The educational pathway

Inside the Information Centre, one can follow the pathway illustrating the history of the Prestavèl mine and the mineral enrichment facility, the construction and building up of the tailings dams from the early ‘60s up to their catastrophic collapse on 19th July 1985. Furthermore, the causes and legal responsibility for the collapse, the subsequent reconstruction in the Stava Valley and the factors in common with the disasters of Vaiont and Cermis are explained.

A special display case contains a number of objects related to the mining activities carried out at the Prestavèl mine. In addition, the plans of the mine and its facilities are shown on a horizontal plane and in section.

There is also an LCD screen showing footage shot from a helicopter in the immediate aftermath of the Stava Valley disaster.

In a special section devoted entirely to that tragic day, there is also a bronze model of the monument commemorating the victims of the Stava valley disaster. The monument is located at San Leonardo Cemetery in Tesero.

Ask for the texts of the educational pathway in English.

Further information in English is available in the reading corner.

Entrance

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Projection room

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Pathway

The mine of Prestavèl

A Valley with an ancient history
The Fluorite ore and its extraction
The concessionary companies
The plant for mineral concentration
The tailings dams for mining waste

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19^th July 1985

At 12:22’55” hrs of 19th July 1985 the dam of the upper basin failed and collapsed onto the lower basin which, in turn, failed.

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Pictures of the Stava valley taken from a helicopter in the early afternoon of 19th July 1985 and first broadcast by Italian Television on the regional news of Trentino.

The failure:

The figures of the catastrophe
The rescue operation
The funerals

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After the catastrophe:

The Trial
The causes of failure
The 1975 “stability analyses”
Responsabilities
The Pope at Stava
An audience at the Quirinale Palace

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The reconstruction and the analogies:

The juridical framework
Other mine
Before and after
The Vajont catastrophe and the Cermis disasters

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Origin – The failure – Causes – Legal liability