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

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.

Purger's packaging house

The former stable at Pana farm was extended by Johann Baptist Purger in 1854 for the purpose of packaging toys and, at a later date, altars, for export. A bridge over the Anna river was built at the same time to ease transport by sledge. Today, the packaging house is home to an eatery with a western façade consisting of porphyry stone blocks like the bridge, while its foundations are made of solid Val Gardena sandstone.

This site is part of the tour "Ortisei: a stroll through the village centre and its history".