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Borgoforte Fort

Borgoforte Fort

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Borgoforte Fort

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Location: Borgo Virgilio, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Lungonil Crostilo Cycle Path – Borgoforte Fort loop from San Giacomo

70.3km

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2. Sabbioneta (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – Path Through the Trees loop from Romanore

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3. Borgoforte Fort – Path Through the Trees loop from Romanore

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September 24, 2020

The fort of Borgoforte, Zentralwerk, called Forte Centrale or Magnaguti, from the surname of Count Ercole, former owner of the land, is one of the four forts of the double bridgehead built by the Austrian Empire from 1859 to 1861. It rises about one kilometer from the Po , north of Borgoforte, on an area of 57 thousand square meters and is the only one that has remained intact, while the other two, Rocchetta and Bocca di Ganda, about 1300 meters from the Central Fort, upstream and downstream on the main bank of the Po , were used to cross the river to connect to the other fort, called "Noyeau", of Motteggiana, which was actually the bridgehead on the right bank of the Po. The Noyeau of Motteggiana will remain standing, even if damaged, and will be demolished. the war 1915 - '18, after the Verona - Modena railway track had already found its seat in a part of the area ”. (Renzo Dall’Ara, Borgoforte - History - Stories - People, Karmak, Bruino, Turin, 2006, p. 57). The Rocchetta and Bocca di Ganda forts, on the other hand, were blown up by the Austrians, on the morning of July 18, 1866, after the bombing of the Italian Army's Artillery which began the previous day, in the last of the three attacks led by General Cialdini in the third war of independence. Testimonies of the time say that the fort of Borgoforte remained intact because a valiant inhabitant cut the ignition fuse; in other documents, the hypothesis is advanced that the Austrian officers did not want to ruin the houses, and the inhabitants, of the village where they were staying with their attendants, while the soldiers resided in the central barracks .....
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Borgoforte Fort

1. Lungonil Crostilo Cycle Path – Borgoforte Fort loop from San Giacomo

2. Sabbioneta (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – Path Through the Trees loop from Romanore

3. Borgoforte Fort – Path Through the Trees loop from Romanore

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