Castellavazzo is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Belluno

Province of Belluno

TheThe Province of Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.It has an area of 3,678 km², and a total population of 214,026 .-Geography:...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 90 km north of Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 20 km northeast of Belluno

Belluno

Belluno , is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region. With its roughly 37,000 inhabitants, it the largest populated area...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,735 and an area of 18.8 km².

Vajont disaster

In 1963 on October the 9th at 10:35 pm, large rainfall and the 3rd drawing of the Vajont Dam

Vajont Dam

The Vajont Dam is a disused dam, completed in 1959 in the valley of the Vajont river under Monte Toc, 100 km north of Venice, Italy...

 triggered a landslide. It was 270 million cubic meters of rock, forest and earth that slid into the Vajont Dam at 110 km/h. This then caused a 250 meter high mega tsunami which overtopped the dam and flooded Castellavazzo and other villages such as: Longarone

Longarone

Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in North-East Italy. It is situated 35 kilometers from Belluno....

, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova, Faè, Erto

Erto e Casso

Erto e Casso is a municipality in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 km northwest of Trieste and about 40 km northwest of Pordenone.-Geography:...

 e Casso

Casso

Casso is an Italian village, frazione of Erto e Casso, in the Province of Pordenone. Its population is 35. Together with Erto, its administrative seat, it forms the municipality of Erto-Casso.-Geography:...

 and Codissago. There was also damage caused by air being displaced from the wave. About 2000 people were killed in the landslide and tsunami, but the main structure of the Dam is still there today and many tourists come to see it.

Castellavazzo borders the following municipalities: Erto e Casso

Erto e Casso

Erto e Casso is a municipality in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 km northwest of Trieste and about 40 km northwest of Pordenone.-Geography:...

, Forno di Zoldo

Forno di Zoldo

Forno di Zoldo is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km north of Venice and about 25 km north of Belluno...

, Longarone

Longarone

Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in North-East Italy. It is situated 35 kilometers from Belluno....

, Ospitale di Cadore

Ospitale di Cadore

Ospitale di Cadore is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km north of Venice and about 25 km northeast of Belluno.-References:...

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