Information Panels About the 1618 Piuro Landslide
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Location: Piuro, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy
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Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Savogno Historic Village loop from Borgonuovo04:46
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Natural disasters are life-threatening and they stir up emotions. In 1618, a landslide caused a stir that destroyed the small town of Plurs/ital. Piuro in the upper Bergell valley in Graubünden completely destroyed. The site was and is below Monte Conto, whose rich deposits of Lavezstein, a soft and refractory slate, were extensively mined for centuries. The landslide, which was triggered by the excavations and excavations in the rainy summer of 1618, occurred on the evening of September 4th, according to old calendar calculations on August 25thdiglib.hab.de/content.php?dir=ebooks/ed000075&distype=optional&metsID=ebooks_ed000075_footnote&xml=tei-transcript.xml&xsl=http://diglib.hab.de/rules/styles/tei-ebooks.xsl
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Location: Piuro, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy
Best Hikes to Information Panels About the 1618 Piuro Landslide
- Intermediate
4.7
(3)
9
Acquafraggia Waterfall – Savogno Historic Village loop from Borgonuovo03:37
8.29km
520m
Intermediate4.9
(55)
230
Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Savogno Historic Village loop from Borgonuovo02:44
4.81km
510m
Expert5.0
(2)
23
Acquafraggia Waterfalls – Savogno Historic Village loop from Borgonuovo04:46
8.04km
890m
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