Corte di Cadore, also known as Villaggio ENI, is a tourist and residential settlement located near Borca di Cadore in the Dolomites, Italy. It was commissioned by Eni president Enrico Mattei as a holiday village for employees of the company and their families and was designed by architect Edoardo Gellner between 1954 and 1963.
The settlement was built on an area of about 200 hectares on the slopes of Monte Antelao, where Gellner developed a modern interpretation of traditional Alpine architecture, integrated with the natural landscape. The complex included around 270 houses, a hotel, a residence, a campsite, public facilities and a large holiday colony for about 600 children. The village church was designed by Gellner together with Carlo Scarpa.
The project represented one of the most ambitious examples of Italian company towns of the post-war period, combining architecture, landscape planning and social facilities. Designed for a community of several thousand users, the settlement reflected Gellner's interest in the relationship between modern architecture and the Alpine environment.
Since 2000 the complex has been owned by the private company Minoter. Since 2014, the site has been the subject of cultural regeneration activities through the project "ProgettoBorca", aimed at preserving and reinterpreting the architectural heritage of the settlement.
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