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Vajont (river)
The Vajont is a 34 km long torrent in the Northern Italian Province of Pordenone flowing from Friuli-Venezia Giulia (western Friuli) to eastern Veneto. The stream has carved a narrow gorge over time, known as Vajont valley or Valle del Vajont. Etymology The term vajont or in dialect, Vajo, appears in documents from 1300, with different spellings: "Vaiote", "Vaion" and "Vajont". It stems from the Latin word "vallis", which means valley. If it is accentuated as "Vallion", it becomes Vajon, "Walloon" or great valley; the final "t" only serves to stress the word. Similar terms can be found in other valleys, such as in the Vicenza Vajo. Geography The Vajont originates from a source located in Friuli, in the homonymous Vajont valley, a gorge, between the Forcella col de Pin and the Val Mesaz at about 1900 m above sea level in theProvince of Pordenone. It flows in a direction from West to East. At the base of Mount Toc it mounds into the Piave river, just at the height of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajont
Vajont ( Western Friulian: ) is a valley in the area of Longarone, in the province of Pordenone, north-eastern Italy. History The municipality was founded in 1971 on the municipal territory of Maniago. It was built to rehome the people evacuated from Erto e Casso after the Vajont Dam disaster of 1963. Language and dialect In addition to the Italian language in the territory of Vajont, the dialects that are spoken are Ertano and Cassano, that come from villages of Erto and Casso. The Friulian language, typical only of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia (man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_t ... region, is understood but not spoken. Movie Vajont – La diga del disonore ('' Vajont – The Dam of Dishonour''), is a 2001 film directed by Renzo Martinelli. The film deals with the event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cividale Del Friuli
Cividale del Friuli ( fur, Cividât (locally ); german: Östrich; sl, Čedad) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Udine, part of the North-Italian Friuli Venezia Giulia ''regione''. The town lies above sea-level in the foothills of the eastern Alps, by rail from the city of Udine and close to the Slovenian border. It is situated on the river Natisone, which forms a picturesque ravine here. Formerly an important regional power, it is today a quiet, small town that attracts tourists thanks to its medieval center. History Archaeological findings reveal that the area was already inhabited in Paleolithic and Neolithic times. During the Iron Age the region was settled by Veneti and Celts. Due to the location's strategic position on the northeastern frontier of Roman Italy, in 50 BC, the Romans founded there a ''castrum'', which afterwards was transformed by Julius Caesar into a ''forum'' and its name changed into ''Forum Iulii'' ("Julius' marketplace"; Fréjus had the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |