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    Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in northeast Italy. It is situated 35 kilometres (22 miles) from...
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    swept up substantial debris, which poured into the southern sector of Longarone and destroyed the town except for the town hall, the houses north of it...
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    The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front...
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    nel terzo millennio (con una galleria di ricette, anche storiche). Longarone: Longarone Fiere. OCLC 963873066. Johns, Pamela Sheldon (2000). Gelato!: Italian...
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  • an Italian eyewear manufacturer founded in Veneto and headquartered in Longarone. Started in 1961 by Giovanni Marcolin Coffen, the eyewear manufacturer...
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    patricians in Vicenza, Roana, Asiago, Lusiana, Foza, Asolo, Valstagna, Longarone and Bassano del Grappa. The surname can be spelled as Sartore, Sartor...
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    its plants, Martingnacco, Italy in 2020, Ormož, Slovenia in 2021, and Longarone, Italy in 2023. According to the 2023 Annual Report Safilo has wholly...
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    Blitzkrieg in World War II. Acting as advance guard in the capture of Longarone on 9 November, Rommel again decided to attack with a much smaller force...
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    wall and destroying the town of Longarone and its suburbs. 1,918 people were killed, 1,450 of whom were in Longarone. "'Mountain that walks': horrific...
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    located in the Italian Dolomites between Niederdorf in the north and Longarone in the south. The route is nicknamed "The Route of Chamois" The Alta Via...
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    over the dam, completely wiping out the towns in the valley below it: Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova, and Faè. Approximately two thousand people...
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    mounds into the Piave river, just at the height of the municipality of Longarone, almost directly below the Vajont dam, in the province of Belluno. On...
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    preseason camp in Pergine Valsugana and taken to Palermo's preseason camp in Longarone. In the mass transfer, Palermo took goalkeeper Generoso Rossi, defenders...
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    (820 ft) surge that overtopped the dam and destroyed the villages of Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova, and Faè, killing nearly 2,000 people. This...
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    The Vajont Dam as seen from Longarone on 25 September 2012, showing the top 60–70 metres. The 200–250-metre (656–820-foot) megatsunami would have obscured...
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    Alpago 6,852 Santa Giustina 6,786 Cortina d'Ampezzo 5,820 Limana 5,308 Longarone 5,201 Pedavena 4,396 Agordo 4,117 Cesiomaggiore 3,958 Pieve di Cadore...
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  • a giant wave that destroys a number of villages including the town of Longarone, claiming over 2,000 lives. 55 4 "Waco Cult" Waco siege February 28 –...
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  • Lonate Ceppino Lonate Pozzolo Lonato del Garda Londa Longano Longare Longarone Longhena Longi Longiano Longobardi Longobucco Longone al Segrino Longone...
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    Mori, Malga Zugna XLV Btn: Coste di Salò, Monfalcone 1917: Val Degano, Longarone 1918: Cima Tre Pezzi, Vittorio Veneto: Piave crossing 20th Bersaglieri...
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  • to Feltre Dolomites High Route of the Chamoi (no.3) from Villabassa to Longarone Dolomites Grohmann's High Route (no.4) from San Candido in Pusteria to...
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    municipalities: Belluno, Cesiomaggiore, Feltre, Gosaldo, La Valle Agordina, Longarone, Pedavena, Ponte nelle Alpi, Rivamonte, San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Santa...
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    The destroyed town of Longarone after the megatsunami...
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    as a giant pyramid that hangs over the Zoldo Valley, near the town of Longarone. It was first climbed in 1878 by Cesare Tomè and Gottfried Merzbacher...
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    Zoldo Alto 161 km (100 mi) Mountain stage  Filippo Zana (ITA) 19 26 May Longarone to Tre Cime di Lavaredo 183 km (114 mi) Mountain stage  Santiago Buitrago (COL)...
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    situated within Italy; it started with a categorised flat stage from Longarone to Treviso, before four mountain stages – as well as a mountainous individual...
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    and rock triggered by collapse of part of a hanging glacier 9 Oct 1963 Longarone, Italy Vajont landslide 46.27 12.33 270 MCM ≈ 2,000 Landslide caused by...
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    only by 25 metres (27 yd; 82 ft) and led to the destruction of the town Longarone and damage to other villages, resulting in around 2,000 deaths. The dam...
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  • (122 mi) 25 May 2023 — Oderzo to Zoldo Alto, 161 km (100 mi) 26 May 2023 — Longarone to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 183 km (114 mi) 27 May 2023 — Tarvisio to Monte...
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  • Mae Valley may refer to: Maè Valley, valley of the Maè River near Longarone, Italy Mae Valley Rd, Interstate 90 in Washington Mae Valley (band) Mae Valley...
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    The destroyed town of Longarone after the megatsunami of 1963...
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