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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″]Strade militari[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading]The Zovo – Civillina military road[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]More than any other construction work carried out during the Great War, the military roads changed the landscape and the lives of the inhabitants of the Vicentine Alps by facilitating the connection of valleys and villages at higher altitudes. These roads undoubtedly represented a valuable heritage, and contributed to the development of economy and tourism in the mountains after the war.<\/p>\n

Before 1915 the towns of Valdagno and Schio were connected only by a steep mule track, which in 1917 was replaced by a 5 mt. wide military road. During the last two years of the war, Gazza, Campogrosso and the Chiampo valley were also connected by important roads for heavy vehicles.
\nThese would enable the army to withdraw in an orderly way towards the \u201cMincio \u2013 Po\u201d line in the event of collapse of the eastern front. The secondary road system, like the Passo Zovo \u2013 Castrazzano \u2013 Civillina road, built in 1917, played instead a logistic function.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″]The military roads[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]The road system was designed by the Military Engineer Corps, which employed soldiers of the Sappers and Miners units, of the Centurie Lavoratori (workers centuries) belonging to the militia forces of the area, as well as local women, young people and men who were not called to arms.
\nThe military roads were of three categories:[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″]Heavy traffic roads[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Over 3 mt. wide, with a pendency of 10% maximum and a roadbed suitable for heavy traffic, these transport roads were especially designed for the transit of trucks.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″]Carriage roads[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]2.5 to 3 mt. wide, with a pendency of 10% maximum, 6 mt. minimum bend radius and an artificial roadbed, the carriage roads were built for the transit of motor vehicles and carriages.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″]Mule tracks[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]0.80 to 1.60 mt. wide, with a pendency of 12% maximum, the mule tracks were built for the transit of mule trains, and often also for towing small-caliber artillery pieces (the so-called artillery roads).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The whole military road system presented distinctive technical features that make it well recognizable to this day, and can be observed in the Zovo Pass-Mt. Civillina road:<\/p>\n