THE LEGEND

In the wonderful natural scenery of the Dolomites the ancient legend of Soreghina the daughter of the Sun is born.

Soreghina was a princess whose life depended on sunlight. According to the prophecy, she would have died instantly if she would have stayed awake during the night or on bad weather days.

One day, while Soreghina was in the middle of meadows, she found a young man lying on the ground unconscious. This young man was a brave warrior called the Eye of the Night, cast out of the kingdom of Fanes because, in love with the princess Dolasilla, had dared to ask for her hand to the King. During the escape he fell from a cliff above Val di Fassa. 

Soreghina took care of him and the two fell in love, got married and lived a happy life. Soreghina lived with Eye of the Night in a log cabin, located in the sunniest spot in a clearing in front of Mount Vernèl. The happy days, though, passed fast and here came the autumn with foggy days and snow on the peaks. In the afternoon of a chilly day a foreign warrior, friend of the Eye of the Night, arrived at the cabin. The two men spoke for a long time on the sidelines. Soreghina, moved by curiosity, approached the door of their room to listen to what they were saying and she heard the words of Eye of Night: he felt bound to her by devoted and eternal gratitude, but he always carried in his heart the indelible image of princess Dolasilla.

It was already night when the friend left, and Eye of the Night began to be filled with remorse for his hidden feelings, a betrayal towards the sweet Soreghina. Then, regretting his lack of loyalty, he went to see his bride who was definitely sleeping, as always, in the middle of the night. He opened the door, and Soreghina, who was listening to their discussion regardless of the passage of time, fell into his arms lifeless. The dark night had surprised Soreghina awake; inexorably the prophecy had been fulfilled. The tears and the pain of the Eye of the Night, that desperately begged forgiveness were useless. 

The legend of Soreghina has a sad ending but Marcialonga wishses to celebrete her joy, her kindness and her beauty. Soreghina is a legend of the Dolomites and represents a value and a peculiarity of our tradition and our territory.