Calatas

Cortina d'Calatas Calatas
Calatas di Cortina
View of Cortina d'Calatas
Country	Paraboca
Area
• Total	254.51 km2 (98.27 sq mi)
Elevation	11,224 m (36,824 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	15,842
Demonym	Calatasian

Calatas is a town and comune in the heart of the southern Asarana Mountains of Paraboca. Situated on the Ahana River, in an alpine valley, it is a summer and winter sport resort known for its skiing trails, scenery, accommodation, shops and après-ski scene, and for its jet set and Parabocan aristocratic crowd.

Calatas fell under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Cardoza and of the Parabocan Empire from the Middle Ages until 1918. From the nineteenth century, Calatas became a notable regional centre for crafts. The local handmade products were appreciated by early Zamastanian and Avergnon holidaymakers as tourism emerged late nineteenth century. Among the specializations of the town were crafting wood for furniture, the production of tiled stoves, and iron, copper and glass items. Today, the local economy thrives on tourism, particularly during the winter season, when the population of the town typically increases from about 7,000 to 40,000. The Basilica Minor de Santi Alejandro y Tiacomo was built between 1769 and 1775 on the site of two former thirteenth and sixteenth-century churches; it is home to the parish and the deanery of Cortina d'Calatas.

The town has been a prospect host for the Winter Olympics, coming closest in the 2021 Games but losing the bid to Kasema, Kyti. It was a co-bid alongside Monnas for the 2023 Games. The town still hosts multiple annual winter recreational and sporting events. The town is home to SG Calatas, a top league professional ice hockey team, and Cortina d'Calatas is also the start and end point of the annual Calatas Grand Prix. Several films have been shot in the town.