Alleghe

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = alleghe-Stemma.gif
img_coa_small = yes
official_name = Comune di Alleghe
name = Alleghe
region = Veneto
province = Province of Belluno (BL)
elevation_m = 1000
area_total_km2 = 29
population_as_of = 2004-12-31
population_total = 1408
population_density_km2 = 49
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|46|24|26.45|N|12|1|31.16|E
frazioni = Fontanive, Coldemies, Casaril, Cordella, Pradel, Pinié, Coi, Perencina, Col de Fontana, Fernazza, Scalon, Masarè, La Sala, Tos, Pian, Lagusel, Caprile
telephone = 0437
postalcode = 32022
gentilic = Alleghesi
saint = St. Blaise
day = february 3
mayor =
website ="Alleghe" is a village and commune in the province of Belluno, Veneto, NE Italy.

To the west Alleghe borders with Alleghe Lake, which was formed in 1771 by a landslide from the adjacent Mount Piz.

Purists of the Italian language would derive the name Alleghe from the Latin "alica" or "alicarius", meaning granary, but as no grain is grown in this Alpine village, it is most likely that Alleghe is a contraction of the Ladin "a l'agua", in reference the deep mountain valley that marked the western boundary of the village prior to the landslide of 1771. A community existed as far back as the 12th century CE.

External links

* [http://www.wikivoyage.org/it/Alleghe Alleghe travel guide] on Wikivoyage