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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Cësa Plan de Mureda

Plan de Mureda was built in 1834 by Jan Matie Moroder da Scurcià, a trader of fashion accessories living in Ancona, as a summer house. Starting in 1869, his sons, Alois and Franz, exported wooden toys to the whole of Europe under the name of 'Moroder brothers'. There was a small warehouse (today 'Pension Sole') next door where producers delivered their wares. Ortisei primary school now occupies the spot behind the building where the 1849-built stable used to stand.

Cësa Bugon

After the 1830s, Cësa Bugon was the seat of 'Insam & Prinoth', one of the largest pre-First World War toy manufacturers in Val Gardena. The company had a branch in Nuremberg in 1820 and, later on, one in London. There was a large warehouse as well as the manufacturing premises with offices and packaging workshop housed in a stable and the goods were transported from there to the point connecting up with the railway network.

Cësa Purger (cultural centre)

On the spot of the cultural centre there was once a multi-storey building constructed in 1854 in urban style by the manufacturer, Johann Baptist Purger, along with some council offices and doctor's surgery. It also served as a temporary warehouse for the toy manufacturer Anton Sotriffer. Both buildings influenced the character of parish square, until, in 1969, they had to make way for a congress hall for the 1970 Winter Olympics built at the turn of the century and bearing the name 'Casa di Cultura Luis Trenker'.