Ortigara - Monte Chiesa

"The battlefield"

Card Mount Chiesa became the "memorial" of the 17th Slovenian regiment of Lubiana which was lined up during the month of June 1916 together with a unit from Bosnia-Herzegovina and from Styria. It was indeed the Lubiana regiment that organized the front and back lines; important relics are still visible of that presence, like the command barracks or the so called "Dolina degli Sloveni" ("The Slovenian's Dolina") and the complex system of cave tunnels and posts of the Thurmau Tunnel bearing the name from the commander of the Ventour von Thurmau regiment. The peak was never directly attacked by the Italian troops for its impervious position. Monte Chiesa Austro-Hungarian defense system made up of a main in-rock trench with outbuildings, excavated rock positions and cavern shelters located along the eastern slope; Barracks complex of the Slovenian's Dolina; Barracks complex located along the Otto strasse; Complex of cavern tunnels, artillery posts and observation points of the Thurmau tunnel; Barracks complex and cave shelters located on the summit of Mount Chiesa; Access road to Mount Chiesa (Otto strasse); Muleteer systems that branch out from Otto strasse; Connecting muleteer between the Pozze region and the Karl strasse; Transit station remains of the cableway T38, western mountainside of Mount Chiesa; Barrack complex of Neumeyer Quelle with annexed connecting walkways; Austro-Hungarian cavern posts of Cucco di Pozze; Barrack complex on the western slope of Cucco di Pozze;   - Remains of mount Chiesa.   -

Planner:
arch. Andrea Simionato

Company executrix:
Comunità Montana Reggenza 7 Comuni

Beginning Works:
July 2007