61 relations: Abruzzo, Agitprop, American Standard Companies, Boite (river), Casso, Castellavazzo, Chord (geometry), Christian Democracy (Italy), Cretaceous, Dam, Daniel Auteuil, Disasters of the Century, Earthquake, Electrolux, Emilia-Romagna, Enel, Erto e Casso, France, Giovanni Leone, Giovanni Michelucci, Giro d'Italia, Giuseppe Volpi, Indro Montanelli, Industrialisation, International Year of Planet Earth, Italcementi, Italian Communist Party, Italian resistance movement, Italy, Jurassic, L'Aquila, L'Unità, La Domenica del Corriere, Lias Group, List of dams and reservoirs, List of hydroelectric power station failures, List of natural disasters by death toll, List of tallest dams, Longarone, Maè, Malpasset Dam, Marco Paolini, Megatsunami, Mercalli intensity scale, Michel Serrault, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy), Monopoly, Monte Toc, Nationalization, Piave (river), ..., Regolith, Science (TV network), Seconds From Disaster, Seiche, St. Francis Dam, Tagliamento, UNESCO, Vajont, Venice, World War II, Zanussi. Expand index (11 more) »
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (Aquiliano: Abbrùzzu) is a region of Southern Italy, with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.2 million.
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Agitprop
Agitprop (from r, portmanteau of "agitation" and "propaganda") is political propaganda, especially the communist propaganda used in Soviet Russia, that is spread to the general public through popular media such as literature, plays, pamphlets, films, and other art forms with an explicitly political message.
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American Standard Companies
American Standard Companies, Inc. was a global manufacturer of plumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and services, bath and kitchen products and vehicle control systems.
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Boite (river)
The Boite (Cadorino dialect, Guóite) is a river of the Veneto region of northern Italy.
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Casso
Casso (Cas in local dialect, Sćjas in Friulan) is an Italian village, frazione of Erto e Casso, in the Province of Pordenone.
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Castellavazzo
Castellavazzo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northeast of Belluno.
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Chord (geometry)
A chord of a circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circle.
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Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) was a Christian democratic political party in Italy.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.
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Dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.
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Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil (born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers.
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Disasters of the Century
Disasters of the Century is a documentary television series that airs on History Television.
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Earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
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Electrolux
Electrolux AB (commonly known as Electrolux) is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm.
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Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna (Emilian and Emélia-Rumâgna) is an administrative Region of Northeast Italy comprising the historical regions of Emilia and Romagna.
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Enel
No description.
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Erto e Casso
Erto e Casso (locally Nert and Cas) is an Italian municipality in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Pordenone.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Giovanni Leone
Giovanni Leone (3 November 1908 – 9 November 2001) was an Italian politician.
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Giovanni Michelucci
Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, urban planner and designer, was born in Pistoia, Tuscany, on 2 January 1891 and died on the night of 31 December 1990, two days before his 100th birthday, at his studio-home in Fiesole, in Florence's hills, now the headquarters of his Foundation.
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Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy; also known as the Giro) is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries.
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Giuseppe Volpi
tombe in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Giuseppe Volpi, 1st Count of Misurata (19 November 1877 – 16 November 1947) was an Italian businessman and politician.
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Indro Montanelli
Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli Knight Grand Cross OMRI (22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist and historian.
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Industrialisation
Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing.
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International Year of Planet Earth
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth to increase awareness of the importance of Earth sciences for the advancement of sustainable development.
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Italcementi
Italcementi is an Italian multinational company, quoted on the Borsa Italiana, which produces cement, ready-mix concrete and construction aggregates.
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Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy.
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Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance movement (Resistenza italiana or just la Resistenza) is an umbrella term for resistance groups that opposed the occupying German forces and the Italian Fascist puppet regime of the Italian Social Republic during the later years of World War II.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Jurassic
The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.
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L'Aquila
L'Aquila (meaning "The Eagle") is a city and comune in Southern Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila.
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L'Unità
L'Unità was an Italian newspaper, founded as official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party.
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La Domenica del Corriere
Domenica del Corriere was an Italian weekly newspaper which ran from 1899 to 1989.
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Lias Group
The Lias Group or Lias is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) found in a large area of western Europe, including the British Isles, the North Sea, the Low Countries and the north of Germany.
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List of dams and reservoirs
The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country.
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List of hydroelectric power station failures
This is a list of major hydroelectric power station failures due to damage to a hydroelectric power station or its connections.
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List of natural disasters by death toll
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, lots of collateral damage or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings.
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List of tallest dams
This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over in height.
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Longarone
Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in North-East Italy.
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Maè
The Maè is the main watercourse along the val di Zoldo, in Belluno, Italian Eastern Alps.
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Malpasset Dam
The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam on the Reyran River, located approximately 7 km north of Fréjus on the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), southern France, in the Var département.
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Marco Paolini
Marco Paolini (born March 5, 1956) is an Italian stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author.
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Megatsunami
A megatsunami is a very large wave created by a large, sudden displacement of material into a body of water.
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Mercalli intensity scale
The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake.
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Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage actor and film star who appeared from 1954 until (including) 2007 in more than 150 films.
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy)
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti or MIT) is the government ministry for transport in the Republic of Italy.
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Monopoly
A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.
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Monte Toc
Monte Toc, nicknamed the walking mountain by locals due to its tendency to landslide, is a mountain on the border between Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Northern Italy best known for the Vajont Dam, which was built at the mountain's base in 1960.
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Nationalization
Nationalization (or nationalisation) is the process of transforming private assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.
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Piave (river)
The Piave (Plavis) is a river in northern Italy.
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Regolith
Regolith is a layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.
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Science (TV network)
Science Channel (often referred to as simply Science) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Discovery Inc. The channel features programming focusing on the fields of wilderness survival, ufology, manufacturing, construction, technology, space, prehistory and animal science.
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Seconds From Disaster
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century.
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Seiche
A seiche is a standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water.
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St. Francis Dam
The St.
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Tagliamento
The Tagliamento is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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Vajont
Vajont (Western Friulian: Vaiònt) is the name of a valley in the area of Longarone, in the province of Pordenone, north-eastern Italy.
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Venice
Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Zanussi
Zanussi is an Italian producer of home appliances that was bought by Electrolux in 1984.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam