The history of the First World War on the Rotwand / Croda Rossa is a story of incredible feats and events: the austro-hungarian and italian soldiers on both sides braved the altitude, the cold, the avalanches and the solitude. Roads, cableways, storage depots, emplacements, communication trenches and tunnels were constructed.

Much of the testimony left on the Rotwand / Croda Rossa has by now been destroyed by the changing seasons, the snow and the ravages of time. Nevertheless, something has remained to tell us today of the valour of the soldiers, their inventiveness and their technical and technological expedients in a war which was without doubt unique in the history of man.

The Bellum Aquilarum Project is aimed at saving this testimony, which has remained.

Starting point: mountain station Rotwand / Croda Rossa

Arrival: Anderter alm – open-air museum

Altitude: ca. 100 m

Walking time: ca. 45 minutes

Route number: nr. 100

Accessible: from the begin of June until the end of October (Attention: The opening-times of the cable-car Rotwand / Croda Rossa you will find on the following website: www.s-dolomiten.com)  

Huts: Rudi hut, Rotwandwiesen hut (opening-dates: here)

Visitation:

• Visitors can buy an information brochure in the Tourist Office in Sexten / Sesto or at the valley-station of the cable car Rotwand / Croda Rossa.
• During the summer visitors can participate at a guided visitation (Attention: the visitation is only in german or italian language).

Further information:

• bus stop in the vicinity
• parking place

www.bellumaquilarum.it

 

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