Monte Cimone

"The mine war"

Card Mount Cimone is the highest peak of a mountainous system that wedges itself rapidly degrading towards south in the direction of Arsiero, through neutral altitude and Caviojo. This mountainous bulwark, know to Austrian historiography of the Great War as the "Gibraltar" of the Italian front, was equipped with an impressive defensive and communicative system. Mount Cimone Defensive system made up of trenches excavated in rock along the entire edge of the Highland, walkways, positions excavated in rock, cave shelters, barracks remains and gun emplacements with numerous tombstones engraved in rock or made of cement Barracks remains of the Austro-Hungarian sector command Remains of the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery Testimonies of the mine, with the shed leftovers of the pneumatic compressor used to excavate the tunnels and the exploding chamber, the approaching walkways, the tunnel mine entrance (south tunnel), the explosion crater Cavern shelters and barracks remains in the "Bolgia delle streghe" Italian cavern shelters on the south-west slope of the mountaintop Trench lines made during the highest level of Austro-Hungarian resistance, with reinforced concrete machinegun post with military unit tags Austro-Hungarian fortified system with tunnels, shelters and posts for automatic weapons on different levels Trenches and connecting walkways with Cimoncello (Punta Osservatorio), with numerous cavern shelters, barracks remains and posts excavated in stone Austro-Hungarian observatory of Cimoncello with vista on Valdastico Castling muleteer (Strada degli Alpini) with gravestones and inscriptions engraved in stone Castling muleteer from Val di Riofreddo to the Highland of Tonezza Defensive stronghold along the castling trail "della mina" Barracks remains and cave shelters at Cason Brusà Austro-Hungarian trench lines and cave shelters in High Val di Riofreddo Cave posts and Austro-Hungarian trench lines at Le Torreselle (altitude 1957) Auscultation tunnels at the base of the summit wall Italian cemetery with crosses and old gravestones   - Monument to the fallen soldiers at Mount Cimone   - Mount Caviojo

Planner:
arch. Andrea Simionato

Company executrix:
Forest services Veneto Region

Beginning Works:
may 2007