Vajont Dam

Friuli Venezia Giulia · Italy

Vajont Dam, Italy
Photo: VENET01, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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May to October
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A towering concrete arch dam on the Vajont river, site of a catastrophic 1963 landslide-triggered flood. Guided visits along the crest recount the disaster and the geology of the gorge below.

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