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Spring Spring · Sappada · 1,827 m

The River Piave’s Source

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  • Sources of the Piave
    Sources of the Piave
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The Sesis Valley, where the Piave river has its source (8 Km far away from Cima Sappada), can be reached by car, motorbike or even on foot. The valley lies at the foot of the Mount Peralba, near the Austrian border. Some fortifications of the First World War are also worth seeing.

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46.623085, 12.710983
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46°37'23.1"N 12°42'39.5"E
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33T 324758 5165825
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