20 Attractions to Explore Near Piancavallo

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.

Barcis 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

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. One of the nice trekking destination and also a picturesque location too.

The natural park of the Friulian Dolomites is a protected natural area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( western Friuli ), definitively established in 1996 as a regional park and extended for 36,950 hectares, in an area of the Carnic Prealps known precisely as the Friulian Dolomites , mostly falling within the former province of Pordenone and minimally in the former province of Udine.

Vajont Dam is a double-curved, thin-arch dam, and at 860 feet high, it remains one of the tallest dams in the world. The dam is 11 feet wide at the crest, 73 feet wide at the base, with a crest length of 623 feet. There are 16 gates on the crest with an underground powerhouse and three outlets in the abutment.

The Val Tramontina or Val Meduna is one of the valley Prealpis Carniche . It is located in the province of Pordenone, arranged in a north-south direction and is crossed by the Meduna river. The mild climate found, in summer, in the areas of the Chiarzo and Meduna streams allows bathing in the three municipalities.

Monte Duranno is the second highest mountain in the Southern Carnic Alps after the Cima dei Preti , which are also known as the Friulian Dolomites in the area. The massif separates the Piave valley from the Cimoliana valley. You can climb the mountain starting from the Maniago refuge . Another support point can be the Paolo Greselin Bivouac.

The Lake Tramonti is an artificial lake located in the Tramontina valley, between the municipalities of Tramonti di Sopra and Tramonti di Sotto, in the province of Pordenone. The 50.6 m high dome-shaped dam is located on the southern part of the lake, in the town of Ponte Racli. The crowning is accessible and is part of the access road to the hamlets of Chievolis, Inglagna, Posplata, and two nearby hydroelectric power stations that harness the water of the Meduna River.

The Campanile di Val Montanaia is a peak of the Friulian Dolomites, belonging to the Spalti di Toro group, located in the homonymous valley, in the area of ​​the upper Val Cimoliana , within the territory of the municipality of Cimolais. is a spire 300 meters high and with a base of 60 meters that stands out against the sky in the center of the valley, in a position considered unique because it is clearly separated from the Dolomite spiers making up the surrounding amphitheater.

The green caves of Pradis are located in the province of Pordenone, in the Carnic Prealps, a short distance from the town of Pradis di sotto - Gerchia . A small waterfall from the Cosa stream in the Pradis Caves complex The green caves of Pradis are formed by the set of a deep gorge carved into the limestone by the Cosa torrent and three connected caves The cave was made accessible to the public through works carried out in the years 1964-1968.

The Centro Cadore Lake, or simply Cadore Lake, is one of an artificial lake located in the historical and geographical region of Cadore, along the upper reaches of the river Piave. The 2.3 km² basins originated in the 1950s with the construction of the Pieve di Cadore dam, in the Sottocastello area. Narrow and long in shape with a south-north orientation, it reaches the town of Lozzo di Cadore, also involving the municipalities of Calalzo di Cadore, Domegge di Cadore, and Lorenzago di Cadore.

The Mauria Pass is an Alpine pass in the Carnic Alps that connects the Veneto to the west with Friuli-Venezia Giulia to the east through the Strada Statale 52 Carnica. The road is full of counter-slope curves immersed in the green alpine landscape, ideal for motorcyclists in the summer; in winter on the Cadore side, there is an illuminated cross-country skiing facility. Halfway, still on the Cadore side in the locality of Borbe, the 4th Piano Festival is famous, a well-known Review of local musi

The Cornino Lake Regional Nature Reserve is a protected natural area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia established in 1996. It occupies an area of ​​487 hectares in the province of Udine. Since the end of the 1980s, the reserve has hosted a colony that today has about 150 griffons, to which are added several dozen other transiting on the migratory route between Austria and the Balkans. One of the picturesque location where you can spend a good time.

The Lake Sauris is an artificial lake located in Val Lumiei, near Sauris, to 977 meters above sea level, located on the road from Ampezzo rooms in Sauris, in locality la Màina, also called " lake of Màina ". The lake ended in 1948 started in 1941. The dam has a domed structure, and at the time of construction, it was the second tallest in Europe.

The Cornino Lake is a small lake downhill, located in the territory of the municipality of Forgaria in Friuli, within the nature reserve of Lake Cornino. The lake has no emissaries or tributaries but receives a continuous water exchange from the underground strata, which allow it to maintain a constant temperature between 8 and 9 ° C throughout the year, as well as a characteristic clarity of the water.

Monte Pelmo is one of the main peaks of the Dolomites mountains, although there are some higher ones. located between the Val di Zoldo, the Valle di Boite and Selva di Cadore. Also known as "caregon de 'l Padreterno", due to the singular concave shape at the base of the summit which makes it similar to a gigantic throne. One of the nice trekking destination and also a good viewpoint too.

The Civetta is a mountain group belonging to the Zoldo Dolomites, located in the province of Belluno, which separates the Val di Zoldo from the Agordino, framing the characteristic village of Alleghe. In the mountaineering environment, it is called "the wall of the walls", on which some very famous routes run, including the Solleder-Lettembauer, the Philip-Flamm, the via di 5 di Valmadrera and other itineraries of high mountaineering difficulty.