Costabella range: the legend of Cadina

Costabella range - from the left you can see: Col Ombert (2670m), Cime Cadine (2886m), Cima Uomo (3003m), Punta del Ciadìn (2819m), Cima delle Vallate (2832m). Photo taken from Val San Nicolò (middle Val di Fassa).

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The mountains in the picture are Costabella Range, the place where lived the princess Cadina. Her former promised, the warrior Verrènes, before to die in a battle made a spell, drawing a circle on his shield. At that moment a red necklace compared on the neck of Cadina, and she couldn’t take off! Nobody wanted to marry her... Today, a mountain in Costabella range carry her name.