Cycling Highlight (Segment)
Recommended by 15 cyclists
This Highlight goes through a protected area
Please check local regulations for: SIC Altopiano dei Sette Comuni
Very nice forest road.
The final part, sometimes not pedaled due to the presence of narrow paths exposed with stones along the path.
"The Ortigara, already attacked by the Italian departments in 1916 (operation in code" Action K "), was, the following year, the scene of a terrible battle, which went down in history as the battle of the Ortigara. This battle was fought between the 10 and 29 June 1917 in the Monte Zebio - Ortigara stretch and saw a total of 400,000 soldiers employed to conquer the sector.Many deaths were especially on Ortigara; on the Agnella pass, an obligatory way to reach the top by Italian troops one of the 41 war cemeteries of the Sette Comuni was once the Italians deployed 22 Alpine battalions, 4 infantry regiments (12 battalions) and 1 Bersaglieri regiment (3 battalions) in an attempt to conquer Ortigara, occupied from the first Austro-Hungarian line: the imperials managed, with the "Wildbach" and "Anna" code operations, to block any attempt at enemy penetration, which cost the Italian units enormous losses. nte was then called "Calvary of the Alpini" and, in September 1920, the first spontaneous National Alpine Meeting was held, which saw about 2,000 [2] people converge on the top to lay a short column in memory of the fallen, bearing the inscription not to forget. "
(source Wikipedia)
May 26, 2020
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