Ciàsa de i Pùpe

A marvellous house covered in frescoes along Corso Italia, once the annexe of Gaetano Ghedina Tomàš's Aquila Nera hotel. His sons Luigi, Giuseppe and Angelo, instead of following in their father's footsteps, took up painting and left the community this small, colourful jewel in the heart of Cortina. 

On its walls, the faces of some great personalities: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Dürer, Titian, Michelangelo, Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare and - surprise - Ghedina Tomàš himself. The figures of the Arts and Sciences, the four ages of man, and scenes from Ampezzo life also appear. Attracting attention is a white ‘panel’: a challenge thrown down by the Ghedina brothers to anyone who would compete with their talent.