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Braies di Fuori 78
I-39030 Braies
Alta Pusteria - South Tyrol - Dolomites - Italy
Phone: 0039 0474 748660
Fax: 0039 0474 749242
E-Mail: info@valledibraies.info
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Haven't you ever heard about the mysterious tales about the mountains of the Dolomites? Who can resist the impression that the sight on the sharp points moving heavenwards cause? No mountains in the Alps let your imaginations ride like this bizarre mountains.
The legend of the drunken men from Braies
The "Spitzköfel" slope to the rear, left and right. In the vernacular they are called "the drunken men from Braies". Braies was once a mountain meadow. Under the Black mountain in the green forest hut sat some men drinking brandy. As one cried: "Do we want call the "Green Forest manikin"? "Green Forest manikin come and drink with us!" Nothing happened. Since he imputed among the black throats and screamed: "Green Forest manikin, don't you dare?" Suddenly it rumbled through the chimney down and the manikin stood in the middle of the table. Since he said: "You drunkard, you have mocked me!" The little man claped on his leather pants and shouted wildly: "Up, hui, up!" At the top of the saddle, before the high mountain let it sleep for ever. They are still top, twisted, bend and sprained.
Narrated by the children of the elementary school in Braies.
Why the Lago di Braies is called also the savage lake of Braies
Ages and ages ago, there lived savage people in the mountains. They weren't bad, but their build was like the mountains. In those days there was a lot of gold in the stones and the savage people loved the shine of the gold, but it made her hearts and souls hard. Later on came sheepherds in the valley of Braies and put out to pasture their animals on the flowery meadows under the peaks. The savage people showed them the gold and sometimes they gave them golden rings and necklaces they forged in the mountains. The sheepherds were attracted by the gold. They stole gold from the savage people when ever they had the opportunity. The savage people and the sheepherds began to quarrel. The savage people were stronger, the sheepherds were craftyer. But the savages opened springs. A great water came into being and separated the valley from the mountains. So the sheepherds had no more possibilities to get gold. The savage people created the lake therefore it is calles savage lake of Braies.
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