Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno , in northeast Italy . It is situated 35 kilometres (22 miles) from Belluno .
21-461: 4,642 people work all together in Longarone, which is 112.62% of the total population, with most actual inhabitants working within the village. The town is located on a road linking Belluno to Cortina d'Ampezzo , close to the borders of Veneto with Friuli-Venezia Giulia . Its nearest villages are Castellavazzo , Casso and Erto . There is evidence of Roman presence in the site of Longarone. In
42-474: A warm-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfb ). The average annual temperature is 10.8 °C (51 °F), and the average annual precipitation is 1,128 mm (44 in). State roads lead from Belluno to Feltre , Treviso, Ponte nelle Alpi and Vittorio Veneto . Belluno railway station , at Piazzale della Stazione , forms part of the Calalzo–Padua railway . It
63-451: A Roman municipium and its people were ascribed to the Roman tribe Papiria . The town was ruled by quattorviri juri dicendo, by quattorviri aedilicia potestate, and by a Council of Elders. Under Augustus, it became part of Regio X Venetia et Histria . Among its citizens were Caius Flavius Hostilius and his wife Domitia, whose 3rd century sarcophagus lies next to the church of San Stefano. After
84-584: A commemorative ceremony in Longarone attended by President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi . From the 1960s to the 1990s, a eyewear district grew stronger in the Piave Valley (sometimes referred to as the Silicon Valley of optics) and Longarone became the headquarters of many eyewear manufacturers. Safilo had moved its main eyewear production plant in Longarone in the 1970s (until it
105-523: Is a national park in the province of Belluno , Veneto, in the northern Italy . Established in 1988, the national park is included in the section "Pale di San Martino - San Lucano - Dolomiti Bellunesi - Vette Feltrine" of the Dolomites declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2009. In 1988 it was planned to create the Dolomiti Bellunesi national park, that was officially established in 1990 by
126-665: Is conjectured that the population of the area that became Belluno was largely Venetic with a strong Celtic minority. However, as the Romans expanded northward into the Alps, the Celtic either emigrated or were absorbed. The people of the area swore friendship to Rome in the 225 BC conflict with the Gauls and again during the invasion by Hannibal in the Second Punic War . Founded perhaps around 220-200 BC
147-645: Is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region. With its roughly 36,000 inhabitants, it is the largest populated area of Valbelluna. It is one of the 15 municipalities of the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park . The ancient city of Belluno rises above a cliff spur near the confluence of the Torrente Ardo and the Piave River . To the north
168-635: Is the imposing Schiara range of the Dolomites , with the famous Gusela del Vescovà (Bishopric's needle), and mountains Serva and Talvena rising above the city. To the south, the Venetian Prealps separate Belluno from the Venetian plain . Also to the south is the Nevegal , in the Castionese area, a skiing resort. The name of the city is derived from Celtic belo-dunum which means "shining hill." It
189-506: The Battle of Kobarid (Caporetto). Rommel was awarded his Pour le Mérite medal for this achievement. The village was destroyed in the Vajont Dam disaster on October 9, 1963, when a landslide from Monte Toc forced 270 million cubic metres (350 × 10 ^ cu yd; 9,500 × 10 ^ cu ft) of water over the top of the Vajont Dam . Longarone lay in the immediate path of
210-919: The Ministry of the Environment , which identified the aims of the national park: Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park has an area of 32 square kilometres (12 sq mi), entirely included in the province of Belluno , between the Cismon river and the Piave river, the Maè valley and the Agordo valley. The national park includes mountain ranges of Alpi Feltrine (Vette di Feltre, Cimonega, Pizzocco , Brendol, Agnelezze), Monti del Sole, Schiara , Talvena , Prampèr and Spiz di Mezzodì. There are high-altitude areas, karst rocks and debris slopes, ideal habitat for high-mountain species. The territory of
231-546: The Santa Maria Assunta church was standing up until the dam disaster razed it to the ground in 1963. [REDACTED] Media related to Longarone at Wikimedia Commons Belluno Belluno ( Italian pronunciation: [belˈluːno] ; Ladin : Belum ; Venetian : Belùn ) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Venice , Belluno
