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Source of the Gorgazzo - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

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About Source of the Gorgazzo

The source of Gorgazzo is an underwater cave where the homonymous torrent originates, a tributary of the Livenza river. The Valchiusana spring is located near Polcenigo. The name derives from the Friulian gorc which means precisely abyss. The cave consists of a resurgence, one of the deepest ever explored in the world and the second deepest karst spring with a siphon in Europe after the Spring of Valchiusa in Provence.
Address : 33070 Polcenigo, Province of Pordenone, Italy

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PiancavalloPiancavallo has 17 km of ski runs equipped with artificial snow systems that ensure constant snow-cover allowing you to enjoy going down the main runs and along the many variations designed for experienced skiers. The ski school zone and a large dedicated area give novice skiers the opportunity to engage in their first descents.
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PizzocThe Pizzoc is a mountain of the Treviso Alps. It reaches 1,565 m of altitude, representing one of the highest points in the municipality of Fregona and in the province of Treviso, to which it belongs. It is an excellent vantage point from which to observe the Alpago Mountains, the Venetian Dolomites, the Revine Lakes, the Val Lapisina lakes, and the ridge of the Col Visentin-Monte Cesen.
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Caves CaglieronThe Caglieron caves are located in the municipality of Fregona, province of Treviso, precisely in the locality of Breda. It is a series of cavities created partly by natural erosion activities and partly by human action. Natural erosion consists of a deep gorge carved by the Caglieron stream on alternating layers of limestone conglomerate, sandstone and marl from the Serravallian Miocene . You can admire numerous waterfalls, about ten meters high, with large potholes at the base.
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BarcisBarcis is an Italian town of 243 inhabitants in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Barcis rises in 409 m asl in Valcellina, in the Friulian Dolomites, on the shores of the artificial lake of the same name. The basin where the town and its hamlets arise is closed to the north by Mount Resettùm, west from the Crep Nudo mountains and Messer, south from the Cavallo mountains and Cjastelât, east of the Raut mountains.
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Viale Col NudoThe Col Nudo is the mountain highest of the Venetian Alps and of 'chain Alpago, located on the border between the region Veneto and the region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. This peak, actually very complex because it is made up of various elevations, may seem insignificant seen from the south, on the contrary, its north face is one of the extreme walls of the Dolomites, recently rediscovered by mountaineering who wrote surprising pages there.
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Monte TocMonte 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. One of the nice trekking destination and also a picturesque location too.

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli Venezia Giulia overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is surrounded by high mountains, enclosing many different landscapes. The great variety of landscapes matches the rich and variegated cultural heritage that was determined by a complex history and by the confluence of different civilizations in this territory.

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