Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. This article is more than 8 years old. The valley of Vajont (or ...
The mountains surrounding the Italian village of Longarone are awe-inspiring, and the nearby Vajont Dam’s claim to being one of the world’s tallest draws some attention, even though it’s not in use ...
Pope Francis looks at photos of the aftermath of a massive landslide in October 1963 that killed 1,910 people in northern Italy during an audience with pilgrims from the Diocese of Belluno-Feltre and ...
How did Europe’s tallest dam become one of history’s worst engineering disasters? This documentary investigates the Vajont Dam tragedy of 1963, where a landslide created a wave that killed nearly ...
The Vajont dam, 261 meters high. On 2 October 2015 the new Via ferrata della Memoria, also referred to as Via ferrata del Vajont, was inaugurated above the Vajont Gorge to remember the Vajont disaster ...
Caption A photo taken from behind the Vajont Dam in Italy, where nearly 10 billion cubic feet of mountainside came to rest after crashing into a 600-foot-deep reservoir in 1963. Trees and other ...
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The Long Distance Duathlon World Championship due on 29th May in Barcis (Pordenone), in Friuli Venezia Giulia, is involving the whole Vacellina, one of the best known and most appreciated naturalistic ...
On 2 October 2015 at Longarone (Italy) the new Via ferrata della Memoria, also referred to as Via ferrata del Vajont, was inaugurated above the Vajont Gorge. Constructed by the Cortina Mountain Guides ...
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