On 26th June 2009 the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has given full recognition to the Dolomites as a Natural World Heritage site.
The Dolomites have been classified as a unique place in the world for the beauty of their landscape and their importance in terms of geomorphology and geology; they are in fact a coral reef that has risen 250 million years ago from the primordial ocean. It seems incredible, but once upon a time the highest and most famous peaks of the Dolomites, such as the Sella massif, the Marmolada and the Civetta, were all atolls.
