Tanas

The idyllic mountain village of Tanas with its little church is the only closed settlement on the Monte Sole in the Val Venosta

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Winter forest near Alliz and Tanas, in the background Mt. Angelo Grande rises majestically up to 3,521 metres into the sky in the Ortles Alps.
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The hamlet of Tanas, one of the five districts of Lasa, is situated on a terrace: It is the only closed settlement on the Monte Sole in Val Venosta.
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The St. Peter Church is located a bit away from the village in a steep location on a hill - you can visit it in a pleasant 3-hour long circular hike.
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Below it, the ruins of the old St. Peter Church of San Pietro in Monte, which is said to date back to 1500, are still visible: An even older church was destroyed by the Tanas Stream in 1396 AD.
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As mudslides and falling rocks made it increasingly difficult to reach the Church of St. Peter, a new church with a cemetery was built near the village.
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Before it was built, the inhabitants of Tanas used the small Chapel of St. Anna in the middle of the village centre, which was first mentioned in 1713.
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On the hike to the Church of St. Peter, you will pass the village stream, the Rio Tanas, which drains the Monte Sole.
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The rather new road, which today leads uphill from Lasa and Alliz to Tanas, is well-known and popular as a panorama road.
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Tanas and its meadows on the Monte Sole, situated at an altitude of 1,450 m, show their most beautiful and colourful side in spring.
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The forest road no. 25 connects Tanas with Oris, which is situated at a lower altitude, a shady alternative in summer to a trip by car.
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Here, above the Val Venosta valley floor, further paths lead to Alliz, to the marble village of Lasa and to Coira Castle in Sluderno.
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The more than 3,000 m high Mt. Montaccio and the neighbouring Mt. Croce separate Tanas from the Val di Mazia near Malles in the Val Venosta.
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On the slope of the Monte Sole, at an altitude of about 1,450 m, a few farms and buildings are scattered in the meadows. It is Tanas, one of the districts of Lasa in the Val Venosta valley basin. The name probably refers to the Latin word "montanasticus", which means mountain village. So the location was already impressive in earlier centuries: The village road, which has connected Tanas with the villages on the valley floor for only five decades, also bears witness to this.

Today, this Tanas Road is considered one of the most beautiful panoramic roads in the Val Venosta. Before that, people simply went on foot. The surroundings invite you to hikes that are - depending on your choice - leisurely or challenging. Due to the fact that the hamlet lies above the valley floor, the views on the blossoming apple and fruit meadows in spring are something unique.

You can enjoy it on the round hike from Tanas to the St. Peter Church, when the mountain peaks all around are still snow-covered. It is a small church from the 18th century in a steep location, which served the inhabitants of Tanas as their parish church until 1895. Today, the new church stands on the edge of the village and is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Above the village is the Paflur inn with a view on the Ortles Alps, the only place to stop for refreshments in Tanas.

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