{"id":191,"date":"2018-10-26T12:53:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ortogonale1.com\/points-of-interest\/monte-piano\/"},"modified":"2018-11-07T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T15:42:08","slug":"monte-piano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ortogonale1.com\/en\/points-of-interest\/monte-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Monte Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″]Monte Piano[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading]The Mt. Piano – Mt. Pulgo 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 high altitudes.
\nThis network of roads and the military paths built to serve the \u201cOrtogonale 1\u201d strategic line represent a valuable heritage, contributing to the development of economy and tourism in the mountains.<\/p>\n

The roads cutting through the Ortogonale 1 strategic line, such as the Malo \u2013 Mt. Piano \u2013 Mt. Pulgo – Cereda carriage road, enabled the army to withdraw in an orderly way towards the Lessinia area and the Mincio \u2013 Po defensive line, in the event of collapse of the eastern front. The secondary road system, instead, was a communication one, and played mainly logistic functions.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_size=”h3″]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]<\/p>\n

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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).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/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 Mt. Piano – Mt. Pulgo road:<\/p>\n

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  • Fixed width and pendency<\/li>\n
  • Dry-stone walls and drains. Paved water gutters<\/li>\n
  • Embankment curbs in square-cut stone<\/li>\n
  • Rough stone posts<\/li>\n
  • Cave shelters along the route, with traces of mine holes<\/li>\n
  • Covered routes, hidden from enemy view and fire<\/li>\n
  • Blast-holes and in-cave deposits of explosive material<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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