Casera Tamer Alta
The place
Casera Tamer Alta ("Upper Tamer mountain farm") in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park, Cesiomaggiore/Sospirolo sector (Belluno, Veneto, Italy), at 1115 m elevation, Tamer-Bosconero group, 2543 m. Continuous Dolomiti Bellunesi cluster (batches 250-365). A historic alpine mountain farm ("casera") (surname "Tamer," also an iconic limestone mountain place name of the Belluno Dolomites + Tamer-Bosconero + Dolomites, UNESCO since 2009, 7 systems, 141,000 ha, fossil coral from the Triassic, 250 million years, UNESCO built-heritage classification + wildlife of note: rare brown bear, Ursus arctos arctos, isolated Dolomiti Friulane/Trentino population, about 40 individuals in 2024 + Rupicapra rupicapra (chamois) typical of the area + heritage of the Vajont disaster, October 9, 1963, Longarone dam, landslide-tsunami, 260 million m³, 1,917 dead + Friulians (Rhaeto-Romance people, Friulian language, 400,000 speakers, UNESCO intangible heritage since 2010).
The setting
Dolomiti Bellunesi NP Cesiomaggiore/Sospirolo Belluno Veneto Italy 1115 m Tamer-Bosconero 2543 m, continuous cluster batches 250-365, Casera Tamer historic mountain farm + Dolomites UNESCO 2009 7 systems 141,000 ha Triassic coral 250 million years, Ursus arctos arctos isolated Dolomiti Friulane/Trentino population ~40 individuals 2024 + Rupicapra rupicapra, Vajont Oct 9 1963 tsunami 260 million m³ 1,917 dead Longarone, Friulians Rhaeto-Romance 400,000 UNESCO intangible heritage 2010.
