Description
The Dolomites are not an uninterrupted chain of peaks but nine mountain systems separated by valleys, rivers and other mountain groups. Trentino is home to an important part of these extraordinary mountains, which it shares with Veneto, South Tyrol and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
The 142,000 hectares that make up this UNESCO World Heritage Site constitute a sort of archipelago, spread over a much larger Alpine area and subdivided into five Provinces (the Provinces of Belluno, Bolzano, Pordenone, Trento, Udine, and the Regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto). The areas included in the Trentino territory are the Marmolada, Pale di San Martino and Vette Feltrine, Catenaccio and Latemar, and the Brenta Dolomites.
On 13 May 2010, following up on the specific commitment made to UNESCO to guarantee effective and coordinated management of the Dolomites World Heritage Site, the Provinces and Regions involved (Provinces of Belluno, Bolzano, Pordenone, Trento, Udine, and the two Regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto) set up the Fondazione Dolomiti - Dolomiten - Dolomites UNESCO.
The Foundation's task is to promote communication and collaboration between the territorial bodies that manage and administer - each according to their own regulations - the territory defined by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The administrative and management powers therefore remain the prerogative of the Provinces and Regions, according to the regulations in force, while the Foundation plays a fundamental role in coordinating the harmonisation of the management policies of the Dolomites Property, with the aim of constructing a shared strategy, known as the "Overall Management Strategy for the Property".