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Folgaria, with its hamlets Costa, Serrada, Guardia, Mezzomonte, San Sebastiano, Carbonare and Nosellari, is one of the most popular tourist resorts both in winter and summer. In winter, the carousel "Skitour dei Forti" of the Skirama Dolomiti consortium, offers 53 km long slopes, nine ski lifts and two ski centers (50 km). A haven not only for alpine skiing, but also for snowboarding, nordic skiing, telemarking, hiking and off-road skiing, tobogganing, ice skating, snowshoe hikes. Summer instead, Folgaria becomes a refreshing place for families - possibilities for relaxation and sports are varied: trails in the woods, meadows and lakes, sports fields and mountain bike trails. Do not forget the Passo Coe Botanical Garden, which not only has a large number of plants, but it also has an interest in morphology and karst phenomena in the area. The Folgaria plateau also maintains the memories of a rich secular history. Around 1150 AD Folgaria obtained from the bishop-prince of Trento the grant of "Magnificent Community", which includes a vast territorial autonomy. Subsequently, the plateau goes under control of Venice to return further to the Austrian House. On the territory of the commune passed the line of the Great War, and there were built by the Austro-Hungarians three great fortifications: Forte Cherle, Dosso of the Upper Serrada and High High Fort. Folgaria is cited among the cities decorated with the Military Valor for the War of Liberation because of the sacrifices of the population and support for the partisan struggle against the Nazis during World War II. Every August 15, the Folgaretians remember the massacre that occurred at Malga Zonta at Passo Coe, where in 1944 the Nazis fired 17 people ...