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

Saint Antony's church

The first church built on Antoniboden land was mentioned in records in the 15th century, but it is older than that. Today's church was completed with its steep gabled roof was completed in 1676 and restored in the 1870s. The side statues at the high altar from 1684 depict both saints Ruprecht and Nikolaus. The Lourdes grotto features minerals from the Alpe di Siusi mountain pasture, the altarpieces come from Josef Moroder Lusenberg, and the sculptures from Val Gardena artists.

Saint Anna's church

Saint Anna's church was built in gothic style in 1515 by the St. Anna fraternity, decorated in baroque style in the 18th century, and gained an additional tower in 1799. In 1982, the church was fully refurbished. The façade is adorned with a baroque fresco of the Madonna, the 18th-century altar comes from members of the Vinazer family, the 1859 altarpiece is by Josef Anton Mahlknecht from Oltretorrente.

Saint Ulrich parish church

In 1796, the new parish church was completed on land belonging to Panahof. The end of 1799 saw the consecration of the high altar by the Lombardy altar builder Stampa, which was to be replaced by a neo-Romanesque altar by J. Schneider in 1870. Due to an increase in population, a transept was added after plans by J. Rifesser da Stufan, while the sculptural features come from Val Gardena artists.

This site is part of the tour "Ortisei: a stroll through the village centre and its history".

Pescosta Vedla

The farmhouse on the border between Ortisei and Santa Cristina is divided in the direction of the roof ridge. The cellar has been there since the 15th/16th century, the farm since the 13th century. This is where the family of Christian Trebinger, the first baroque sculptor from Val Gardena, and, after 1651, Melchior Vinazer, who founded the Vinazer dynasty of sculptors and ran a prominent workshop for sacred art, lived. The house was renovated in 1992.

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.