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#1732858585488252-849: The city was subject to the social and political events taking place in Belluno, being dominated by several groups and families, such as the Vescovi, the Ezzelino Romano in 1250, the Scala family in 1300, the families of Carrara and Visconti and the Venetian State domination in 1420. Longarone was the site of a battle in World War I , in which a few companies of German troops led by Erwin Rommel successfully captured an entire Italian division of over 10,000, retreating after
273-726: The fall of the Western Roman Empire , it was ruled by the Lombards (6th century) and the Carolingians (8th century); the famous Belluno Treasure in the British Museum dates from this period. From the late 9th century it was ruled by a count-bishop and it received a castle and a line of walls. Later it was a possession of the Ghibelline family of the Ezzelino . After having long contended
294-478: The initial influence of Rome was military and commercial. Strategically located, the town protected cities to the south. Belluno also became a supplier of iron and copper . Already within the Roman sphere of influence, the town was juridically and politically incorporated into the Roman Republic by the second century BC. Sometime between the death of Julius Caesar and the ascent of Augustus , Bellunum became
315-731: The national park, except for some high-altitude karst areas, is extremely rich in water resources, like springs, swamps and streams including: Cordevole, Mis, Caorame, Stien (Caorame tributary), Falcina (Mis tributary), Ardo, Vescovà , Prampera (Maè tributary), that improve the biological richness of the Park. Some of these streams flow into deep canyons and all are subject to variation. The national park includes 15 municipalities: Belluno, Cesiomaggiore, Feltre, Gosaldo, La Valle Agordina, Longarone, Pedavena, Ponte nelle Alpi, Rivamonte, San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Santa Giustina (Italia), Sedico, Sospirolo, Sovramonte and Val di Zoldo. The flora of Bellunesi Dolomites
336-615: The nearby territory with Treviso , in the end Belluno gave itself to the Republic of Venice (1404). The city was thenceforth an important hub for the transport of lumber from the Cadore through the Piave river. It remained Venetian until 1797. After the fall of the Venetian Republic , Belluno was an Austrian possession, until it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866. The cathedral
357-466: The regions of Fortogna and Pirago tombs have been discovered, and at Dogna, a burial site with coins, rings, bracelets, clay jars and a plaque dedicated to Asclepius , a Greco-Roman god (demigod) of medicine. Remains of a Roman road were also found. But the early story of the city is not clear until the establishment of the municipality by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806. In the Middle Ages and modern era,
378-527: The wave of mud and water which swept into the valley below. 1,917 villagers were killed. Most of the city was destroyed, except the northern part of the city, the Palazzo Mazzolà and the townhall. The 18th century Santa Maria Assunta church was razed. Longarone was rebuilt following the tragedy and is now once again a thriving community. The fortieth anniversary of the disaster was marked, in October 2003, by
399-519: Was opened in 1912, replacing an earlier station opened in 1886. Its passenger building, designed by the architect Roberto Narducci , was constructed in 1928. The bus station is also at the Piazzale della Stazione , next to the railway station. Belluno is twinned with: Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (in Italian : Parco nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi )
420-804: Was severely damaged by the earthquake of 1873 , which destroyed a considerable portion of the town, though the campanile stood firm. Antole, Bes, Bolzano Bellunese , Caleipo-Sossai, Castion, Castoi, Cavessago, Cavarzano, Cet, Chiesurazza, Cirvoi, Col di Piana, Col di Salce, Collungo, Cusighe, Faverga, Fiammoi, Giamosa, Giazzoi, Levego, Madeago , Miér, Nevegal, Orzes, Pedeserva, Pra de Luni, Rivamaor, Safforze, Sala, Salce, San Pietro in Campo, Sargnano, Sois, Sopracroda, Sossai, Tassei, Tisoi, Vezzano, Vignole, Visome. Baldenich, Borgo Garibaldi (or Via Garibaldi), Borgo Piave, Borgo Prà, Cavarzano, Lambioi, Mussoi, Quartier Cadore, San Lorenzo, San Pellegrino, San Francesco, Via Cairoli, Via Feltre-Maraga, Via Montegrappa. Belluno has
441-515: Was transferred to LVMH 's Thélios in September 2023). Marcolin also moved its headquarters to Longarone in the 1970s (and opened a second production site in Longarone in 2015). Thélios opened its own eyewear manufacturing plant in Longarone in 2018. The city's contemporary church, completed in 1975, was designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Michelucci . It was built on the exact same location where
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