The Vajont Dam is a disused dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of 262 m (860 ft). It is in the valley of the Vajont River under Monte Toc, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, 100 km (62 mi) north of Venice.
Vajont is a valley in the area of Longarone, in the province of Pordenone, north-eastern Italy.
Anita Caprioli is an Italian theatre and film actress.
Monte Toc, nicknamed the walking mountain by locals due to its tendency to experience landslides, 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. In Friulian, the mountain's name is the abbreviation of "patoc", meaning "rotten" or "soggy".
Erto e Casso is an Italian municipality in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Pordenone.
Lando Fiorini was an Italian actor and singer, known primarily for having sung folk songs from Rome in Italian and Romanesco.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Marco Paolini is an Italian stage actor, theatre director, dramaturge and author.
Lago di Pontesei is a lake in the Province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy.
Filippo Timi is an Italian actor, director and writer.
Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and writer.
Scugnizzi is a 1989 Italian musical drama, directed by Nanni Loy. The film is also called "Street Kids" in the American market.
The Game Bag is a 1997 Italian war drama film directed by Maurizio Zaccaro.
Gregg Leonard Semenza is a pediatrician and Professor of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the vascular program at the Institute for Cell Engineering. He is a 2016 recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. He is known for his discovery of HIF-1, which allows cancer cells to adapt to oxygen-poor environments. He shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability" with William Kaelin Jr. and Peter J. Ratcliffe.
Men Men Men is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Christian De Sica. The film, a comedy about four friends, was the first mainstream Italian film dealing with gay lifestyles.
Selvaggi is a 1995 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina.
In questo mondo di ladri is a 2004 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina.
Carlo Semenza was an Italian hydraulic engineer and mountaineer, considered one of the most experienced designers and manufacturers of dams in the era.
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1997.
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery is a 2022 Italian television series starring the comedy duo Ficarra e Picone. The first season was released in Italy on Netflix on January 1 2022, and internationally on January 27 2022, and the second season was released on 2 March 2023.
