Karneid - Cornedo all'Isarco: Gummer - Sternwarte Max Valier - Blick nach Südosten
The Val d’Ega defines the setting of Gummer — wooded side slopes and scattered farms descend from the Dolomites toward the Eisack Valley. Gummer is a small mountain settlement in the municipality of Karneid/Cornedo all’Isarco, within South Tyrol’s bilingual German-Italian region. The Max Valier Observatory is a public astronomy centre named after Max Valier, the Bolzano-born rocket pioneer. Conifer forest, pasture clearings and steep local roads shape this upland terrain, while the jagged Latemar group forms part of the wider Dolomite setting. Rather than a large resort, Gummer is a rural cluster of hamlets spread across the slopes above the Val d’Ega.
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