Castellavazzo
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Castellavazzo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Venice and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,735 and an area of 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi).[2]
History
Vajont disaster
On 9 October 1963 at 10:35 pm, heavy rainfall and the 3rd drawing of the Vajont Dam triggered a landslide. It was 270 million cubic metres (9.5×109 cu ft) of rock, forest and earth that slid into the Vajont Dam at 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). This then caused a 250-metre (820 ft) high tsunami that overtopped the dam and flooded Castellavazzo and other villages such as Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova, Faè, Erto e Casso and Codissago. There was also damage caused by air being displaced from the wave. About 2,000 people were killed in the landslide and tsunami, but the main structure of the dam is still there, and many tourists come to see it.
Castellavazzo borders the following municipalities: Erto e Casso, Forno di Zoldo, Longarone, Ospitale di Cadore.
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- Agordo
- Alleghe
- Alpago
- Arsiè
- Auronzo di Cadore
- Belluno
- Borca di Cadore
- Borgo Valbelluna
- Calalzo di Cadore
- Canale d'Agordo
- Cencenighe Agordino
- Cesiomaggiore
- Chies d'Alpago
- Cibiana di Cadore
- Colle Santa Lucia
- Comelico Superiore
- Cortina d'Ampezzo
- Danta di Cadore
- Domegge di Cadore
- Falcade
- Feltre
- Fonzaso
- Gosaldo
- La Valle Agordina
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- Limana
- Livinallongo del Col di Lana
- Longarone
- Lorenzago di Cadore
- Lozzo di Cadore
- Ospitale di Cadore
- Pedavena
- Perarolo di Cadore
- Pieve di Cadore
- Ponte nelle Alpi
- Rivamonte Agordino
- Rocca Pietore
- San Gregorio nelle Alpi
- San Nicolò di Comelico
- San Pietro di Cadore
- San Tomaso Agordino
- San Vito di Cadore
- Santa Giustina
- Santo Stefano di Cadore
- Sedico
- Selva di Cadore
- Seren del Grappa
- Setteville
- Sospirolo
- Soverzene
- Sovramonte
- Taibon Agordino
- Tambre
- Val di Zoldo
- Vallada Agordina
- Valle di Cadore
- Vigo di Cadore
- Vodo Cadore
- Voltago Agordino
- Zoppè di Cadore