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Motto Bartola Fortress

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Motto Bartola Fortress

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    July 8, 2020

    The fortress Motto Bartola with its open battery could from the at 2000 m above sea level. M. Alpe di Fieud. To protect them, the Banchi path (fortification path) was built from the Gotthard hospice to Alpe di Fieud in 1898 and a few barracks were built there. In 1903, two infantry bases with open trenches and brick accommodation rooms for around 70 men were built. The lower one is at 1930 m above sea level. M. below the Belvedere viewpoint on the Autostrasse, the upper one at 2070 m above sea level. M. northeast of the south portal of the road tunnel. 1905 was at 2131 m above sea level. M., east of Lago di Fieud, a third, fully covered and granite-clad work with a polygonal floor plan and slits for rifles and machine guns.

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      Location: Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

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