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Vajont Gorge and Waterfall

Vajont Gorge and Waterfall

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Vajont Gorge and Waterfall

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Location: Longarone, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

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Prisca

June 15, 2023

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From the upper end of this narrow gorge, you can see the Vajont Dam overhead. On October 9, 1963, a massive landslide slipped into the man-made reservoir created by the dam and raised a 800-foot wave that topped the dam. Longarone, the village opposite, was completely destroyed. Almost all of the approximately 2,000 inhabitants died, of which more than half were never found again.

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sirniz

May 6, 2020

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If you look at the upper end of the narrow gorge over which this bridge leads, you can see the Vajont dam high up. On October 9, 1963, a massive …

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alvento – italian cycling magazine

October 19, 2024

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A torrent that over the centuries has carved out the long, narrow valley of the same name, the Vajont originates on the northern slopes of Col Nudo. It is the artificial dam of this torrent that forms the Vajont lake, the sad protagonist of the disaster of October 9, 1963.

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Elevation 490 m

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