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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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Cortina D'Ampezzo was the last Italian venue to have won a Winter Olympics in 1956.
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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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