Sgorigrad – Stava. Identical disaster
This book, written in English, Italian and Bulgarian, describes the analogies between the catastrophe of Sgorigrad and Vratza, in Bulgaria, and the catastrophe of the Stava Valley, in Italy.
On 1st May 1966, the failure of the tailings dam of the Mir-Placalnica zinc and lead mine, uphill of the village of Sgorigrad, gave rise to a 450,000 m3 mud flow which ran for a distance of 7 km as far as the town of Vratza. The incident caused the loss of hundreds of lives, as well as vast material and environmental destruction.
On 19th July 1985, the collapse of the tailings dams of the Prestavèl fluorite mine, uphill of the hamlet of Stava, gave rise to a 180,000 m3 mud flow which ran for a distance of over 4 km as far as the village of Tesero and caused the loss of 268 lives, as well as vast material and environmental destruction.
ISBN 978-88-88203-52-2 © Copyright 2009 Edizioni Arca, 38015 Lavis (Italy)
ЗГОРИГРАД – СТАВА ИДЕНТИЧНИ БЕДСТВИЯ
THE BALKAN’S STAVA
THE FILM
The film “The Balkan’s Stava”, with interviews to eye-witnesses and survivors and rare pictures of the epoch, describes the analogies between the catastrophe of Sgorigrad and Vratza, in Bulgaria, and the catastrophe of the Stava Valley, in Italy.
The film lasts 30 minutes and was produced by RAI-Italian Television under the direction of Tiziana Raffelli. The film is available in English, Italian and Bulgarian.
The book and the film are sold together.