{{expand Italian|topic=geo|Giazza|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox Italy frazione | name = Giazza | official_name = | native_name = {{small|Ljetzan (Cimbrian){{break}}Jassa (Western Venetian)}} | image_skyline = Giazza.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|45|39|N|11|7|E|region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=VEN}} | province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=VR}} (VR) | comune = Selva di Progno | mayor_party = | mayor = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 133 | population_as_of = | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 758 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 37030 | area_code = 045 | website = {{official website|http://www.comuneselvadiprogno.it/web/selvaprogno}} | footnotes = }}
The town '''Giazza''' ({{langx|cim|Ljetzan}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cimbri.it/|title=Tzimbar – Cimbri della Lessinia|accessdate=11 February 2015}}</ref> {{langx|vec|Jassa}}, {{IPA|vec|'jasa}}{{efn|Until a few decades ago, the pronunciation Jatha /'jaθa/ was widespread, with the interdental phoneme /θ/ instead of /s/, cf. {{cite book | first= Giancarlo | last= Volpato | title= Civiltà cimbra. La cultura dei Cimbri dei Tredici Comuni veronesi | year= 1983 | publisher=Bi & Gi | location= Verona | p= 73 }}}}) is a frazione of the comune of Selva di Progno, in the Province of Verona.<ref name="The National Review 1893 p. 225">{{cite book | title=The National Review | publisher=W.H. Allen | issue=v. 21 | year=1893 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvAhAQAAIAAJ | access-date=31 March 2019 | page=225}}</ref>
== Geography == thumb|upright|left|A view of Valle di Fraselle
The town is located at the confluence of the Revolto and Fraselle rivers, and just below the mountain Gruppo della Carega.<ref name="Travel 2018 p. 207">{{cite book | last=Travel | first=DK | title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Venice and the Veneto | publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited | series=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide | year=2018 | isbn=978-0-241-34797-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpo-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 | access-date=31 March 2019 | page=207}}</ref>
== Language and dialects == Giazza is the last of the ancient Thirteen Communities in which Cimbrian language is still spoken.
Today the Cimbrian language is falling out of use. According to the most recent data only 19 inhabitants speak the language and only 24 can understand it.
== Culture == === Events === * Festa del fuoco (trans. The Festival of Fire) (23 June) – A festival of pagan origins in which the community celebrates its history as part of the 13 communities.<ref name="Giacobelli 2016 p. 40">{{cite book | last=Giacobelli | first=C. | title=101 cose da fare in Veneto almeno una volta nella vita | publisher=Newton Compton Editori | year=2016 | isbn=978-88-541-9852-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjptDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT40 | language=it | access-date=31 March 2019 | page=40}}</ref>
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