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Sauris, Italy

cover photo by Bass3d

Location added by PaoloGo

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 8.7 (average on 3 votes)

Coordinates : 46.466272, 12.709373 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The significant subjects to be photographed are many: the lake; The peculiar architecture of the buildings, built in wood and stone; The mountains that surround the Saurana basin, Rocky to the south, grassy to the north; The many mountain huts on the high meadows north of Sauris; The very original churches; The luxuriant flora, which presents stimulating endemics; The animals of the forest; The Birds of prey: Hawks, buzzers, Eagles; The innumerable species of insects; The wide-ranging views; The superb albes; The clouds; The village whitened by the snow; The Woods reddened by autumn; The explosion of flowers in spring; Etc.

Recommended equipment : A healthy Full Frame, to seize all the details and to support the plays of light produced by the intense light-both in summer and in winter; A bright 20-35 mm wide angle for the beautiful panoramas and the starry sky; A bright zoom 70-200 mm, or better yet, a 100-400 mm to capture the many, original details of the country's architecture and the Animals of the forest (recently also a family of lynci) and the Birds of prey; A good optical macro 90/105 mm to shoot flowers/insects/toads of lake/vipers, but also to document the artisan products and exceptional dishes, produced by ancient culinary knowledge, contaminated by the many cultures that find home in Sauris.

Best months : All the year round: Spring for the outbreak of a very rich flowering in the many prative areas, placed at different heights, from 1000 to 2000 meters; In summer for the majesty of the Panoramas and the "radiographic" violence of light; Autumn, to watch the flaming of the Woods; In winter for the silent blanket of snow covering the mountains and the Saurana Basin, highlighting the emerald-coloured lake.

How to get there : From Udine you go up to the highway that leads to Austria, exiting at Amaro. We proceed towards Tolmezzo, Villa Santina, Enemonzo, Ampezzo, on the road that leads in Cadore through the Mauria pass. In Ampezzo you turn right and climb to the narrow road, always well taken care of, which leads to the 1400 meters of Sauris in a dozen kilometers and about twenty minutes.

Visits : To visit the small, but rich ethnographic museum of the country, located in the hamlet of Sauris di Sopra, where is described the complex history, uses and customs of the singular country.

Notes : This is a pleasant Germanophone village located at 1400 ASL, located in a pleasant valley embellished by a lake emerald between the Carnic Alps of Friuli: The pearl of the Carnic Alps.

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