Laas in the Vinschgau Valley
Tuesday, 22 October 2013 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Laas (Italian: Lasa) is a municipality in the
province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 50 km west of the city of
Bolzano . It has a population of 4,000 and an area of 110.1 km². The municipality of Laas (Lasa) contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Allitz (Alliz), Eyrs (Oris), Tanas, and Tschengls (Cengles).
Laas is known for the pure white marble quarried in the mountains south of the village which has been used in buildings world-wide, including the Victoria Memorial in London and the new World Trade Center PATH station in New York .
'Marmor und Marillen 2013' event - Marble and Apricot © Whgler/cc-by-sa-3.0
Laas stands on one of the largest conical debris fans in the Alps, known as Gadriamure, which emerges from the narrow valley above the village of Allitz. This fan may be of catastrophic origin, with the collapse of a mountain above the present Gadriatal. The fan blocks the main valley Vinschgau and displaces the River Etsch to its south edge, where it is cut by a gorge which revealed buried logs 7300 years old. The fan now supports irrigated fruit orchards.
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