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Monte Ortigara

Monte Ortigara
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Mount Ortigara - Guided Historical Excursion

The Calvary of the Alps

Mount Ortigara
Mount Ortigara
Scheda tecnica
difficulties
Media
Altitude difference
650 m
Time
6:00 (4:00 walk)
Period
Late spring, summer, early autumn
Accessibility
Adults and children with Visual and auditory problems. One-wheel Joelette on request
School to which it is addressed
Eighth grade and high schools 2nd
The route
  • Piazzale Lozze
  • Scale Well
  • North Rift
  • Hilfsplatz (first aid of the 1st Btg. of the 1st Rgt.Ksch. Trient)
  • Mount Ortigara (2 chippies)
  • Campigoletti (works Mecenseffy "Stunzpunkt Florio" and the "Meceseffy flankenwerke")
  • Agnella Valley
  • Ortigara pool
  • Ortigara Bait
  • Monte Lozze Church
  • Piazzale Lozze
Interests
Historical

Mount Ortigara (Sacred Area)is one of the most well-known and frequented mountains of thePlateau. The scene of one of the bloodiest clashes during World War II,Action K better known as the Battle ofthe Ortigarain June 1917, which saw for the first time the joint use of all the Italian Alpine Battalions and numerous Infantry regiments.

The Mecenseffy Works that dominate the Agnella valley, the "nest" of five machine guns carved inside the so-called" Biancardicave " located along the steep western slope that from altitude 2101 descends to the underlying agnella pass, beyond a complex system of roads, mulebooks and logistics centers.

Environmental

Climbing you will notice the passage between the upper limit of the vegetation. Significant is the typical karst geology with the presence of numerous sinkholes.