The Authors, after having analyzed the main geomorphological and structural fractures characterizing dee-seated gravitational deformations and presented some terminological problems, describe four cases of deep-seated gravitational deformations in the area of Cortina d'Ampezzo (Dolomites). Moreover the relationships between these phenomena, which often deem to favour the development of "collateral" slope movements and landscape aspects, like Cortina d'Ampezzo, are examined
