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Cortina d'Ampezzo |
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Cortina d'Ampezzo (kōrtē`nä dämpĕd`zō), town (1991 pop. 7,109), in Venetia, NE Italy, in the heart of the Dolomites Dolomites or Dolomite Alps, Alpine group, N Italy, between the Isarco and Piave rivers, named for the dolomitic limestone of which it is composed. ..... Click the link for more information. . It is an international winter sports center with a large tourism industry. The 1956 winter Olympic games were held there. |
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Moritz, Switzerland London, England 1952 Oslo, Norway Helsinki, Finland 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Melbourne, Australia 1960 Squaw Valley, California, U. Cortina D'Ampezzo was the last Italian venue to have won a Winter Olympics in 1956. The 22-year-old Lake Tahoe resident also captured back-to-back World Cup second-place finishes in the SG and Downhill at Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy earlier in the season. |
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