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Pre-historic remains showed that the area was inhabited since as early as the 8th millennium BC. However, the area is mentioned officially for the first time in a 923 document, a diploma by which emperor
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below, at more than 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above the sea level. It is in fact formed by a basin surrounded by rocky peaks, such as Monte Costa, the Cima Valsotta,
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was used as an improvised cemetery for casualties from both sides, as well as of local civilians killed by the Germans after the partisans had escaped.
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against the German occupation. After a mop-up operation in late August-early September 1944, which ended with a German-
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grow in large number under the beeches in summer. Large open spaces are used as pastures for
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Most of the territory of Cansiglio is covered by woods, mostly composed of local
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and the Monte Cavallo; these mountains separate the Cansiglio from the short
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Venetian language
plateau
Prealps
provinces of Belluno
Treviso
Pordenone
Language island
Cimbrian
Green-brown grass dominates the lower half, with deep green coniferous trees across the horizon and a very blue sky above.
plain
Monte Millifret
Pizzoc
Val Lapisina
Piancavallo
Karst topography
sinkholes
ponors
beeches
coniferous trees
European spruce
Anemones
sheep
bovines
Berengar I of Italy
bishop of Belluno
Lucius III
Belluno
Republic of Venice

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