15/09/2026
𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐳 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦.
At the end of the 19th century, Val Gardena looked very different from the valley we know today.
There were no paved roads, no electric lights and, of course, no ski lifts. Winters were long, life was hard, and many families made their living with their hands.
For centuries, woodcarving had been part of everyday life in the valley. Sacred figures, crucifixes and nativity scenes carved here travelled to churches around the world — sometimes travelling farther than the people who created them.
This was the Val Gardena into which 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐳 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓.
And craftsmanship was already part of his family story. His father, Ferdinand Demetz, had opened an art school in St. Ulrich in 1872. The people of the valley soon began calling it “𝐥’𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚”, or 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚.
The name stayed.
And so did the family name: 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐳 “𝐝𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚” — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐳 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲. A name that has been part of their story for more than 150 years.
Before the engineer, the inventor, the pilot and the pioneer, there was a boy growing up in this valley.
And this is where his story begins.
𝐋𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞 + 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
📍 𝐒. 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐕𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐚 | 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲
📱 +𝟑𝟗 𝟎𝟒𝟕𝟏 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟓𝟐𝟎𝟎
📧 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠@𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚.𝐢𝐭
