The Falzarego Pass ( Italian : Passo di Falzarego , Ladin : Jou de Fauzare ) (el. 2,105 m) is a high mountain pass in the province of Belluno in Italy .
5-569: It mainly connects the territory of Agordo and Cortina d'Ampezzo . From the pass, starts also SP24 (Strada provinciale del Passo di Valparola) directed northbound to Val Badia passing below Sass de Stria and through Valparola Pass . A gondola rises to the Lagazuoi (2,762 m), which was the object of heavy combat and mine warfare in World War I . The tunnel that the Italians built under
10-601: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Agordo Agordo ( Ladin : Ègort , locally Agort ; Austrian German : Augarten ) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Belluno , in the Veneto region in Italy. It is located about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Venice and about 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of Belluno . Agordo was the headquarters of Luxottica Group S.p.A. ,
15-637: Is occasionally in the program of the Giro d'Italia race. The Falzarego Pass is one of the Dolomites mountain passes riders cross in the annual Maratona dles Dolomites single-day bicycle race . As riders proceed directly from the Falzarego Pass to the higher Valparola Pass the Falzarego is not counted as one of the canonical seven Maratona passes. This article on a location in Veneto
20-569: The Austro-Hungarian lines is open to the public. The name probably derives from Ladin fóuze , scythe. A popular folk etymology claims that it supposedly comes instead from Faúza Règo , which would mean false king in Ladin , but is not attested in this form in the language. It would refer to the king of the Fanes, who was supposedly turned to stone for betraying his people. The pass
25-486: The world's biggest eyewear company, before it was moved to Milan. According to Giovan Battista Pellegrini , the name "Agordo" may derive from a Lombard personal name, possibly Agihard . However, there is a noted discrepancy between the current pronunciation and that of the suffix -hàrd . Additionally, there is a phonetic similarity with the Rhaeto-Romance word Aga , meaning "water" which, when combined with
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