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Museum Ladin Ćiastel de Tor
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In the very heart of the Dolomites live more than 30,000 Dolomite Ladins whose identity is characterised mainly by two important features: the uniqueness of their language, which derives from popular Latin, and the extraordinary mountain landscape at the heart of the southern Alps.
It is only thanks to the physical characteristics of this landscape that the Ladin language has survived today. It is the eldest of all languages spoken in this region and is restricted by the Italian and the German cultural and linguistic areas that surround it.
In 1996, the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol acquired the Tor Castle for the purpose of establishing a provincial museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Ladin ethnic group.
Its official name is 'Museum Ladin Ćiastel de Tor' (Ladin Museum - Tor Castle). The fortress, whose history dates back to the 12th cen., was once an ancient seat of the court of law. The castle itself thus provides an essential contribution to the history of the Dolomite Ladins who are the descendants of the Romanized original inhabitants of the land and thus the most ancient of the three linguistic groups in South Tyrol.
The language, culture, and history of the Ladin people are portrayed through multimedia displays. Topics that are examined include archeology (settlement history, the Sotciastel area, and 'From the Rhaetians to the Ladins'), history (princes, knights, and subjects), the Ladin language and identity (language laboratory and handicrafts), the economy (settlement forms of the Viles, the Iron Road), and the observation tower (Ladinoscope).
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