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In reality, the Regole are a real way of relating between man and the territory, inspired by the concept of "collective ownership": woods, meadows and pastures belong to the original community in an undivided way, and the community draws sustenance from them through the use of wood for work, firewood, summer pasture for animals.
This was valid in the past centuries, when almost all of the population lived off the earth's resources in a purely agricultural civilization. However, it is also valid today, in a country that lives above all on tourism: the ruler style, which observes a prudent and far-sighted use of the territory, keeps the natural environment in good condition, which is the main element of interest of summer tourism and winter.
The only families descending from the original ancestors - the Ampezzo people - belong to the Regole, with the exception, therefore, of those who have brought their residence to Ampezzo in recent decades. In the past there was, in fact, the need to limit the size of the population settled in the valley, as natural resources were scarce and only allowed a certain number of families to survive.
The Regoliera institution today represents one of the strongest cultural elements of Cortina, around which traditions, language and customs have gathered, which the Regole are constantly committed to preserving. The three museums open in the center of Cortina are owned by Regoliera: the Ethnographic Museum of Ampezzo, the "Rinaldo Zardini" Paleontological Museum and the "Mario Rimoldi" Museum of Modern Art.
The Regole own and manage today about 16,000 hectares of wood and pasture, with cutting and sale of timber and naturalistic silviculture of the forest heritage. Five huts are still used for grazing livestock, with hundreds of cattle, horses and sheep staying in the regolier alps during the summer.
The collective property typical of the Regole is recognized and protected, first of all, by the Laudo (statute) regoliero, then by specific laws of the Italian State and the Veneto Region, which recognize the inalienability of the territory, its indivisibility and perpetual destination for agro-forestry uses. -pastoral.
By virtue of these constraints and the virtuous methods of conservation of the natural territory, the Veneto Region has entrusted the Rules of Ampezzo, since 1990, with the management of the Natural Park of the Ampezzo Dolomites.
For more information, you can visit the Ampezzo Rules website: www.regole.it