Casso (''Cas'' in local dialect, ''Sćjas'' in

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) is an Italian village, ''

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'' of Erto e Casso, in the

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. Its population is 35. Together with Erto, its administrative seat, it forms the municipality of Erto-Casso.

Geography

The village is situated in

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, close to the borders with the

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. It was built under the

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mountain, in front of the Toc mountain, upon the Vajont river valley. Linked with a street to the National Road 251, it is 3 km from Erto, 4 from Castellavazzo and 5 from

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History

Early history

First mentioned in 1332, it was stably inhabited from 1558 by

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s from the

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. The colloquial language spoken in Casso is the ''bellunese'', a Venetian dialect. Historically and culturally different from Erto, in which is spoken a Ladin dialect, Casso also belongs to the Diocese of Belluno-Feltre, different from the one of Erto.

The Vajont disaster

Situated upon the

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, Casso was one of the villages involved in the disaster of October 9, 1963. Partly damaged as Erto, the village was evacuated and in 1971 its population was transferred in Vajont, a new municipality built near

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. In 1966 some of the inhabitants occupied again their houses to reform the village, as done in Erto, and the ''

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''.Infos about the Vajont disaster on municipal website

References

External links

Erto e Casso municipal website
{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Pordenone