The parish priest of Longarone, Don Pietro Bez, on the desertedstretch of land where the parish church used to stand, swept awayby the enormous wave from the steep valley seen in thebackground. Monsignor Borolo Larese, his predecessor, also diedunder the wave.A project for a large new church entrusted to the architect GiovanniMichelucci, is however being obstructed by the priest and theparishioners, who are still without a school and much else besides.Longarone ( Belluno), November 1965.