Civetta is amountainin theDolomites range, a part of the Belluno province, providing a beautiful background for the quaint village of Alleghe.

The mountain is known as “the wall of walls” among mountain climbers and more poetically “the most beautiful rock wall in the Alps” by the Italian writer Dino Buzzati. The reason for the name is the almost vertical cliff four kilometers long between Cima Su Alto and the Torre Coldai at 2,600 m, dropping 1000 meters to the valley bottom.

While very popular among mountaineers, it is considered quite difficult. “Civetta” means “owl,” but it is not clear how the mountain got that name. There are some legends about the mountain being cursed, and in Italy the owl is often linked with bad fate.

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