Moena ( Ladin : Moéna ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol , located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Trento . It is the largest comune in the Fassa Valley . In the census of 2001, 1,967 inhabitants out of 2,602 (75.6%) declared Ladin as their native language.
4-496: Moena lies on the Avisio , a tributary of the Adige river. The municipality borders with Falcade , Nova Levante , Sèn Jan di Fassa , Predazzo , Soraga and Tonadico . It counts the hamlets ( frazioni ) of Forno , Medil, San Pellegrino , Penia, Someda and Sorte. Sights include the church of San Vigilio , with a Gothic bell tower and 18th-century paintings by Valentino Rovisi , and
8-687: Is twinned with: Avisio The Avisio is an 89.4-kilometre-long (55.6 mi) Italian stream (a torrente ), a left tributary of the Adige , whose course is in Trentino . It rises from Marmolada and runs through the Fascia Valley , the Fiemme Valley and the Cembra Valley before joining the Adige in the town of Lavis , a small town 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Trento . This Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol location article
12-517: The ancient church of San Volfango, with 15th-century frescoes and a Baroque ceiling by Giovanni Guadagnini (17th century). The festival La Turchia takes place one a year during the 19th of August until the 21st. According to Turkish tradition, villagers have been celebrating this event, which dates back 323 years. An Ottoman janissary , wounded during the Siege of Vienna in 1683, ended up in Moena and changed
16-615: The life of the village and became a hero. He fell in love with a local woman and founded a family. In the village center, there is a statue of that janissary. Moena was the home town of Domenico Chiocchetti , who was largely responsible for the decoration of the Italian Chapel in the Orkney Islands during the Second World War . It was also the birthplace of Renzo Chiocchetti , an Olympic competitor in cross-country skiing. Moena
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