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Cortina d'Ampezzo, the so-called "Capital of the
Dolomites" is situated in Belluno Province, Veneto. This
famous resort was the host of the the 7th. Winter
Olympic Games in 1956 . Descending into the town, I was welcomed
by the probably unofficial flag of the town: A red
flag charged with a white squirrel on skies. I don't know what is
the story behind it but many such flags (in few variants of the
squirrel) appear on many houses in Cortina. You can
see two variations here).
The squirrel is probably the town logo as it appear also
at its official website at <www.cortina.dolomiti.com>.
Entering city center, and there are five flag poles with flags of: Ladins, EU, Italy, Cortina (vertical) and
Veneto. Horizontal variant
of Cortina's flag are at the city hall and at the local sport
center together with sign with the Coat of Arms. Photos taken by
Eli Gutterman & Dov Gutterman.
Dov Gutterman, 22 October 2004
The civic flag of Cortina d'Ampezzo, even in use, is
unofficial. Unofficial use of local flags is quite common in
Italy. A flag of light blue-white-light blue
vertically striped, with Coat of Arms on the white, was
officially adopted in 1956 (olympic year) and it does
not turn out to be abolished or changed up to now. The white
squirrel on a red field, is the flag/logo/emblem of the famous
"Scoiattoli di Cortina" (Cortina's Squirrels), a group
of climbers founded in 1939. The conquest of K2, the second
highest mountain in the world, is due to them (see their website
<www.scoiattoli.org>).
Roberto Breschi, 30 December 2004
image by Roberto Breschi from CISV
