Ti stai avvicinando ad alcuni interessanti manufatti difensivi della Grande Guerra: ti consigliamo di prendere la traccia che volge a Est per visitarli in pochi minuti.
\nNel corso della Grande Guerra la Conca di Montozzo continu\u00f2 ad essere un cantiere in piena regola: molti sentieri furono trasformati in mulattiere, furono scavate nella roccia caverne, moltiplicate le linee di difesa ed edificati nuovi ricoveri come in questo caso. Ci troviamo infatti nei pressi di quattro postazioni realizzate per ospitare altrettante bombarde da 240 millimetri. Le bombarde erano armi relativamente semplici, atte a lanciare proietti contenenti grandi quantit\u00e0 di esplosivo, secondo una traiettoria molto curva, e questo permetteva di superare alti ostacoli e colpire le difese avversarie dall\u2019alto. Sul dosso sovrastante le postazioni da bombarda possiamo osservare i resti di un fabbricato dalla curiosa pianta cruciforme. Esso era destinato al ricovero dei militari a presidio e difesa della strada che scende dalla sovrastante Forcellina di Montozzo. Sull\u2019opposta altura a Nord Ovest era presente un altro fabbricato, di cui oggi non restano che poche pietre allineate, anch\u2019esso destinato a difesa della strada.<\/p>\n
Cos\u00ec Massimo Bontempelli, corrispondente di guerra per conto del giornale romano \u201cIl Messaggero\u201d, descriveva un duello d\u2019artiglieria il 18 agosto 1915:<\/p>\n
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You are getting close to certain interesting defensive artefacts dating to the Great War: you are advised to take the track to the east to visit it briefly. <\/p>\n
During the Great War Conca Montozzo continued to be a building site to all intents and purposes. Many footpaths were made into mule tracks, caves were carved out of the rock to protect guns and soldiers, defensive lines proliferated and new shelters like this were built. We are in the proximity of four positions built to contain four 240 mm cannons. These cannons were relatively straightforward guns designed to project shells containing great quantities of explosives along a curved trajectory which allowed them to overcome obstacles and hit the enemy\u2019s defences from above. These positions were made by placing stones meticulously along the embankment to shore it up. On the rise above these positions the remains of a curious cross shaped building are visible. It was used as accommodation for the soldiers responsible for defending the road which descends from Forcellina di Montozzo above it. On the opposite rise to the north-east there was a further building of which only a few lined up stones remain. It, too, was designed to defend the road. <\/p>\n
This is how Massimo Bontempelli, war correspondent for the Roman newspaper Il Messaggero, described an artillery duel on 18th August 1915:<\/p>\n
A hell of smoke, explosions, blasts; clouds frequently broken by blades of flame and rent by cries; strips of wounded earth leaping up to the skies and mixing with men\u2019s cries; and above all grenades exploding; endless grenades raining in and exploding a little everywhere, on the ground, in the air, in the skies. And sky and earth heaped with spasms, infernal noise which deafens and blinds and stuns towns and countryside for many, many miles around.<\/p>\n","audio":"https:\/\/a.webmapp.it\/stelvio.wp.webmapp.it\/media\/audios\/2618_en.mp3"},"de":{"id":2817,"name":"PNS0604 Sulla strada che va alla Forcellina, sul bivio per la \u201ccasa a Croce\u201d","web":"https:\/\/stelvio.wp.webmapp.it\/\/pns0604-sulla-strada-che-va-alla-forcellina-sul-bivio-per-la-casa-a-croce\/?lang=de","source":"https:\/\/stelvio.wp.webmapp.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi\/2817","description":"
Sie n\u00e4hern sich einigen interessanten Verteidigungsanlagen des Ersten Weltkriegs: F\u00fcr einen Besuch, der nicht mehr als einige Minuten dauert, empfehlen wir Ihnen, dem Weg zu folgen, der nach Osten f\u00fchrt.
\nIm Verlauf des Ersten Weltkriegs blieb die Conca Montozzo eine regelrechte Baustelle: viele Pfade wurden in Wege f\u00fcr Maultiere ausgebaut, in den Fels wurden Kavernen geschlagen um Artillerie und Soldaten zu sch\u00fctzen, neue Verteidigungslinien und neue Unterk\u00fcnfte wurden geschaffen. Wir befinden uns ganz in der N\u00e4he von vier Stellungen, in denen genauso viele 24-Zentimeter-Bombarden-Gesch\u00fctze aufgestellt waren. Diese Granatwerfer waren relativ einfache Waffen zum Abschuss von Geschossen, die eine gro\u00dfe Menge an Sprengstoff enthielten; die Flugbahn war sehr gekr\u00fcmmt, weswegen auch hohe Hindernisse \u00fcberwunden und die feindliche Abwehr von oben getroffen werden konnte. Diese Stellungen wurden realisiert, indem die Steine mit \u00e4u\u00dferster Pr\u00e4zision aufeinandergesetzt wurden, um die dar\u00fcberliegende B\u00f6schung zu tragen. Auf der Erhebung \u00fcber diesen Bombarden-Stellungen sehen wir die Reste eines Geb\u00e4udes, das einen kreuzf\u00f6rmigen Grundriss aufweist. Dieser Bau diente zur Unterbringung der Soldaten, die den Weg \u2013 der von der Forcellina di Montozzo herunterf\u00fchrt – kontrollierten und verteidigten. Auf der gegen\u00fcberliegenden Anh\u00f6he im Nordwesten stand ein weiteres Geb\u00e4ude, von dem heute nur noch wenige aneinandergereihte Steine \u00fcbrig sind; auch dieses war zur Verteidigung der Stra\u00dfe bestimmt. <\/p>\n
Massimo Bontempelli, Kriegskorrespondent f\u00fcr die r\u00f6mische Tageszeitung Il Messaggero, beschrieb am 18. August 1915 ein Artillerieduell:<\/p>\n
Eine H\u00f6lle aus Rauch, Sch\u00fcssen und Gesch\u00fctzdonner; dichte Wolken, von Flammen und Schreien zerrissen; Brocken verletzter Erde, die in den Himmel geschleudert werden und sich mit den Schreien der M\u00e4nner vermengen; und vor allem explodierende Granaten, Granaten ohne Ende, die \u00fcberall herunterregnen und explodieren: auf dem Boden, in der Luft, im Himmel: Himmel und Erde sind \u00fcbervoll mit Qual, mit einem h\u00f6llischen Get\u00f6se, die die umliegenden D\u00f6rfer und das Land in einem Umkreis von vielen vielen Meilen taub und blind machen und mit Grauen f\u00fcllen…<\/p>\n","audio":"https:\/\/a.webmapp.it\/stelvio.wp.webmapp.it\/media\/audios\/2618_de.mp3"}},"web":"https:\/\/stelvio.wp.webmapp.it\/poi\/pns0604-sulla-strada-che-va-alla-forcellina-sul-bivio-per-la-casa-a-croce\/","addr:street":"","addr:housenumber":"","addr:postcode":"","addr:city":"","contact:phone":"","contact:email":"","opening_hours":"","capacity":"","ele":2556},"geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[10.5736750005106,46.3049036302362]}}