façade there is a fresco of St. Florian, while an old church path runs past to the south. The farm building nearby was extended after the First World War in turn-of-the-century style and renovated a few years ago. Mureda, along with its neighbouring house Muradëures, have protected ensemble status and were the home of the sculptors Christian (1896-1968) and Eduard Moroder (1928-2010).

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.