CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

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Magnifica Comunita di Fiemme

Cavalese (TN) · Trentino-Alto Adige · Italy

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The Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme collectively and indivisibly administers around 20,000 hectares of woods and pastures in the Val di Fiemme, a right documented since the Patti Gebardini of 1111 and probably earlier. The vicini, residents with historic rights, elect their representatives according to their own rules, much older than current Italian administrative law. It is one of the best-preserved examples of alpine collective property, based in a Renaissance palace in Cavalese that is today a museum.

Led by
The vicini of the eleven municipalities of Val di Fiemme (a customary-law body of residents)
Status
Active
Participation
Vernacular
Visitable
Yes, the Palazzo houses a museum and picture gallery open to visitors
Website
www.mcfiemme.eu ↗
Contact
info@palazzomagnifica.eu
Last reviewed
1 September 2026

Verification

Verified

This place is backed by at least one primary and one secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months. The sources appear below with their consultation dates.

  • Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
  • Partial one source on record
  • Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending

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