Photo by Emil P. Albreclit 

 Tilt VILLAGE OF CORTINA, IN AUSTRIAN TYROL, JUST ACROSS TtlE ITALIAN FRONTIER, 

 WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY ITALIAN TROOPS IN MAY 



The population is but a little over i,ooo, but augmented by as many visitors and tourists 

 during the summer. In the background are the snow-covered slopes of the Tofana group 

 C 10,635 feet). Cortina lies in the Ampezzo Valley, through which runs the fine highroad 

 from Toblach to Belluno and Venice, surrounded" by the high mountains of the so-called 

 dolomite formation which has given the name to this region. 



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