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Forte Leone (Cima Campo)

Forte Leone (Cima Campo)

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Forte Leone (Cima Campo)

Name: Forte Leone (Cima Campo)
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Location: Arsiè, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

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1. Forte Leone (Cima Campo) loop from Mellame

14.7km

04:43

620m

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2. Forte Leone (Cima Campo) loop from Belvederi di Tezze

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150m

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3. Forte Leone (Cima Campo) loop from Belvederi di Tezze

4.91km

01:27

140m

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Pier Perin

July 22, 2023

It takes a long time to get up there, leave early... at the fort there are all the posters that explain its history, interesting...

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July 17, 2024

Fort Leone at Cima Campo is an imposing and beautiful World War I structure that was part of the Italian Brenta-Cismon barrier. In line with the nearby Fort di Cima Lan and the opposite Fort Lisser di Enego, it dominated the passage between the two valleys and defended the border with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Specifically, Fort Leone was tasked with blocking the mule tracks ascending from the Valsugana to the Asiago Plateau, as well as providing fire cover for the entire surrounding area for a radius of 12 km.
In practice, however, it played only a marginal role in the Great War, as the Austro-Hungarians retreated to the upper Valsugana at the start of the conflict and then, with the Strafexpedition, moved the front to the Asiago Plateau. Being far from the front line, the fort was disarmed. It had a brief operational role in November 1917, covering the retreat of Italian troops following the defeat at Caporetto. However, it was completely unguarded, and black-painted logs were installed in place of the cannons to deceive the enemy. Having run out of ammunition, the soldiers even defended themselves with stones, buying precious hours for the Royal Army to retreat and reorganize on Mount Grappa! It was eventually captured by the Austro-Hungarians, who partially destroyed it at the end of the war.

Built between 1906 and 1912, it was a modern, majestic, and expensive military structure: a battery with six cannons and an observation post in a revolving armored cupola; 17 machine guns for close-range fire; barracks for 400 men; a separate powder magazine; a moat with a drawbridge, surrounding walls, and concrete perimeter trenches.

Besides being demolished by the retreating imperial troops, it suffered the same fate as most Italian forts: dismantled first by the fascist regime and then by salvagers to recover the metal. Today, the fort, restored by the Municipality of Arsiè, can only be visited with a guide, by appointment (tel. 3519010135):
cooperativa19.weebly.com/forte-leone.html

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forte_Leone
fortificazioni.net
montagnando.it/art/cdz/ForteLeone

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philipplang

April 13, 2022

Forte Leone, built between 1906 and 1912, is located at a good 1,500 meters on the Cima di Campo. The fortress used to be one of the largest and most important armored works in Italy on the northern border with Austria-Hungary. It is just over a kilometer away from what was then the Tyrolean border. At that time Leone formed a unit with the fortresses of Cima Lan and Lisser.

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Location: Arsiè, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

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Forte Leone (Cima Campo)

1. Forte Leone (Cima Campo) loop from Mellame

2. Forte Leone (Cima Campo) loop from Belvederi di Tezze

3. Forte Leone (Cima Campo) loop from Belvederi di Tezze

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