Bait del Vescovo
The place
Bait del Vescovo ("The Bishop's Hut") in Val di Non, Cles/Ruffrè-Mendola sector (Western Trentino, Brenta group, Italy), at 1389 m altitude, on the Brenta Dolomites slopes. Continuous Val di Non-Brenta cluster (batches 200-360). Historic alpine hut belonging to the Bishopric of Trento (Principato Vescovile, 1027-1803, a Prince-Bishopric with a millennium of temporal autonomy, and the Council of Trent, 1545-63, a key Counter-Reformation reform council central to Bavaria and Spain), set amid larch forests and the apples of Val di Non ("mela della Val di Non" PDO, 60% of Italian production, the Melinda cooperative, 6% of world apple production), the Brenta Dolomites (UNESCO World Heritage since 2009), and the heritage of the Ladin people (a Romance-speaking people, 30,000 strong, speaking the pre-Roman Dolomitic Ladin language, UNESCO intangible heritage).
The setting
Val di Non, Cles/Ruffrè-Mendola, Western Trentino, Brenta group, Italy, 1389 m, Brenta Dolomites, continuous cluster batches 200-360, Bishopric of Trento hut Principato Vescovile 1027-1803 + Council of Trent 1545-63 Counter-Reformation central to Bavaria and Spain, larch forests + mela Val di Non PDO 60% IT Melinda coop 6% world + Brenta Dolomites UNESCO 2009 + Ladin people Romance 30,000 pre-Roman Dolomitic Ladin UNESCO intangible heritage.
