Marmolada south side: the Conturina's Song

From the left you can see: Gran Vernèl (3205m), Vernèl saddle, Piccolo Vernèl (3092m), Marmolada saddle (2910m), Punta Penìa (3342m). Pic taken from upper Val Contrìn. * * * Once upon a time, in the Contrin Valley (upper Val di Fassa) lived a beautiful girl, Conturina. Her stepmother and her half sisters were jealous of her beauty, and asked a witch to cast a spell on Conturina: the beautyful girl was turned into a stone statue and brought on the high ridges of Ombretta Pass, in the Marmolada Range... They say that still today, in upper Contrin Valley, you can hear Conturina singing: “Son de sass e no me meve, son de crepa en Marmoleda, son na fìa abandoneda e no sé per che resòn” (“I’m made of stone and I can’t move, I’m a rock in Marmolada, I’m an abandoned daughter and I don’t know why!”)