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The first church in the article (second after the banner picture), "Santa Maria Immacolata"[0] has an important historical meaning. It is located in the villag
by sebtron 2y ago
The first church in the article (second after the banner picture), "Santa Maria Immacolata"[0] has an important historical meaning.
It is located in the village of Longarone, which was completely wiped out in 1963 due to the disaster of the Vajont dam[1]. Tl;dr the dam should not have been built there because of the geology of the area, but they did anyway; an enormous piece of the mountain fell into the lake, causing a huge wave. Nearly 2000 people died.
The church was built as part of the rebuilding of the whole village.
[0] (Italian) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_Immacolata_(Longarone) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_Immacola...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam