Alta Badia: history
The Val Badia, just like the other Ladin valleys,
is thought to have been inhabited, during the pre-roman age, by a prehistoric
population. The monument celebrating the victory of Caesar Augustus, near
Nice, lists the 44 populations submitted in Rezia - and among these are
listed also the Vaniens, who probably inhabited the Val Badia - thus indirectly
confirming the above mentioned hypothesis.
The Sasso S.Croce is cited as Petra Vanna, for the first time in historical
documents dated to the year 1000.
After the Rezia was conquered by the Romans the valley was for almost
500 under the sovereignty of the Roman Empire. Arms and instruments were
found in Ciastel e Sotciastel, two hamlets of S. Leonardo/Pedraces, probably
the last testimony of an ancient roman fort.
With the first barbarian invasion the order and tranquillity which the
local Ladin population had enjoyed for years were destroyed. All those
who managed to escape the devastation and slaughters of the barbarians
settled in the lateral valleys, barely accessible, where they established
their new home, where the first masi (farmsteads) were built.
After the year 1000 the Val Badia was divided up between the bishop of
Brixen and the convent of Ciastel Badia. Arsh battles took place between
the two dominions during those years, while the population was starving,
also because they had to support the two contenders offering them part
of their meagre harvest.
In 1636 plague spread in Val Badia, with thousands of death. Documents
state that almost half of the population died because of the plague.
After the secularization of the Brixen principality, in the year 1803,
Val Badia was included in the Austrian reign till 1919, when it became
part of the Italian state.
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